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ArticleScientific reports2019

Efficacy and safety of the fixed combinations of tafluprost/timolol and latanoprost/carteolol.

Masahiro Fuwa, Atsushi Shimazaki, Masafumi Mieda, Naoko Yamashita, Takahiro Akaishi, Takazumi Taniguchi, Masatomo Kato

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Masahiro FuwaResearch and Development, Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Ikoma-shi, Nara, Japan. masahiro.fuwa@santen.com.
Atsushi ShimazakiResearch and Development, Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Ikoma-shi, Nara, Japan.
Masafumi MiedaResearch and Development, Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Ikoma-shi, Nara, Japan.
Naoko YamashitaResearch and Development, Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Ikoma-shi, Nara, Japan.
Takahiro AkaishiResearch and Development, Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Ikoma-shi, Nara, Japan.
Takazumi TaniguchiResearch and Development, Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Ikoma-shi, Nara, Japan.
Masatomo KatoResearch and Development, Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Ikoma-shi, Nara, Japan.
Santen (Japan) · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, we made a comparative efficacy and safety assessment of two different fixed combinations of drugs, viz., tafluprost/timolol (TAF/TIM) and latanoprost/carteolol (LAT/CAR), by determining their effects on intraocular pressure (IOP) in ocular normotensive monkeys and examining their toxic effects on ocular surface using human corneal epithelial cells. TAF/TIM was found to be more effective in lowering IOP for a longer duration compared to LAT/CAR. We found that the difference in the intensity of IOP-lowering effect was because of the differences in the strength of timolol compared with that of carteolol as a beta-adrenergic antagonist and strength of tafluprost compared with that of latanoprost as a prostaglandin analogue. In addition, TAF/TIM showed much less cytotoxic effects compared to LAT/CAR on the human corneal epithelial cells. Our findings showed that TAF/TIM is better than LAT/CAR with regard to the IOP-lowering effect in monkeys and toxicity on ocular surface.

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AnimalsAntihypertensive AgentsCarteololCell LineDrug CombinationsEpithelium, CornealHumansIntraocular PressureLatanoprostMacaca fascicularisMaleProstaglandins FTimololAntihypertensive AgentsCarteololDrug CombinationsLatanoprostProstaglandins FtafluprostTimolol

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PMID31097790
PMCPMC6522485
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