title: 24-hour intraocular pressures with brimonidine purite versus dorzolamide added to latanoprost in primary open-angle glaucoma subjects.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the 24-hour efficacy of brimonidine purite versus dorzolamide, each added to latanoprost.
  
  
  METHODS
  Double-masked, 2-center, prospective, crossover comparison.
  
  
  METHODS
  Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) subjects.
  
  
  METHODS
  Subjects were randomized to brimonidine purite or dorzolamide, each given twice daily, for the first 6-week treatment period after a 6-week latanoprost run-in. Subjects began the opposite treatment for the second 6-week period after a 6-week latanoprost-only treatment between periods. Intraocular pressure (IOP) was measured at 8 am, 12 pm, 4 pm, 8 pm, 12 am, 4 am, and 8 am at each baseline and at the end of each treatment period. This study provided an 80% power that a 1.5-mmHg difference could be excluded between groups if 27 subjects completed the study. A standard deviation (SD) of 2.8 mmHg was assumed.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-four-hour efficacy of intraocular pressures of brimonidine purite versus dorzolamide, each added to latanoprost.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In 31 completed subjects, the baseline mean diurnal 24-hour IOP (+/- SD) was 19.0+/-1.7 mmHg for brimonidine purite and 19.0+/-1.6 mmHg for dorzolamide (P = 0.52). The 8 am IOP after 6 weeks of therapy was 18.4+/-2.1 mmHg for brimonidine purite and 18.9+/-1.9 mmHg for dorzolamide (P = 0.40). The mean diurnal IOP was 16.9+/-1.5 mmHg for brimonidine purite and 16.8+/-1.5 mmHg for dorzolamide (P = 0.66). Dorzolamide caused a more bitter taste (P = 0.01) than brimonidine purite.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study suggests that brimonidine purite and dorzolamide, added to latanoprost, have similar efficacy and safety in POAG or ocular hypertensive subjects.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Ophthalmology, AHEPA Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Anastasios G P
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Konstas
authors.forename: Costas H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Karabatsas
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lallos
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Georgiadis
authors.forename: Aikaterini
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kotsimpou
authors.forename: Jeanette A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: William C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Stewart
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000068438:Brimonidine Tartrate; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D018592:Cross-Over Studies; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D000077338:Latanoprost; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011461:Prostaglandins F, Synthetic / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011810:Quinoxalines / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012449:Safety; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013876:Thiophenes / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014792:Visual Acuity
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D011461:Prostaglandins F, Synthetic; D011810:Quinoxalines; D013449:Sulfonamides; D013876:Thiophenes; D000068438:Brimonidine Tartrate; D000077338:Latanoprost; C062765:dorzolamide