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. 2011 Jun 13;11:13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2415-11-13

Table 4.

Type of and reason for index therapy change within 6 months and full study period among patients who changed, N (%)

Within 6 months Across full study period

Latanoprost
N = 134
Travoprost-Z
N = 77
Latanoprost
N = 218
Travoprost-Z
N = 121
Type of change
 Add-on 36 (26.9) 26 (33.8) 62 (28.4) 40 (33.1)
 Switch 65 (48.5) 36 (46.8) 102 (46.8) 50 (41.3)
 Discontinuation 14 (10.5) 5 (6.5) 23 (10.6) 13 (10.7)
 Surgery/procedure 19 (14.2) 10 (13.0) 31 (14.2) 18 (14.9)
Reason for change*
 IOP not controlled 83 (61.9) 50 (64.9) 119 (54.6) 76 (62.8)
 Adverse events 16 (11.9) 16 (20.8) 24 (11.0) 18 (14.9)
 Physician preference 11 (8.2) 4 (5.2) 21 (9.6) 9 (7.4)
 Non-compliance 8 (6.0) 2 (2.6) 11 (5.0) 6 (5.0)
 Cost 9 (6.7) 3 (3.9) 19 (8.7) 4 (3.3)
 Patient request 5 (3.7) 2 (2.6) 10 (4.6) 4 (3.3)
 Ocular nerve head
  changes 1 (0.7) 0 6 (2.8) 1 (0.8)
 Other 11 (8.2) 3 (3.9) 25 (11.5) 5 (4.1)

IOP = intraocular pressure.

*Reported by ≥2% of patients in either cohort at either time point. More than one reason could be reported for each patient.