Anti-inflammatory Effects and Clinical Efficacy of Topical Thealoz Total Eye Drops in Patients With Chronic Dry Eye Disease

Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥ 18 years * Normal ophthalmic findings except dry eye disease * Chronic dry eye defined as longer than six months since diagnosis * OSDI ≥ 22 * Conjunctival Hyperemia≥ Grade 3 (Efron Scale) * Current use of topical lubricants since at least 3 months Exclusion Criteria: Ophthalmic exclusion criteria * Best far corrected visual acuity \< 1/10 * Severe Dry Eye associated with: * Eyelid malposition * Sjogren Syndrome * Stevens Johnson Syndrome * Corneal dystrophy * Ocular neoplasia * Filamentous keratitis * Corneal neovascularisation * Orbital radiotherapy * Dry eye related to GVHD * History of any of the following within last 3 months: * Systemic treatment of dry eye * Systemic treatment of MGD * Isotretinoïde, * Cyclosporine, * Tacrolimus, Siromilus, Pimecrolimus * Punctual plugs * History of any of the following within previous six months: * ocular trauma * ocular infection, Ocular allergy * History of any of the following within last 12 months: * inflammatory corneal ulcer * Herpetic eye infection * or uveitis * Ocular surgery Systemic / non ophthalmic exclusion criteria: • Known hypersensitivity to any of the components of the medical device under investigation or other study medication Specific exclusion criteria for women: * Pregnant or breast-feeding woman. * Woman of childbearing potential (neither menopausal, nor hysterectomized, nor sterilized) not using effective contraception (i.e. hormonal contraceptives, intra-u…