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Trial reportJournal of glaucoma2018

Latanoprostene Bunod 0.024% in Subjects With Open-angle Glaucoma or Ocular Hypertension: Pooled Phase 3 Study Findings.

Robert N Weinreb, Jeffrey M Liebmann, Keith R Martin, Paul L Kaufman, Jason L Vittitow

2 registry-linked trialsOpen access · greenAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase IIIComparative StudyMulticenter Study
In one paragraph

Trial report in Journal of glaucoma, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 41 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
41citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT01749904 phase3completednot on this map

A Randomized, Multicenter, Double-Masked, Parallel-Group Study Comparing the Safety and Efficacy of BOL-303259-X Ophthalmic Solution With Timolol Maleate Ophthalmic Solution 0.5% in Subjects With Open-Angle Glaucoma or Ocular Hypertension.

TypeinterventionalSponsorBausch & Lomb IncorporatedRan2013 to 2015Enrolled420ConditionsOpen-Angle Glaucoma, Ocular HypertensionArmsBOL-303259-X, Timolol
NCT01749930 phase3completednot on this map

A Randomized, Multicenter, Double-Masked, Parallel-Group Study Comparing the Safety and Efficacy of BOL-303259-X Ophthalmic Solution With Timolol Maleate Ophthalmic Solution 0.5% in Subjects With Open-Angle Glaucoma or Ocular Hypertension

TypeinterventionalSponsorBausch & Lomb IncorporatedRan2013 to 2015Enrolled420ConditionsOpen-Angle Glaucoma, Ocular HypertensionArmsBOL-303259-X, Timolol
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 80 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Management and outcomes of primary open-angle glaucoma.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2026
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  5. Different intraocular pressure-lowering effects of latanoprostene bunod across glaucoma subtypes: a 12-month real-world clinical study.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2026
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  18. Newer advances in medical management of glaucoma.Indian journal of ophthalmology · 2022
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  20. Glaucoma and Ocular Surface Disease: More than Meets the Eye.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Robert N WeinrebHamilton Glaucoma Center and Department of Ophthalmology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA.
Jeffrey M LiebmannBernard and Shirlee Brown Glaucoma Research Laboratory, Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY.
Keith R MartinDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Cambridge.
Paul L KaufmanDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
Jason L VittitowClinical Affairs, Bausch & Lomb Incorporated, Bridgewater, NJ.
Columbia University Irving Medical Center · USUniversity of California, San Diego · USUniversity of Cambridge · GBUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo compare the diurnal intraocular pressure (IOP)-lowering effect of latanoprostene bunod (LBN) 0.024% with timolol maleate 0.5% in subjects with open-angle glaucoma (OAG) or ocular hypertension (OHT). PATIENTS AND

methodsPooled analysis of two phase 3, randomized, multicenter, double-masked, parallel-group, noninferiority trials (APOLLO and LUNAR), each with open-label safety extension phases. Adults with OAG or OHT were randomized 2:1 to double-masked treatment with LBN once daily (qd) or timolol twice daily (bid) for 3 months followed by open-label LBN treatment for 3 (LUNAR) or 9 (APOLLO) months. IOP was measured at 8 AM, 12 PM, and 4 PM at week 2, week 6, and months 3, 6, 9, and 12.

resultsOf the 840 subjects randomized, 774 (LBN, n=523; timolol crossover to LBN, n=251) completed the efficacy phase, and 738 completed the safety extension phase. Mean IOP was significantly lower with LBN versus timolol at all 9 evaluation timepoints during the efficacy phase (P<0.001). A significantly greater proportion of LBN-treated subjects attained a mean IOP ≤18 mm Hg and IOP reduction ≥25% from baseline versus timolol-treated subjects (P<0.001). The IOP reduction with LBN was sustained through the safety phase; subjects crossed over from timolol to LBN experienced additional significant IOP lowering (P≤0.009). Both treatments were well tolerated, and there were no safety concerns with long-term LBN treatment.

conclusionsIn this pooled analysis of subjects with OAG and OHT, LBN 0.024% qd provided greater IOP-lowering compared with timolol 0.5% bid and maintained lowered IOP through 12 months. LBN demonstrated a safety profile comparable to that of prostaglandin analogs.

Indexed as

AdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntihypertensive AgentsCross-Over StudiesDouble-Blind MethodFemaleGlaucoma, Open-AngleHumansIntraocular PressureMaleMiddle AgedOcular HypertensionOphthalmic SolutionsProstaglandins F, SyntheticTimololAntihypertensive AgentsBOL 303259-XOphthalmic SolutionsProstaglandins F, SyntheticTimolol

Identifiers

PMID29194198
PMCPMC7654727
OpenAlexW2775248889

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