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TIENTS WITH DR
FOR PATIENTS WITH DRY EYES
FOR PA
Y EYES
TREHALOSE 3% | HYALURONIC ACID 0.15% MEDIC AL DEVICE
TREHAL
OSE 3% | HY
CID 0.15%
MEDICAL DEVICE
ONIC A
AL
UR
Trehalose and hyaluronic acid tackle the Dry Eye Disease
vicious circle at multiple points
HYALURONIC ACID
⋅ Enhances hydration and lubrication
of the corneal surface 1,2
⋅ Improves residence time 3
⋅ Reduces tear evaporation 3
TEAR FILM
INSTABILITY
/ imbalance
Lipid Flora
changes Meibomian changes TREHALOSE
Gland ⋅ Offers osmoprotection 4
Dysfunction
HYPOTONIC
⋅ Restores the osmotic balance 5
INFLAMMATION Eyelid Esterase /
Neurogenic inflammation lipase release Tear / cell
inflammation Toxins HYPEROSMOLARITY
Lacrimal gland
stimulation
Cell damage
TREHALOSE
⋅ Reduces presence of inflammation PRESERVATIVE-FREE
PROTECTION, HYDRATATION AND LUBRICATION OF THE EYE, markers in tears ⋅ Avoids further cell damage 6
9,11
FOR TREATMENT OF MODERATE TO SEVERE DRY EYE SYNDROME TREHALOSE
APOPTOSIS ⋅ Protects proteins and lipids
Conjunctiva from denaturation 7
⋅ Renews cellular material
Cornea by inducing autophagy 10
TREHALOSE
⋅ Protects cells
from desiccation 8
7. Luyckx J, Baudouin C. Trehalose: an intriguing disaccharide with potential for medical application in ophthalmology. Clin Ophthalmol 2011; 5: 577-81.
8. Baudouin C et al. Role of hyperosmolarity in the pathogenesis and management of dry eye disease: Proceedings of the OCEAN group meeting. The Ocular
Surface 2013; 11(4)246-258.
9. Li J et al. Therapeutic efficacy of trehalose eye drops for treatment of murine dry eye induced by an intelligently controlled environmental system.
Molecular Vision 2012; 18: 317-329.
10. Zhang et al. MTOR-independent, autophagic enhancer trehalose prolongs motor neuron survival and ameliorates the autophagic flux defect in a mouse
model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Autophagy. 2014; 10(4): 588–602. 3
11. Fariselli C. et al. Trehalose/hyaluronate eyedrop effects on ocular surface inflammatory markers and mucin expression in dry eye patients. Clinical
Ophthalmology 2018:12 1293–1300.

