title: Switching from concomitant latanoprost 0.005% and timolol 0.5% to a fixed combination of travoprost 0.004%/timolol 0.5% in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension: a 6-month, multicenter, cohort study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the usefulness and tolerability of systematically switching glaucoma patients from latanoprost 0.005% and timolol 0.5% (Lat + Tim) to a fixed combination of travoprost 0.004%/timolol 0.5% (TTFC), and to record the effects of this switch on tear-film break-up time (TBUT).
  
  
  METHODS
  Intraocular pressure (IOP) reduction, patients reaching IOP < 18 mmHg; the rate of discontinuation; TBUT; and the onset of adverse events (AEs).
  
  
  METHODS
  Multicenter, observational cohort, 6-month study: 309 patients on concomitant Lat + Tim were switched to TTFC (evening dosage). IOP, TBUT, and AEs were recorded at baseline and after 1 and 6 months.
  
  
  RESULTS
  IOP was significantly decreased (from 18.3 +/- 2.9 to 16.6 +/- 2.7 mmHg) after substitution (p < 0.0001). Many patients (82%) reached an IOP < 18 mmHg (p < 0.0001). TBUT improved significantly (from 8.4 +/- 3.6 to 9.2 +/- 3.8 s, p < 0.0001). A few patients reported AEs (8.7%), which caused discontinuation in a low percentage (4.5%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  TTFC appeared useful in this selected population. In this study, patients who underwent a regimen modification to TTFC obtained further reduction in IOP with a lower exposition to preservative toxicity. The low discontinuation rate at 6 months indicates a good tolerability profile.
authors: University Eye Clinic of Pavia UO Oculistica, AO Bolognini di Seriate, Italy. gemma.rossi.md@gmail.com
authors: Gemma Cm
authors: GC
authors: Rossi
authors: Gian Maria
authors: GM
authors: Pasinetti
authors: Maurizio
authors: M
authors: Bracchino
authors: Massimo
authors: M
authors: Bucarelli
authors: Stefano
authors: S
authors: Franchin
authors: Piera
authors: P
authors: Cerqueti
authors: Rosa
authors: R
authors: Bellini
authors: Cleofe
authors: C
authors: Caravati
authors: Laura
authors: L
authors: Celesia
authors: Antonella
authors: A
authors: Clemente
authors: Carmine
authors: C
authors: Tinelli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D003008:Cloprostenol / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D000077338:Latanoprost; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009798:Ocular Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy; D011310:Preservatives, Pharmaceutical / Q000009:adverse effects; D011461:Prostaglandins F, Synthetic / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D013666:Tears / Q000187:drug effects; D013997:Time Factors; D013999:Timolol / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D000069557:Travoprost
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D004338:Drug Combinations; D011310:Preservatives, Pharmaceutical; D011461:Prostaglandins F, Synthetic; D003008:Cloprostenol; D000077338:Latanoprost; D013999:Timolol; D000069557:Travoprost