title: 24-hour intraocular pressure in glaucoma patients randomized to receive dorzolamide or brinzolamide in combination with latanoprost.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the efficacy of dorzolamide 1% (bid or tid) or brinzolamide 1% bid on 24-hour intraocular pressure (IOP) control as well as patients' preference for either drug when added in combination with latanoprost against glaucoma (IOP, >/=18 mmHg).
  
  
  METHODS
  In this randomized crossover study patients were assigned to receive latanoprost plus either dorzolamide or brinzolamide for four weeks. Thereafter, patients underwent 24-hour IOP monitoring while continuing to receive dorzolamide (for two successive days/nights: at first bid then tid) or brinzolamide bid (once overnight). They were then switched over to receive the other test medication for a further four weeks and subsequently reexamined for 24-hour IOP. A questionnaire survey on treatment satisfaction was performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In 20 patients dorzolamide bid or tid or brinzolamide bid exerted significant (p < 0.001) reductions of IOP from baseline at all time-points over 24 hours; no difference was detected among the treatment regimens. Significantly (p < 0.05) more patients preferred dorzolamide (n = 9) over brinzolamide (n = 2), whereas nine patients gave a neutral answer.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Dorzolamide bid or tid and brinzolamide bid when combined with latanoprost therapy elicited significant IOP reduction for 24 hours. It is rational to consider patients' preference of therapeutic regimen especially long-term users such as those with glaucoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of the Ryukyus Faculty of Medicine, Okinawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshimi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Shusaku
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: Yuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: Ichiko
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Henzan
authors.forename: Shoichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sawaguchi
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