1st University Department of Ophthalmology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Department of Epidemiology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Eye (Lond). 2023 Dec;37(17):3666-3674. doi: 10.1038/s41433-023-02578-w. Epub 2023 May 23.
Halting and reversing glaucoma therapy-related ocular surface disease (GTR-OSD) will improve the success of long-term medical therapy, impacting millions of patients worldwide.
A single-centre, masked, prospective, placebo-controlled, crossover trial of 41 well-controlled open-angle glaucoma subjects with moderate to severe GTR-OSD on preserved latanoprost and dorzolamide/timolol fixed combination (DTFC) therapy was conducted. Subjects were randomized to preservative-free (PF) tafluprost and DTFC with either placebo or cyclosporine 0.1% drops for 6 months and were then crossed over to the opposite therapy. Oxford score of ocular staining was the primary outcome; osmolarity, matrix-metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) testing, tear film break-up time (TFBUT), meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD), punctum evaluation, adverse events and diurnal intraocular pressure (IOP) comprised secondary outcomes.
GTR-OSD findings improved with PF therapy. At 6 months the triple PF with placebo group showed improvement compared to baseline in mean Oxford score (mean difference [MD]:-3.76; 95% confidence interval [CI]:-4.74 to -2.77; p < 0.001), osmolarity (MD:-21.93; 95%CI:-27.61 to -16.24 mOsm/l; p < 0.001), punctum stenosis (p = 0.008) and conjunctival hyperaemia (p < 0.001). Similar improvements occurred in the cyclosporine enhanced period, which also provided greater improvement in MMP-9 positivity (24 vs 66%; p < 0.001) and TFBUT (p = 0.022). The cyclosporine group was superior vs placebo in mean Oxford score (MD:-0.78; 95%CI:-1.40 to -0.15); p < 0.001), itchiness and objective adverse events (p = 0.034). Cyclosporine elicited more stinging vs placebo (63 vs 24%; p < 0.001). Both PF regimens reduced mean diurnal IOP more than preserved therapy (14.7 vs 15.9 mmHg; p < 0.001).
Changing from preserved to PF glaucoma medications improves ocular surface health and IOP control. Topical cyclosporine 0.1% further reverses GTR-OSD.
停止和逆转青光眼治疗相关的眼表面疾病(GTR-OSD)将提高长期药物治疗的成功率,影响全球数以百万计的患者。
对 41 名患有中度至重度 GTR-OSD 的开角型青光眼患者进行了一项单中心、盲法、前瞻性、安慰剂对照、交叉试验,这些患者正在接受保存型拉坦前列素和多佐胺/噻吗洛尔固定组合(DTFC)治疗。将受试者随机分为无防腐剂(PF)他氟前列素和 DTFC 治疗,分别给予安慰剂或环孢素 0.1%滴眼剂治疗 6 个月,然后交叉至相反的治疗。眼染色的牛津评分是主要结局;渗透压、基质金属蛋白酶-9(MMP-9)检测、泪膜破裂时间(TFBUT)、睑板腺功能障碍(MGD)、泪小点评估、不良事件和日间眼压(IOP)构成次要结局。
PF 治疗可改善 GTR-OSD 发现。在 6 个月时,三重 PF 联合安慰剂组与基线相比,牛津评分(平均差异 [MD]:-3.76;95%置信区间 [CI]:-4.74 至 -2.77;p<0.001)、渗透压(MD:-21.93;95%CI:-27.61 至 -16.24 mOsm/l;p<0.001)、泪小点狭窄(p=0.008)和结膜充血(p<0.001)均有改善。在环孢素增强期也出现了类似的改善,MMP-9 阳性(24 对 66%;p<0.001)和 TFBUT(p=0.022)也有更大的改善。与安慰剂相比,环孢素组在平均牛津评分(MD:-0.78;95%CI:-1.40 至 -0.15)、瘙痒和客观不良事件(p=0.034)方面更具优势。与安慰剂相比,环孢素引起的刺痛更多(63 对 24%;p<0.001)。两种 PF 方案均比保存治疗更能降低日间平均 IOP(14.7 对 15.9mmHg;p<0.001)。
从保存型青光眼药物转为 PF 药物可改善眼表面健康和 IOP 控制。局部环孢素 0.1%进一步逆转 GTR-OSD。