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A prospective randomized double masked controlled clinical trial to determine the efficacy of multiple drop centbucridine as an ocular surface anaesthetic.

Author(s): Ghose S, Biswas NR, Das GK, Sethi A, Verma B, Jhingan S, Pandey RM

Affiliation(s): Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi - 110 029

Publication date & source: 2004-10, Indian J Physiol Pharmacol., 48(4):466-70.

Publication type: Clinical Trial; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

In this study, the ocular surface anaesthetic and analgesic efficacies of 0.5% and 1% centbucridine both in saline were compared with 4% lignocaine drops in distilled water in normal healthy volunteers divided into three equal groups. In 99 healthy eyes, keeping one eye as an unanaesthetized control, one drop of any of the above three coded drugs was instilled in the contralateral eye, followed by one more drop of the same drug in the same eye after 3 minutes. The oneset of anaesthesia, achievement and duration of peak activity, total duration of action, the depth of analgesia, and period of burning sensation were all noted in this double-masked randomized controlled trial with the various drug solutions. Total peak duration of anaesthetic as well as analgesic effects in the 99 healthy normal eyes were found to be the highest with centbucridine 1%, followed by 4% lignocaine and 0.5% centbucridine respectively.

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