Table 3.
Characteristics of studies awaiting assessment [ordered by study ID]
| Hu 1995 | |
| Methods | Fifty Chinese patients (61 eyes) were included. Twenty-five patients (32 eyes) were assigned to acupuncture plus “Western medicine,” and 25 patients (29 eyes) were assigned to “Western medicine” only |
| Participants | Patients with acute angle-closure glaucoma. |
| Interventions | Group 1: acupuncture (acupuncture 30
minutes once daily for 5–7 days) plus “Western
medicine” (did not specify the drug name or the
usage) Group 2: pilocarpine 1% eye drop plus carbonic anhydrase inhibitor (did not specify the usage) |
| Outcomes | Intraocular pressure (IOP) (time points measured were not reported in the article) |
| Notes | |
| Huo 2009 | |
| Methods | Ninety-six Chinese patients (166 eyes) were included. Forty-four patients (77 eyes) were assigned to pricking blood treatment, and 52 patients (89 eyes) were assigned to timolol |
| Participants | Patients with primary open-angle glaucoma. |
| Interventions | Group 1: pricking blood at Neiyingxiang
(EX-HN9). Group 2: timolol maleate 0.5% eye drop (did not specify the usage) |
| Outcomes | Intraocular pressure (IOP) (time points measured were not reported in the article) |
| Notes | |
| Wu 2010 | |
| Methods | Sixty Chinese patients (120 eyes) were included. Thirty patients (60 eyes) were assigned to acupuncture and 30 patients (60 eyes) were assigned to timolol |
| Participants | Patients with primary open-angle glaucoma. |
| Interventions | Group 1: acupuncture for 20
minutes. Group 2: timolol eye drop twice daily (did not report the concentration of timolol or the duration of use) |
| Outcomes | Intraocular pressure (IOP), visual acuity, visual field loss, and cup/disc ratio (time points measured were not reported in the article) |
| Notes | |
| Zhang 1995 | |
| Methods | One hundred forty-eight Chinese patients (246 eyes) were included. Ninety-six patients (166 eyes) were assigned to pricking blood therapy, and 52 patients (80 eyes) were assigned to pilocarpine |
| Participants | Patients with chronic primary glaucoma and chronic angle-closure glaucoma |
| Interventions | Group 1: pricking blood at
Erjianxue. Group 2: pilocarpine 1% eye drop once (did not specify the duration of therapy) |
| Outcomes | Intraocular pressure (IOP) (time points measured were not reported in the article) |
| Notes | |
| Zhang 2003 | |
| Methods | One hundred ninety-eight Chinese patients (204 eyes) were included. One hundred eight patients (111 eyes) were assigned to acupuncture with manipulation, and 90 patients (93 eyes) were assigned to acupuncture without manipulation |
| Participants | Patients with acute angle-closure glaucoma. |
| Interventions | Group 1: acupuncture with
manipulation. Group 2: acupuncture without manipulation. |
| Outcomes | Aqueous flow (F value at 3, 6, and 12 months). |
| Notes | |
| Zhang 2009 | |
| Methods | Forty-nine Chinese patients (86 eyes) were included. Forty-three eyes were assigned to acupuncture, and 43 eyes were assigned to timolol |
| Participants | Patients with primary open-angle glaucoma. |
| Interventions | Group 1: acupuncture. Group 2: timolol 0.5% eye drop twice daily. |
| Outcomes | Intraocular pressure (IOP) at 6 months. |
| Notes | |
| Zhou 2007 | |
| Methods | Forty-four Chinese patients (60 eyes) were included. Twenty-two patients (30 eyes) were assigned to acupuncture, and 22 patients (30 eyes) were assigned to no treatment |
| Participants | Patients had undergone glaucoma surgery. |
| Interventions | Group 1: acupuncture. Group 2: no treatment. |
| Outcomes | Visual acuity, visual field (time points measured were not reported in the article) |
| Notes | |