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ReviewClinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.)2018

Ocular hypotensive effects of prostaglandin analogs in Japanese patients with normal-tension glaucoma: a literature review.

Yasutaka Takagi, Kazunori Santo, Masayo Hashimoto, Takeo Fukuchi

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Review in Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 23% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yasutaka TakagiJapan Medical Affairs Group, Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan, yasutaka.takagi@santen.com.
Kazunori SantoJapan Medical Affairs Group, Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan, yasutaka.takagi@santen.com.
Masayo HashimotoJapan Medical Affairs Group, Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan, yasutaka.takagi@santen.com.
Takeo FukuchiDivision of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan.
Santen (Japan) · JPNiigata University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis paper aimed to evaluate the intraocular pressure (IOP)-lowering effects of prostaglandin analogs (PGAs) in Japanese patients with normal-tension glaucoma (NTG) by reviewing the current literature.

methodsIn February 2018, database searches were performed in PubMed, Embase, ProQuest, and the Japanese databases JAPICDOC and JMEDPlus. Studies were sorted into two categories: Category 1 consisted of studies of patients with NTG who reported reduced IOP values and Category 2 consisted of studies of patients with NTG who had IOP values at predosing and a final evaluation point. Search terms included ([unoprostone or latanoprost or travoprost or bimatoprost or tafluprost] and [glaucoma] and [Japan or Japanese]). The weighted ocular hypotensive efficacy was calculated. A scatter plot analysis was performed and a regression equation was calculated for each medication. The fitting of each regression equation was evaluated by the least squares method.

resultsEleven articles were eligible for Category 1 and 25 articles for Category 2. In the rank order of IOP-lowering efficacy of PGAs, bimatoprost was the strongest and latanoprost the weakest. Travoprost and tafluprost had almost the same level of ocular hypotensive effect, and both were stronger than latanoprost. The scatter plot analysis showed that all PGAs reduced IOP by 15%-20%. At higher IOP (17-18 mmHg), the ocular hypotensive effect was almost the same with latanoprost, travoprost, and tafluprost. In contrast, at lower IOP (12-15 mmHg), the IOP reduction with latanoprost was weaker than with travoprost or tafluprost.

conclusionThis literature review of the ocular hypotensive effects of PGAs in Japanese patients with NTG highlighted that PGAs had different ocular hypotensive effects. Ophthalmologists should understand the IOP-lowering profiles of various PGAs and apply them to patients with NTG on a case-by-case basis.

trial registrationUMIN Clinical Trials Registry UMIN000032344.

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Japanesenormal-tension glaucomaocular hypotensive effectsprostaglandin analogs

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