OBJECTIVE: To compare the circadian intraocular pressure (IOP) reductions induced by latanoprost, brimonidine tartrate, and a fixed combination of timolol maleate and dorzolamide hydrochloride in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) or ocular hypertension (OHT). METHODS: In this crossover study, 10 patients with POAG and 10 with OHT were treated with latanoprost once a day, brimonidine twice a day, and a fixed combination of timolol and dorzolamide twice a day for 1 month. Four 24-hour tonometric curves were obtained for each patient. Intraocular pressure (IOP) was measured at 3, 6, and 9 AM, and at noon and at 3, 6, and 9 PM, and at midnight, using a handheld electronic tonometer with the patient in supine and sitting positions and a Goldmann applanation tonometer with the patient sitting at the slitlamp. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Reduction of circadian IOP. RESULTS: All the drugs significantly reduced IOP compared with the baseline at all times, except for brimonidine at midnight, 3 AM, and 6 AM. Latanoprost was more effective than brimonidine in lowering IOP at 3 and 6 AM and at 3 PM (P=.03), and the combination of timolol and dorzolamide was more effective than brimonidine at 3 and 9 AM (P=.04) and at 3 and 6 PM (P =.05) and more effective than latanoprost at 9 AM (P=.05). CONCLUSION: Latanoprost and the fixed combination of timolol and dorzolamide led to similar circadian reductions in IOP, whereas brimonidine was less effective, particularly during the night.
The effect of latanoprost, brimonidine, and a fixed combination of timolol and dorzolamide on circadian intraocular pressure in patients with glaucoma or ocular hypertension / N. Orzalesi, L. Rossetti, A. Bottoli, E. Fumagalli, P. Fogagnolo. - In: ARCHIVES OF OPHTHALMOLOGY. - ISSN 0003-9950. - 121:4(2003 Apr), pp. 453-457.
The effect of latanoprost, brimonidine, and a fixed combination of timolol and dorzolamide on circadian intraocular pressure in patients with glaucoma or ocular hypertension
N. OrzalesiPrimo
;L. RossettiSecondo
;P. FogagnoloUltimo
2003
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To compare the circadian intraocular pressure (IOP) reductions induced by latanoprost, brimonidine tartrate, and a fixed combination of timolol maleate and dorzolamide hydrochloride in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) or ocular hypertension (OHT). METHODS: In this crossover study, 10 patients with POAG and 10 with OHT were treated with latanoprost once a day, brimonidine twice a day, and a fixed combination of timolol and dorzolamide twice a day for 1 month. Four 24-hour tonometric curves were obtained for each patient. Intraocular pressure (IOP) was measured at 3, 6, and 9 AM, and at noon and at 3, 6, and 9 PM, and at midnight, using a handheld electronic tonometer with the patient in supine and sitting positions and a Goldmann applanation tonometer with the patient sitting at the slitlamp. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Reduction of circadian IOP. RESULTS: All the drugs significantly reduced IOP compared with the baseline at all times, except for brimonidine at midnight, 3 AM, and 6 AM. Latanoprost was more effective than brimonidine in lowering IOP at 3 and 6 AM and at 3 PM (P=.03), and the combination of timolol and dorzolamide was more effective than brimonidine at 3 and 9 AM (P=.04) and at 3 and 6 PM (P =.05) and more effective than latanoprost at 9 AM (P=.05). CONCLUSION: Latanoprost and the fixed combination of timolol and dorzolamide led to similar circadian reductions in IOP, whereas brimonidine was less effective, particularly during the night.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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