PURPOSE: To evaluate the effects of oral acetazolamide (ACZ), anterior chamber paracentesis (ACP), or topical brimonidine tartrate (BT) to reduce intraocular pressure (IOP) elevation after intravitreal bevacizumab injection (IVBI). PATIENTS AND METHODS: A total of 56 patients scheduled for IVBI (1.5 mg/0.06 mL) were randomly assigned to a pretreatment with ACZ (14 eyes), BT (14 eyes), as well as an immediately after ACP (14 eyes), or no treatment (control group-CG) (14 eyes). IOP was measured 90 minutes before injection (baseline), just before injection, and at 3, 10, 20, and 30 minutes after the procedure. RESULTS:IOP was increased at 3 minutes after injection in CG, 20.9±2.1 (mean±SE intraindividual change in mm Hg); BT, 15.5±2.3; ACZ, 13.7±1.7; but not in ACP, 0.3±1.2 (P<0.0001). At 30 minutes after injections, IOP difference to baseline was not significantly different in groups BT, 0.0±0.7; ACZ, -3.2±0.8; and ACP, -2.5±3.9, but was kept higher in the CG, 4.0±4.3 (P<0.0001). CONCLUSIONS:ACP prevents IOP elevation after IVBI, whereas ACZ and BT caused a faster return to baseline than untreated nonglaucomatous eyes. Further studies with larger number of subjects, including glaucomatous patients, and the use of other topical glaucoma medications are warranted to establish a standard recommendation.
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PURPOSE: To evaluate the effects of oral acetazolamide (ACZ), anterior chamber paracentesis (ACP), or topical brimonidine tartrate (BT) to reduce intraocular pressure (IOP) elevation after intravitreal bevacizumab injection (IVBI). PATIENTS AND METHODS: A total of 56 patients scheduled for IVBI (1.5 mg/0.06 mL) were randomly assigned to a pretreatment with ACZ (14 eyes), BT (14 eyes), as well as an immediately after ACP (14 eyes), or no treatment (control group-CG) (14 eyes). IOP was measured 90 minutes before injection (baseline), just before injection, and at 3, 10, 20, and 30 minutes after the procedure. RESULTS: IOP was increased at 3 minutes after injection in CG, 20.9±2.1 (mean±SE intraindividual change in mm Hg); BT, 15.5±2.3; ACZ, 13.7±1.7; but not in ACP, 0.3±1.2 (P<0.0001). At 30 minutes after injections, IOP difference to baseline was not significantly different in groups BT, 0.0±0.7; ACZ, -3.2±0.8; and ACP, -2.5±3.9, but was kept higher in the CG, 4.0±4.3 (P<0.0001). CONCLUSIONS:ACP prevents IOP elevation after IVBI, whereas ACZ and BT caused a faster return to baseline than untreated nonglaucomatous eyes. Further studies with larger number of subjects, including glaucomatouspatients, and the use of other topical glaucoma medications are warranted to establish a standard recommendation.
Authors: Jocelyn Lam; Ian Luttrell; Leona Ding; Kasra Rezaei; Jennifer R Chao; Yewlin Chee; Lisa C Olmos De Koo; Joanne C Wen Journal: Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol Date: 2019-08-06 Impact factor: 3.117