Wishart 1992.
| Methods | RCT. Open label. | |
| Participants | 34 participants with OHT and open angles and 25 participants with OHT and narrow angles. Fellow‐eye served as control. Racial constitution is not reported. Inclusion criteria: IOP above 21 mmHg in both eyes, normal visual felds (Friedmann), normal optic discs. Exclusion criteria: history of anterior segment disease. | |
| Interventions | Timolol 0.5% twice daily one eye. No treatment for the fellow eye. | |
| Outcomes | Incidence of glaucomatous visual field defects or optic disc damage. | |
| Notes | 6 years follow‐up. Data of OHT with open angles and with narrow angles were analysed separately. Only the former are included in this review. No detailed information on dropouts is given. | |
| Risk of bias | ||
| Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
| Allocation concealment? | Unclear risk | B ‐ Unclear |
c/d ratio: cup to disk ratio IOP: intraocular pressure MD: mean defect mmHG: millimetres mercury OAG: open angle glaucoma OHT: ocular hypertension PDS: pigment dispersion syndrome PEX: pseudoexfoliation CLV: corrected loss variation POAG: primary open angle glaucoma RCT: randomised controlled trial RNFL: retinal nerve fibre layer SAP: standard automated perimetry