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- Title
Improved prediction of fellow-eye response in one-eye trials using multiple intraocular pressure measurements.
- Authors
Wakabayashi, Yuka; Higashide, Tomomi; Sugiyama, Kazuhisa
- Abstract
Purpose: To examine the effects of multiple intraocular pressure (IOP) measurements on the correlation of response to glaucoma medication between fellow eyes. Methods: Latanoprost was applied to the first eye and then to both eyes of 16 patients with either primary open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension. IOP measurements were performed twice on different days for each of three periods: at baseline, during treatment of the first eye only and for both eyes. IOP decreases in the first and second eyes were evaluated with ∆IOP 1 (=IOP at baseline − IOP after treatment) and ∆IOP 2 (=∆IOP 1 − IOP fluctuation of the contralateral eye). The correlation of IOP decreases between the fellow eyes was analyzed by linear regression analysis using the Pearson correlation coefficient, r. Results: No significant correlations of ∆IOP1 between fellow eyes were found regardless of the number of IOP measurements. ∆IOP2 was significantly correlated between fellow eyes using two post-treatment IOP measurements, but not with a single post-treatment IOP. Conclusions: Using multiple post-treatment IOP measurements may improve the prediction of a fellow eye's response to glaucoma medication in one-eye trials.
- Subjects
INTRAOCULAR pressure; GLAUCOMA treatment; OPEN-angle glaucoma; HYPERTENSION; REGRESSION analysis
- Publication
Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology, 2011, Vol 55, Issue 5, p480
- ISSN
0021-5155
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10384-011-0054-y