Objective: To evaluate the 24-hour efficacy of brimonidine purite versus dorz olamide, each added to latanoprost. Design: Double-masked, 2-center, prospecti ve, crossover comparison. Participants: Primary open-angle g...Objective: To evaluate the 24-hour efficacy of brimonidine purite versus dorz olamide, each added to latanoprost. Design: Double-masked, 2-center, prospecti ve, crossover comparison. Participants: Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) subj ects. Methods: Subjects were randomized to brimonidine purite or dorzolamide, ea ch given twice daily, for the first 6-week treatment period after a 6-week lat anoprost run-in. Subjects began the opposite treatment for the second 6-week p eriod after a 6-week latanoprost-only treatment between periods. Intraocular p ressure (IOP) was measured at 8 am, 12 pm, 4 pm, 8 pm, 12 am, 4 am, and 8 am at each baseline and at the end of each treatment period. This study provided an 80 %power that a 1.5-mmHg difference could be excluded between groups if 27 subje cts completed the study. A standard deviation (SD) of 2.8 mmHg was assumed. Main Outcome Measures: Twentyfour-hour efficacy of intraocular pressures of brimoni dine purite versus dorzolamide, each added to latanoprost. Results: In 31 comple ted subjects, the baseline mean diurnal 24-hour IOP (±SD) was 19.0±1.7 mmHg f or brimonidine purite and 19.0±1.6 mmHg for dorzolamide (P=0.52). The 8 am IOP after 6 weeks of therapy was 18.4±2.1 mmHg for brimonidine purite and 18.9±1.9 mmHg for dorzolamide (P=0.40). The mean diurnal IOP was 16.9±1.5 mmHg for brim onidine purite and 16.8±1.5 mmHg for dorzolamide (P=0.66). Dorzolamide caused a more bitter taste (P=0.01) than brimonidine purite. Conclusions: This study sug gests that brimonidine purite and dorzolamide, added to latanoprost, have simila r efficacy and safety in POAG or ocular hypertensive subjects.展开更多
Objective: To evaluate latanoprost versus bimatoprost given each evening over the 24- hour diurnal curve. Design: Double- masked, 2- center, crossover comparison. Participants: Forty- two of 44 patients with primary o...Objective: To evaluate latanoprost versus bimatoprost given each evening over the 24- hour diurnal curve. Design: Double- masked, 2- center, crossover comparison. Participants: Forty- two of 44 patients with primary open- angle glaucoma (POAG) completed the study. Methods: Consecutive patients were not treated during a baseline 24- hour curve after a glaucoma medicine- free period. They then were randomized to either latanoprost or bimatoprost for a 7- week treatment period. Diurnal curve intraocular pressures (IOPs) were measured at treatment period end at 2 AM, 6 AM, 10 AM, 2 PM, 6 PM, and 10 PM. After the first treatment period, patients were changed to the opposite medicine without a medicine- free period. Diurnal curve measurements were performed again at the end of the second 7- week treatment period. Main Outcome Measure: The 24- hour diurnal IOP. Results: On the last day of treatment, mean 24- hour IOPs were 17.3± 2.8 mmHg for latanoprost and 16.7± 2.4 mmHg for bimatoprost (P=0.01). The 6 PM individual time point for IOP was statistically lower for bimatoprost after a Bonferroni correction (P=0.008). The largest IOP difference at any time point was 0.9 mmHg at 6 PM. The most common side effect was conjunctival hyperemia, which occurred less with latanoprost (n=6) than with bimatoprost (n= 15) (P=0.004). Two patients had their treatments discontinued while on bimatoprost, one due to conjunctival hyperemia and the other due to ocular intolerance. Conclusion: This study indicates that the 24- hour diurnal IOP is statistically lower in POAG with bimatoprost, compared with latanoprost, among patients who tolerated bimatoprost. However, the IOP difference between groups was small and may not be clinically meaningful. In contrast, conjunctival hyperemia seems statistically greater with bimatoprost. The exact clinical importance of conjunctival hyperemia, if any, needs to be clarified further.展开更多
文摘Objective: To evaluate the 24-hour efficacy of brimonidine purite versus dorz olamide, each added to latanoprost. Design: Double-masked, 2-center, prospecti ve, crossover comparison. Participants: Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) subj ects. Methods: Subjects were randomized to brimonidine purite or dorzolamide, ea ch given twice daily, for the first 6-week treatment period after a 6-week lat anoprost run-in. Subjects began the opposite treatment for the second 6-week p eriod after a 6-week latanoprost-only treatment between periods. Intraocular p ressure (IOP) was measured at 8 am, 12 pm, 4 pm, 8 pm, 12 am, 4 am, and 8 am at each baseline and at the end of each treatment period. This study provided an 80 %power that a 1.5-mmHg difference could be excluded between groups if 27 subje cts completed the study. A standard deviation (SD) of 2.8 mmHg was assumed. Main Outcome Measures: Twentyfour-hour efficacy of intraocular pressures of brimoni dine purite versus dorzolamide, each added to latanoprost. Results: In 31 comple ted subjects, the baseline mean diurnal 24-hour IOP (±SD) was 19.0±1.7 mmHg f or brimonidine purite and 19.0±1.6 mmHg for dorzolamide (P=0.52). The 8 am IOP after 6 weeks of therapy was 18.4±2.1 mmHg for brimonidine purite and 18.9±1.9 mmHg for dorzolamide (P=0.40). The mean diurnal IOP was 16.9±1.5 mmHg for brim onidine purite and 16.8±1.5 mmHg for dorzolamide (P=0.66). Dorzolamide caused a more bitter taste (P=0.01) than brimonidine purite. Conclusions: This study sug gests that brimonidine purite and dorzolamide, added to latanoprost, have simila r efficacy and safety in POAG or ocular hypertensive subjects.
文摘Objective: To evaluate latanoprost versus bimatoprost given each evening over the 24- hour diurnal curve. Design: Double- masked, 2- center, crossover comparison. Participants: Forty- two of 44 patients with primary open- angle glaucoma (POAG) completed the study. Methods: Consecutive patients were not treated during a baseline 24- hour curve after a glaucoma medicine- free period. They then were randomized to either latanoprost or bimatoprost for a 7- week treatment period. Diurnal curve intraocular pressures (IOPs) were measured at treatment period end at 2 AM, 6 AM, 10 AM, 2 PM, 6 PM, and 10 PM. After the first treatment period, patients were changed to the opposite medicine without a medicine- free period. Diurnal curve measurements were performed again at the end of the second 7- week treatment period. Main Outcome Measure: The 24- hour diurnal IOP. Results: On the last day of treatment, mean 24- hour IOPs were 17.3± 2.8 mmHg for latanoprost and 16.7± 2.4 mmHg for bimatoprost (P=0.01). The 6 PM individual time point for IOP was statistically lower for bimatoprost after a Bonferroni correction (P=0.008). The largest IOP difference at any time point was 0.9 mmHg at 6 PM. The most common side effect was conjunctival hyperemia, which occurred less with latanoprost (n=6) than with bimatoprost (n= 15) (P=0.004). Two patients had their treatments discontinued while on bimatoprost, one due to conjunctival hyperemia and the other due to ocular intolerance. Conclusion: This study indicates that the 24- hour diurnal IOP is statistically lower in POAG with bimatoprost, compared with latanoprost, among patients who tolerated bimatoprost. However, the IOP difference between groups was small and may not be clinically meaningful. In contrast, conjunctival hyperemia seems statistically greater with bimatoprost. The exact clinical importance of conjunctival hyperemia, if any, needs to be clarified further.