Effects of Ibopamine Eye Drops on Intraocular Pressure and Aqueous Humor Flow in Healthy Volunteers and Patients with Open-Angle Glaucoma

2003 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 370-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Azevedo ◽  
M.G. Ciarniello ◽  
M.T. Rosignoli ◽  
P. Dionisio ◽  
J. Cunha-Vaz
2012 ◽  
Vol 93 (6) ◽  
pp. 996-999
Author(s):  
S N Bulgar ◽  
R F Akhmetshin ◽  
D E Malinin

Aim. To assess the effectiveness of combined non-penetrating surgery: non-penetrating deep sclerectomy and ab externo trabeculectomy in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma depending on type of aqueous humor retention. Methods. Results of surgeries on 72 patients (83 eyes) with primary open-angle glaucoma were analyzed. Patients were divided into 2 groups. Standard ophthalmic examination was added by fluorescein lymphography of the anterior eye to determine the surgery type as well as for hypotensive effect long-term prognosis. Non-penetrating deep sclerectomy and ab externo trabeculectomy were conducted in the first group (67 eyes). In the control group (16 eyes) standard non-penetrating deep sclerectomy was performed. A cytostatic was used as a subconjunctival injections in the post-surgical period. Results. Intraocular pressure was fully compensated in 52 eyes out of 67 (77.6%) in the long-term period after non-penetrating deep sclerectomy and ab externo trabeculectomy in the first group. In 15 eyes (22.4%) topical hypotensive drugs were required for complete compensation of intraocular pressure. Complete compensation of intraocular pressure was registered in patients with moderate aqueous humor flow reduction (trabecular and mixed with prevalence of trabecular forms). Topical hypotensive drugs were required in severe aqueous humor flow reduction (mixed form with prevalence of intrascleral). In the second group, compensation of intraocular pressure was achieved only in early post-surgical period in 12 eyes (75%) with further decrease of hypotensive effect after 4-6 months. There was no complete compensation of intraocular pressure at late post-surgical period. To normalize the intraocular pressure, topical hypotensive drugs were required in 15 eyes (93.8%), surgery was repeated in 1 (6.2%) case. Conclusion. Combined surgery (non-penetrating deep sclerectomy and ab externo trabeculectomy) is more effective compared to non-penetrating deep sclerectomy and is indicated in patients with open-angle glaucoma and moderate aqueous humor flow reduction.


Author(s):  
Panos Theodosiadis ◽  
Anastasios Konstas ◽  
Ioannis Halkiadakis ◽  
Vasiliki Dimera ◽  
Dimitrios Koufakis ◽  
...  

Background: The aim of this study was to test the non-inferiority of preservative-free (PF) latanoprost 50 μg/mL multi-dose ophthalmic solution versus the marketed benzalkonium chloride (BAK)-preserved latanoprost 50 μg/mL ophthalmic solution in patients with open-angle glaucoma and patients with ocular hypertension. Methods: This was a prospective, national, randomized, multi-center, observer-blind, parallel-group controlled clinical trial. Patients were randomized to receive either PF or BAK-preserved latanoprost once daily for 12 weeks. The primary endpoint was the change in intraocular pressure (IOP) at 8:00 AM in the affected eye between the end of the treatment (week 12) and the baseline (week 0). Secondary measurements were taken at weeks 2 and 6, with IOP being recorded at 8:00 AM, 12:00 PM, and 4:00 PM. Results: A total of 158 patients were included in the per protocol (PP) population (77 in the PF latanoprost treatment arm and 81 patients in the BAK-preserved latanoprost treatment arm). PF latanoprost was non-inferior to BAK-preserved latanoprost in reducing IOP at 8:00 AM in the study eye from the baseline (week 0) to the end of the treatment (week 12). The point estimate of the between-treatment difference was 0.1 mmHg (95% confidence interval: -0.646, 0.847). Mean between-group differences in IOP reduction from the baseline to each of the secondary measurements were also similar between the two treatment arms. The two treatments were well tolerated and had comparable adverse event profiles. Conclusions: PF latanoprost was non-inferior to BAK-preserved latanoprost in reducing IOP in patients with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension. Both treatments were well tolerated.


