[MK-507 (L-671 152): local tolerance and effectiveness of a new local carbonic anhydrase inhibitor in healthy probands].

A three-dose, randomized, double-blind parallel, placebo-controlled ocular tolerancy study was undertaken in 24 healthy, normal volunteers with two formulations of 2% MK-507 (L-671 152), a novel water-soluble, topical carbonic anhydrase inhibitor. In this study MK-507 was administered to humans for the first time. Subjects received 3 sequential drops of the test drug in one randomly selected eye (at 13:00, 14:00, and 14:10 o'clock): ten received 2% MK-507 formulated with 0.