A Comparison of the Effect of Dorzolamide and Timolol on Optic Disk Blood Flow in Patients With Open Angle Glaucoma
Information source: Medical University of Vienna
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Condition(s) targeted: Glaucoma, Open-Angle
Intervention: Dorzolamide 2% (Drug); Timolol 0.5% (Drug)
Phase: Phase 2/Phase 3
Status: Completed
Sponsored by: Medical University of Vienna Official(s) and/or principal investigator(s): Hans G Eichler, MD, Prof., Principal Investigator, Affiliation: Medical University of Vienna
Summary
Glaucoma is one of the most common causes of blindness in the industrialized nations. For a
long time glaucoma has been defined as a disease in which high intraocular pressure (IOP)
leads to irreversible optic disk damage and concommitant visual field loss. However, recent
investigations show that IOP is not necessarily an adequate measure of clinical severity or
a predictor of clinical progression: about 20% of all eyes with high IOP do not develop
visual field loss and some patients suffering from visual field loss due to optic disk
damage have normal IOP. Hence, factors other than IOP are likely involved in the
pathogenesis of glaucoma. The role of vascular factors in the pathogenesis of glaucoma has
recently received much attention and optic nerve head hypoperfusion may play a critical role
in the development of glaucoma. It may therefore be important for an optimal prevention of
visual field defects in glaucoma that the topical antiglaucoma drugs used do not only reduce
IOP but also stabilize or enhance the perfusion of the optic nerve head.
Therefore, the aim of the present study is to compare the effect of a 3 months treatment
with timolol or dorzolamide in patients with open angle glaucoma on optic disk blood flow.
Clinical Details
Official title: A Double-masked Comparison of the Effect of Dorzolamide and Timolol on Optic Disk Blood Flow in Patients With Open Angle Glaucoma
Study design: Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Basic Science
Primary outcome: Percent change over baseline after 3 months of treatment of optic disk blood flow measured with the Heidelberg Retina FlowmeterPercent change over baseline after 3 months of treatment of fundus pulsation amplitude (FPA) in the optic disk as assessed with laser interferometry
Eligibility
Minimum age: 19 Years.
Maximum age: N/A.
Gender(s): Both.
Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Men and women older than 19 years
- Primary open angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension with IOP higher than 22 mmHg in at
least one eye
- Washout period for previous antiglaucoma treatment: two weeks for adrenergic
agonists, one week for parasympathomimetic agents
Exclusion Criteria:
- Exfoliation glaucoma, pigmentary glaucoma
- History of acute angle closure
- Intraocular surgery or argon laser trabeculoplasty within the last 6 months
- Ocular inflammation or infection within the last 3 months
- Contact lenses
- Patients with bradycardia (heart rate less than 50 beats/min)
- Second or third degree heart block
- Asthma
- COPD
- Congestive Heart Failure
- Severe renal impairment (Creatinine clearance less than 1. 8 l/h
- History or hypersensitivity to one of the study drugs or drugs with similar chemical
structure
- History of non-IOP responder to beta-blockers or carbonic anhydrase inhibitors
- Pregnancy
Locations and Contacts
Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria
Additional Information
Starting date: May 1999
Last updated: October 7, 2009
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