Month Brimonidine/ Timolol (n=1242) Dorzolamide/ Timolol (n=2868) β-blocker+Brimonidine (n=365) β-blocker+CAI (n=236) β-blocker+PGA (n=1025) CAI+Brimoni-dine (n=329) CAI+PGA (n=618) PGA+Brimonidine (n=1200)
1 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
2 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
3 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
4 100 100 96.7 90.7‡ 95.7 92.4** 95.8 99.0
5 77.5 95.3‡ 58.4‡ 61.0‡ 61.6‡ 62.3‡ 79.9 70.3*
6 64.1 50.2‡ 45.8‡ 49.2† 49.9‡ 44.7‡ 54.9** 53.6†
7 57.6 50.5** 38.9‡ 42.8‡ 44.5‡ 38.0‡ 48.9** 46.3†
8 54.8 46.8** 36.2‡ 33.9‡ 40.8‡ 35.0‡ 44.5** 43.5†
9 52.3 42.0† 31.5‡ 30.1‡ 38.0‡ 29.5‡ 38.5‡ 39.8‡
10 49.5 36.1‡ 29.9‡ 30.5‡ 36.8‡ 25.5‡ 35.4‡ 38.2†
11 46.5 30.3‡ 28.8‡ 28.8‡ 34.3‡ 23.4‡ 30.7‡ 35.4†
12 45.0 24.0‡ 23.0‡ 26.3‡ 31.6‡ 20.1‡ 28.2‡ 33.4†
CAI: Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitor; PGA: Prostaglandin Analogue *p<0.05; **p<0.01; †p<0.001; ‡p<0.0001 vs brimonidine/timolol
Table 3: Proportion of patients (%) with glaucoma on fixed-combination brimonidine/timolol versus fixed-combination dorzolamide/timolol or various two-bottle combinations of topical glaucoma therapy (with inclusion of restarts) each month for up to 12 months following the index prescription.