Author(s):  
Panos Theodosiadis ◽  
Anastasios Konstas ◽  
Ioannis Halkiadakis ◽  
Vasiliki Dimera ◽  
Dimitrios Koufakis ◽  
...  

Background: This study aimed to evaluate the non-inferiority and safety of a newly developed preservative-free (PF) multi-dose latanoprost/timolol ophthalmic solution, compared with the benzalkonium chloride (BAK)-preserved fixed combination, in patients with open-angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension.Methods: A Phase III randomized multi-center observer-blind parallel-group clinical trial was conducted. A total of 210 adult patients (aged over 18 years) were randomly treated with the PF- or the BAK-preserved latanoprost/timolol solution once daily in the affected eye(s) for 12 weeks. Follow-up visits were scheduled at weeks 2, 6, and 12; intraocular pressure (IOP) was recorded at 8:00 AM, 12:00 PM, and 4:00 PM. The primary efficacy endpoint to prove non-inferiority was the IOP change at 8:00 AM (± 1 hour) from the baseline to the end of treatment (week 12) in the studied eye. Safety parameters were also assessed.Results: In total, 196 patients completed the study. The pressure-lowering effect of the PF eye drops was comparable to that of the preserved formulation at all time points. Latanoprost/timolol PF formulation was non-inferior to the BAK-preserved solution as shown by the change in IOP from day 0 to week 12. The point estimate of the inter-treatment difference was 0.624 mmHg (95% CI: -0.094, 1.341). Both treatments were well-tolerated during the study, and they had similar adverse event profiles.Conclusions: PF-latanoprost/timolol combination was found to be non-inferior to the BAK-preserved formulation based on the efficacy at all times, with similar local tolerance.


The Eye ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 125 (2019-1) ◽  
pp. 6-12
Author(s):  
Irina Gndoyan ◽  
Natalya Kuznetsova ◽  
Alexander Derevyanchenko

Purpose: To determine the role that progressive spectacle lenses play in intraocular pressure compensation and stabilization of the glaucomatous process in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) combined with presbyopia and refractive errors. Material and methods. 29 patients (53 eyes) aged 43 to 67 years with I-II stage POAG and a certain type of refractive error were enrolled into study. All patients had intraocular pressure (IOP) compensated to the target level on medication. Patients of the main group (17 people, 32 eyes) used universal progressive spectacle lenses with optimized surface. The patients of the control group (12 people, 21 eyes) used separate monofocal glasses for near and distance vision as a method of ametropia correction. Visual acuity test, refractometry, pneumotonometry, tonography, automated static perimetry were applied for monitoring the patients. The measurements were taken before spectacle correction and a year after its prescription. Results. A decrease of IOP (p=0.01) and an increase of the aqueous humor outflow coefficient (p<0.01) were determined after one year use of the recommended type of vision correction in the main group, whereas in the control group there was an increased level of IOP (p<0.05) and a reduced aqueous humor outflow coefficient (p<0.2). Conclusion. The use of progressive spectacle lenses as a method of permanent vision correction reliably reduces IOP and improves the aqueous humor outflow in patients with early-stage POAG. The absence of negative visual field dynamics indicates the stabilization of the glaucomatous process.


Author(s):  
Shabab Akbar ◽  
Sapna Ratan Shah

The effects of Prostaglandin Analogs on intraocular pressure and increased aqueous outflow via trabecular meshwork into the schlemm’s canal has been studied in this present research paper. Aqueous humor is an outflow, which flows at the back of the iris in the posterior chamber all the way through the pupil aperture, out into the anterior chamber, and drain from the eye via drainage slope. The eye keeps on making aqueous humor in the ciliary body and it passes through the trabecular meshwork into the scheme of the canal, the key drainage from the eye and it finally goes to the “collector channels” and due to the less amount of aqueous humor fluid flow from the drainage angle, the pressure in the eye starts to increase. For this study, the canal of Schlemm is assumed as a permeable channel. And it is connected by trabecular meshwork. The inner layer of the canal's wall has been assumed as permeable. And the aqueous humor drains into the canal through this porous tissue wall. The objective of this paper is to discuss the effect of prostaglandin analogs on intraocular pressure as the Prostaglandin Analogs work by increasing the outflow of aqueous from the eye.


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