Finger-Prick Autologous Blood (FAB) Eye Drops for Dry Eye Disease: Single Masked Multi-Centre Randomised Controlled Trial.
Ali HassanShafi BalalErica CookHakim-Moulay DehbiShahina PardhanRupert BourneSajjad AhmadAnant SharmaPublished in: Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) (2022)
This feasibility study demonstrates adding FAB eye drops to conventional medical therapy for DED improves mean OSDI symptom score compared to conventional medical therapy alone. It may have particular use in settings where serum is unobtainable. An adequately powered and well-designed randomised trial is needed to further evaluate the long-term clinical benefit of FAB.