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Twenty-four hour efficacy with the dorzolamide/timolol-fixed combination compared with the brimonidine/timolol-fixed combination in primary open-angle glaucoma.


ABSTRACT: The aim of this study is to compare the 24-hour efficacy of dorzolamide/timolol-fixed combination (DTFC) and brimonidine/timolol-fixed combination (BTFC) in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG).One eye each of 77 POAG patients was included in this prospective, observer-masked, crossover comparison. Following a 2-month timolol run-in period, patients had three intraocular pressure (IOP) measurements at 1000, 1200 and 1400 h while on timolol treatment. Patients showing at least a 20% IOP reduction on timolol were randomised to 3 months of therapy with DTFC or BTFC, and then were crossed over to the opposite therapy.Sixty POAG patients completed the study. The mean 24-hour IOP was significantly reduced with both the fixed combinations compared with the timolol-treated diurnal IOP (P < 0.001). When the two fixed combinations were compared directly, DTFC demonstrated a lower mean 24-hour IOP level as compared with BTFC (mean difference: -0.7 mm Hg, 95% confidence interval (CI): (-1.0, -0.3), P < 0.001). At two individual time points, DTFC significantly reduced IOP more than BTFC: at 1800 h (-1.0 mm Hg, 95% CI (-1.6,-0.5), P = 0.001) and at 0200 (-0.9 mm Hg, 95% CI: (-1.4,-0.5), P = 0.001). No significant difference existed for the other time points.Both the fixed combinations significantly reduce 24-hour IOP in POAG. DTFC provided significantly better 24-hour efficacy.

SUBMITTER: Konstas AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3259580 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Twenty-four hour efficacy with the dorzolamide/timolol-fixed combination compared with the brimonidine/timolol-fixed combination in primary open-angle glaucoma.

Konstas A G P AG   Quaranta L L   Yan D B DB   Mikropoulos D G DG   Riva I I   Gill N K NK   Barton K K   Haidich A-B AB  

Eye (London, England) 20110930 1


<h4>Aim</h4>The aim of this study is to compare the 24-hour efficacy of dorzolamide/timolol-fixed combination (DTFC) and brimonidine/timolol-fixed combination (BTFC) in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG).<h4>Methods</h4>One eye each of 77 POAG patients was included in this prospective, observer-masked, crossover comparison. Following a 2-month timolol run-in period, patients had three intraocular pressure (IOP) measurements at 1000, 1200 and 1400 h while on timolol treatment. Patients showing at  ...[more]

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