Efficacy and Tolerability of Preservative-free 0.0015% Tafluprost in Glaucoma Patients

Inclusion Criteria

• •1\. Primary open angle glaucoma and normotensive glaucoma patients who came to the outpatient clinic for regular glaucoma check-ups were enrolled.
• •2\. Glaucoma was defined as the patients who had open angle confirmed by gonioscopy, optic nerve cupping (a vertical cup-disc ratio of \>0.6) and or notching of the neuroretinal rim and or retinal nerve fiber defects characteristics of glaucoma, and visual field defect(i.e., a glaucoma hemi-filed test result outside normal limits, a pattern standard deviation probability of \<5%, or a cluster of three or more non-edge points in location typical of glaucoma, all of which were depressed on a pattern deviation plot at a P level of \<5%, and at least one of which was depressed at a P level of \<1% on two consecutive visual field tests).
• •3\. Normal tension glaucoma included criteria: repeated measurements of untreated IOP values of \< 21mmHg. Primary open angle glaucoma included criteria: repeated measurements of untreated IOP values of ≥ 22mmHg.