Table 5.
Adverse event | No (%) of patients | |
Bimatoprost (n = 131) | Travoprost (n = 133) | |
Eye pruritus | 3 (2.3%) | 1 (0.8%) |
Conjunctival or ocular hyperaemia | 4 (3.1%) | 2 (1.5%) |
Punctate keratitis | 1 (0.8%) | 2 (1.5%) |
Eye irritation | 2 (1.5%) | 0 (0.0%) |
Growth of eyelashes | 2 (1.5%) | 0 (0.0%) |
Abnormal sensation in eye | 1 (0.8%) | 0 (0.0%) |
Drug hypersensitivity | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.8%) |
Dry skin | 1 (0.8%) | 0 (0.0%) |
Foreign-body sensation | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.8%) |
Hyperaemia (non-ocular) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.8%) |
Pruritus at instillation site | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.8%) |
Skin pigmentation | 1 (0.8%) | 0 (0.0%) |
Visual acuity reduced | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.8%) |
Overall* | 11 (8.4%) | 8 (6.0%) |
*Patients reporting any treatment-related adverse event.