Ocular penetration of levofloxacin, ofloxacin and ciprofloxacin in eyes with functioning filtering blebs: investigator masked, randomised clinical trial
| Autor: | Louis B. Cantor, Yara Catoira, C.-W. Yung, Darrell WuDunn, Shailaja Valluri, Joni Hoop, Linda S Morgan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Ofloxacin
Combination therapy medicine.medical_treatment Administration Oral Cataract Extraction Levofloxacin Eye Infections Bacterial Aqueous Humor Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Ciprofloxacin medicine Humans Surgical Wound Infection Single-Blind Method heterocyclic compounds Prospective Studies Antibacterial agent business.industry biochemical phenomena metabolism and nutrition Cataract surgery Eye infection bacterial infections and mycoses eye diseases Sensory Systems Anti-Bacterial Agents Suction blister Ophthalmology Anesthesia Filtering Surgery Drug Therapy Combination Ophthalmic Solutions business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | British Journal of Ophthalmology. 92:345-347 |
| ISSN: | 0007-1161 |
| Popis: | Background/aims: To compare the penetration of levofloxacin, ofloxacin and ciprofloxacin in the aqueous humour of eyes with functioning filtering blebs. Methods: In this investigator-masked study, 48 patients with functioning filtering blebs requiring cataract surgery were randomised into six groups of eight patients. Groups 1, 2 and 3 received topical ofloxacin 0.3% (Ocuflox®), ciprofloxacin 0.3% (Ciloxan®) and levofloxacin (Quixin®) respectively; Groups 4, 5 and 6 received the same treatment with the corresponding oral dose of ofloxacin 400 mg (Floxin), ciprofloxacin 400 mg (Cipro) and levofloxacin 250 mg (Levaquin). Aqueous antibiotic levels were determined by mass spectrometry of aqueous samples from each patient. Results: The mean aqueous level for topical levofloxacin was significantly higher than those achieved by topical ofloxacin or ciprofloxacin (p value = 0.02 and 0.01, respectively). The combination of topical and oral levofloxacin was significantly higher than topical levofloxacin alone (p = 0.05) and the ciprofloxacin combination (p = 0.003) but not significantly higher than the ofloxacin combination therapy. Conclusions: Topical levofloxacin penetrates better than ofloxacin or ciprofloxacin into the aqueous of eyes with functioning filtering blebs. The combination of topical and oral levofloxacin may be preferable in the treatment of bleb-associated infections (NCT 00392275; Clinical trials.gov). |
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