Clinical Outcomes of Cyclosporine Eye Drops in Management of Herpetic Keratitis

"Patients diagnosed with herpetic stromal keratitis are randomly divided into 2 groups; Group A: receive cyclosporine eye drops together with prednisolone eye drops.~Group B: receive topical prednisolone with placebo eye drops (tear replacement).~The 2 groups receive systemic acyclovir therapeutic dose 400 mg five times daily, which then tapered to twice daily prophylactic dose after one month of treatment. Follow up for patients is scheduled as a weekly visit for a duration of 2 months."