title: First-line latanoprost therapy in ocular hypertension or open-angle glaucoma patients: a 3-month efficacy analysis stratified by initial intraocular pressure.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Prospective, multicenter, randomized, double-masked trials have shown latanoprost instilled once daily to be at least as effective as and generally superior to timolol administered twice daily and to be as effective as other frequently prescribed prostaglandin analogues. This study prospectively assessed the efficacy of latanoprost monotherapy in a large cohort of treatment-naive patients with a broad range of baseline intraocular pressure (IOP) levels treated in actual clinical practice settings.
  
  
  METHODS
  This prospective, open-label, multicenter, uncontrolled, phase IV study included treatment-naive ocular hypertension or open-angle glaucoma subjects initiating latanoprost once daily (evening). IOP levels were measured at baseline and after 1 and 3 months. The primary efficacy outcome was mean change in IOP from baseline to month 3. Analyses were stratified by baseline IOP: > or = 20 and <24 mmHg vs > or = 24 mmHg.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Efficacy analyses (intent to treat) included 572 subjects: 20 to <24 mmHg group, N = 252; > or = 24 mmHg group, N = 320. Mean baseline IOP levels were 22.2 +/- 0.9 mmHg and 26.7 +/- 2.8 mmHg, respectively. At month 3, significant IOP reductions were seen in both groups (p < 0.0001, within-group differences); reductions were smaller in the 20 to <24 mmHg group (-6.3 +/- 2.4 vs -9.2 +/- 3.7 mmHg, respectively; -28.0 +/- 10.6% vs -34.1 +/- 11.9%, respectively). An IOP reduction of > or = 30% from baseline to month 3 was noted in 48.4% and 65.6% of subjects, respectively (p < 0.0001). At month 3, targets IOPs of < or = 18 mmHg were achieved by > or = 70% of subjects in both groups. Latanoprost was well tolerated with an adverse event profile similar to that reported in the literature.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This "real world" study found once-daily latanoprost to be effective and safe in treatment-naive ocular hypertension or open-angle glaucoma patients. Patients with baseline IOP levels of 20 to <24 mmHg as well as > or = 24 mmHg benefitted from initial latanoprost therapy.
  
  
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  NCT00647101.
authors.affiliation: Ophthalmology Department, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, 5, Place d'Arsonval, 690437 Lyon Cedex 03, France. philippe.denis@chu-lyon.fr
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Denis
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Baudouin
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bron
authors.forename: Jean-Philippe
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Nordmann
authors.forename: Jean Paul
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Renard
authors.forename: Jean François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Rouland
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sellem
authors.forename: Mourad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Amrane
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000098:blood supply; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005123:Eye; D005260:Female; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D006940:Hyperemia / Q000139:chemically induced; D007322:Instillation, Drug; D007429:Intraocular Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D000077338:Latanoprost; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009798:Ocular Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010146:Pain / Q000139:chemically induced; D011379:Prognosis; D011461:Prostaglandins F, Synthetic / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D011461:Prostaglandins F, Synthetic; D000077338:Latanoprost