A two-year follow-up of oral antioxidant supplementation in primary open-angle glaucoma: an open-label, randomized, controlled trial.

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of oral antioxidant supplementation (OAS) on primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) over a 2-year follow-up period.

Patients And Methods: In this open-label, randomized controlled trial, 117 eyes of 117 patients with mild or moderate POAG and intraocular pressure under control with topical antiglaucoma medications were recruited and randomly divided into three groups according to supplementation: (1) OAS with (ICAPS R(®) - Alcon Laboratories, n = 26); (2) OAS without ω-3 fatty acids (OFTAN MACULA(®) - Laboratorios Esteve, n = 28); and (3) a control group without OAS (n = 63). They all underwent visual field (VF) tests (Humphrey 24-2) and scans using a Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT) device (RTVue-100) at the beginning of the study and 2 years later.

Comparative study of central corneal thickness using Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography versus ultrasound pachymetry in primary open-angle glaucoma.

Purpose: To compare central corneal thickness (CCT) results measured by Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT) and ultrasound pachymetry (USP) in glaucomatous eyes.

Methods: In this prospective, observational cross-sectional study, 80 eyes of 80 patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and no other ocular abnormality were selected: 28 were treated with 1 drug (subgroup 1), 32 with 2 drugs (subgroup 2), and 20 with 3 drugs (subgroup 3). CCT was measured by FD-OCT (RTVue OCT) and USP (Pachymeter Reichert IOPac).

Comparison of global indices and test duration between two visual field analyzers: Octopus 300 and Topcon SBP-3000.

Purpose: To compare the global indices and test duration as measured by Octopus 300 and Topcon SBP-3000 perimeters. To our knowledge, this is the first study performed in this way.

Methods: Eighty eyes of 40 glaucomatous and ocular hypertensive patients with previous perimetric experience had visual field tests with Octopus 300 (TOP strategy) and TOPCON SBP-3000.

Central corneal thickness, intraocular pressure, and degree of myopia in an adult myopic population aged 20 to 40 years in southeast Spain: determination and relationships.

Objective: To determine the values of, and study the relationships among, central corneal thickness (CCT), intraocular pressure (IOP), and degree of myopia (DM) in an adult myopic population aged 20 to 40 years in Almeria (southeast Spain). To our knowledge this is first study of this kind in this region.

Methods: An observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study was done in which a sample of 310 myopic patients (620 eyes) aged 20 to 40 years was selected by gender- and age-stratified sampling, which was proportionally fixed to the size of the population strata for which a 20% prevalence of myopia, 5% epsilon, and a 95% confidence interval were hypothesized.