Efficacy and Safety of Topically Applied Medical Therapy for the Treatment of Pediatric Glaucoma

Summary

Objectives: The study will assess the ocular hypotensive effect of latanoprost and dorzolamide in a selected sample of patients affected by primary Pediatric Glaucoma (PG), refractory to surgical procedures. Safety will be assessed, too.In the first version of the protocol 96 eyes were forecasted to complete the enrolment. The protocol was then amended and now to complete the study 68 eyes should be included. This number of eyes could be achieved by recruiting from 34 to 68 patients due to not in all patients both eyes should be eligible for the study.

Timeline

Start

2009-07

Primary completion

2016-11

Completion

2016-11

Publications

• Background Uva MG, Avitabile T, Reibaldi M, Bucolo C, Drago F, Quaranta L, Lionetti E, Longo A. Long-term efficacy of latanoprost in primary congenital glaucoma. Eye (Lond). 2014 Jan;28(1):53-7. doi: 10.1038/eye.2013.232. Epub 2013 Oct 25.
• Results Quaranta L, Biagioli E, Galli F, Poli D, Rulli E, Riva I, Hollander L, Katsanos A, Longo A, Uva MG, Torri V, Weinreb RN. Latanoprost and Dorzolamide for the Treatment of Pediatric Glaucoma: The Glaucoma Italian Pediatric Study (Gipsy), Design and Baseline Characteristics. Adv Ther. 2016 Aug;33(8):1305-15. doi: 10.1007/s12325-016-0358-x. Epub 2016 Jun 16.
• Results Quaranta L, Biagioli E, Riva I, Galli F, Poli D, Rulli E, Katsanos A, Longo A, Uva MG, Torri V, Weinreb RN. The Glaucoma Italian Pediatric Study (GIPSy): 1-Year Results. J Glaucoma. 2017 Nov;26(11):987-994. doi: 10.1097/IJG.0000000000000773.

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