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Trial reportThe British journal of ophthalmology2026

Low-concentration bimatoprost 0.01% and timolol 0.1% eye gel versus bimatoprost 0.03% and timolol 0.5% eye drops in open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension: a phase III randomised study.

M Francesca Cordeiro, Francesco Oddone, Elena Atanasova Mermeklieva, Dariusz Md Rokicki, Sylvie Nisslé, Piotr Gościniewicz, Ingeborg Stalmans

Abstract readRandomized Controlled TrialClinical Trial, Phase IIIMulticenter Study
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Trial report in The British journal of ophthalmology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors.

M Francesca CordeiroImperial College Ophthalmic Research Group (ICORG), Imperial College London, London, England, UK m.cordeiro@ucl.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8663-6525
Francesco OddoneClinical and Research Institute of Ophthalmology, IRCCS Fondazione G.B.Bietti, Rome, Italy.
Elena Atanasova MermeklievaMC "Ophtha-Neuro" Medical Faculty, Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski, Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1134-520X
Dariusz Md RokickiLaboratoires Thea, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Sylvie NissléLaboratoires Thea, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Piotr GościniewiczFaculty of Medicine, WSB University, Dabrowa Gornicza, Poland.
Ingeborg StalmansDepartment of Ophthalmology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Flanders, Belgium.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND/

aimsTo compare the efficacy and safety of a new preservative-free bimatoprost 0.01%/timolol 0.1% fixed combination (BTFC) eye gel with those of bimatoprost 0.03%/timolol 0.5% fixed combination ophthalmic solution (BTFC eye drops) in patients with open-angle glaucoma (OAG) or ocular hypertension (OHT).

methodsIn this phase III, international, multi-centre, randomised, parallel group, investigator-masked study, patients receiving a first-line monotherapy, having insufficiently controlled intraocular pressure (IOP) and requiring dual therapy were randomised to receive either BTFC eye gel or BTFC eye drops once daily for 12 weeks. The primary efficacy endpoint was the change in IOP from baseline to week 12 at 08:00 in the assessed eye. Further efficacy and safety endpoints were assessed as secondary outcomes.

resultsThe mean±SD change in IOP from baseline to week 12 at 08:00 was -10.96±3.43 mmHg for the BTFC eye gel group and -11.14±3.56 mmHg for the BTFC eye drop group. The least-squares mean difference (BTFC eye gel minus BTFC eye drops) was -0.04±0.24 mmHg (95% CI -0.51 to 0.43 mmHg), with the upper bound of the 95% CI lower than the predefined margin of +1.5 mmHg at week 12 at 08:00. Similar IOP-lowering efficacy was demonstrated at all other timepoints. The safety profile was comparable between the treatment groups. No patients in the BTFC eye gel group discontinued the study due to a treatment-related adverse event compared with 8 (2.9%) patients in the BTFC eye drop group.

conclusionLow-concentration BTFC eye gel can be considered as a safe and effective treatment in the therapeutic management of glaucoma and OHT.

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Antihypertensive AgentsCloprostenolGlaucoma, Open-AngleOcular HypertensionTimololAgedBimatoprostDouble-Blind MethodDrug CombinationsFemaleGelsHumansIntraocular PressureMaleMiddle AgedOphthalmic SolutionsAntihypertensive AgentsBimatoprostCloprostenolDrug CombinationsGelsOphthalmic SolutionsTimololDrugsGlaucomaIntraocular pressureOcular HypertensionTreatment Medical

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PMCPMC13018773

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