title: Efficacy of bimatoprost in glaucoma and ocular hypertension unresponsive to latanoprost.
abstract: This open-label, monocular, two-phase trial was conducted to determine whether bimatoprost is effective in patients with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension not responsive to latanoprost. After a 4-week washout of any ocular hypotensive agents, patients with IOP between 22 and 34 mm Hg (n=51) instilled latanoprost in one eye and were evaluated at weeks 4 and 8 (phase 1). Patients with an IOP reduction no more than 3 mm Hg at both visits were considered nonresponders to latanoprost and were switched to bimatoprost for 8 weeks (n=21) (phase 2). In the treated eyes, the mean reduction in IOP from baseline after 4 weeks of each medication was 2.3 mm Hg with latanoprost (P=.012) and 6.1 mm Hg with bimatoprost (P<.001). After 8 weeks, respective IOP reductions were 1.9 mm Hg (P=.027) and 5.4 mm Hg (P<.001). After the switch from latanoprost, 8 weeks of bimatoprost provided an additional mean IOP reduction of 3.5 mm Hg (P<.001).
authors.affiliation: Taustine Eye Center, Louisville, Kentucky 40217, USA.
authors.forename: Robert D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000577:Amides; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000069580:Bimatoprost; D003008:Cloprostenol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D005260:Female; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D000077338:Latanoprost; D008055:Lipids / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009798:Ocular Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011461:Prostaglandins F, Synthetic / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017211:Treatment Failure
chemical_list: D000577:Amides; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D008055:Lipids; D011461:Prostaglandins F, Synthetic; D003008:Cloprostenol; D000077338:Latanoprost; D000069580:Bimatoprost