Inclusion criteria |
Age >18 years |
Male/female, all races |
Primary open-angle glaucoma, pseudoexfoliation glaucoma, pigment dispersion glaucoma, and ocular hypertension |
In one or both the eyes |
Baseline IOP after washout (study eye) |
IOP between 18 and 32 mmHg in one of the 3 measurements (in the eyes not included in the study (fellow eye); IOP must have been controllable on no pharmacologic treatment or on the study medicine only) |
Best-corrected distance visual acuity |
20/200 (Snellen equivalent) or better in the study eye |
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Exclusion criteria |
Patients presenting one of the following criteria were excluded from study enrollment. |
Chronic or recurrent inflammatory eye disease |
Ocular trauma within the past six months |
Current ocular infection, i.e., conjunctivitis or keratitis |
Any abnormality preventing reliable applanation tonometry |
Intraocular surgery or laser treatment within the past three months |
Inability to discontinue contact lens wear during the study |
Use of any systemic medication that would affect IOP with less than a 1-month stable dosing regimen before the screening visit |
Patient allergic to sulfonamides |
Severe renal dysfunction or hyperchloraemic acidosis |