Ocular Surface Disease Index in Glaucomatous Patients Treated with Bimatoprost ()
ABSTRACT
Objectives: To compare ocular surface changes induced via glaucoma
treatment in patients using fixed combinations of bimatoprost 0.03%/timolol
0.50%, timolol 0.50% or bimatoprost 0.01% eye drops. Methods: This is a
prospective, one center, open-label clinical trial. It was performed on 60
glaucoma patients between 01-01-2012 and 12-31-2012. These patients were
randomly divided in three subgroups: bimatoprost 0.03%/timolol 0.50% fixed
combination, timolol 0.50% and bimatoprost 0.01%. The Ocular Surface Disease
Index (O.S.D.I.) was evaluated in all the glaucomatous patients of the three
subgroups at basal time and after 6 and 12 months. All the results were
statistically evaluated by Student t-test and one-way ANOVA. The results were
considered statistically significant if p < 0.05. Results: All of the
patients ended the clinical trial. There was no statistical significant
difference between patients treated with the bimatoprost 0.03%/timolol 0.50%
fixed combination and timolol 0.50% eye drops alone (p = 0.845). Instead, there
was a statistically significant difference between bimatoprost 0.01% and bimatoprost 0.03%/timolol 0.50% patients
(p = 0.05) and between bimatoprost 0.01% and timolol 0.50% eye drops alone (p =
0.049). Conclusions: This is a clinical trial based not on the hypotonising
effect of these drugs but on their tolerability. The drug which showed the best
tolerability is bimatoprost 0.01%.
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Giuffrè, I. (2014) Ocular Surface Disease Index in Glaucomatous Patients Treated with Bimatoprost.
Open Journal of Ophthalmology,
4, 36-39. doi:
10.4236/ojoph.2014.42007.
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