title: Efficacy and tolerability of nonpenetrating glaucoma surgery augmented with mitomycin C in treatment of open-angle glaucoma: a meta-analysis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of nonpenetrating glaucoma surgery (NPGS) augmented with mitomycin C (MMC) compared with trabeculectomy (TE) plus MMC in the treatment of patients with open-angle glaucoma.
  
  
  METHODS
  Systematic review and meta-analysis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eight clinical trials, including 4 cohort and 4 randomized, enrolled 459 eyes.
  
  
  METHODS
  Pertinent studies were selected through extensive searches of the Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, EMBASE, and meeting abstracts. Efficacy measures were weighted mean differences (WMDs) for the percentage intraocular pressure (IOP) reduction and relative risks (RRs) for success rates. Tolerability measures were RRs for adverse events. Pooled estimates were carried out in RevMan software v. 4.2.
  
  
  RESULTS
  NPGS augmented with MMC was associated with a numerically smaller but nonsignificant percentage reduction in IOP compared with TE plus MMC, with a WMD of -1.27% (95% CI -5.61 to 3.07) at 1 year, -4.55% (-10.35 to 1.24) at 2 years, -0.82% (-8.80 to 7.17) at 3 years, and -6.16% (-25.97 to 13.65) at 4 years. Significantly greater proportions of TE plus MMC patients than NPGS augmented with MMC patients achieved the target IOP without antiglaucoma medication at the end point, with a pooled RR of 0.74 (0.63-0.86). NPGS augmented with MMC was associated with a significantly lower frequency of shallow anterior chamber and cataract than TE plus MMC, with pooled RRs of 0.31 (0.16-0.60) and 0.23 (0.11-0.47), respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  NPGS augmented with MMC was associated with IOP-lowering efficacy comparable to that of TE plus MMC. However, significantly fewer patients achieved the target IOP with NPGS augmented with MMC than with TE plus MMC. NPGS augmented with MMC was better tolerated than TE plus MMC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Jin-Wei
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Gui-Lin
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Xi
authors.forename: Rui-Li
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Ji-Ping
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: You
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000477:Alkylating Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D016208:Databases, Factual; D018463:Filtering Surgery / Q000379:methods*; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D016685:Mitomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000477:Alkylating Agents; D016685:Mitomycin