Determination of drug concentration in aqueous humor of cataract patients administered gatifloxacin ophthalmic gel |
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Authors: | LIU Xuan WANG Ning-li WANG Yan-ling MA Chen MA Li GAO Li-xin HUANG Ying-xiang XIONG Shi-hong WANG Kang |
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Affiliation: | [1]Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China [2]Department of Eye, Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China [3]Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050,China |
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Abstract: | Background Ophthalmic gel has been developed to increase the drug concentration in aqueous humor and to retard the loss of drug from the conjunctival sac.The research was to compare the drug concentration in aqueous humor of cataract patients administered 0.3% gatifloxacin ophthalmic gel with that in patients administered 0.3% gatifloxacin ophthalmic solution.Methods Ninety-six patients with cataract (96 eyes) were randomly assigned to 8 groups.The patients in groups 1-4received topical gatifloxacin 0.3% ophthalmic gel and those in groups 5-8 received gatifloxacin 0.3% ophthalmic solution.The dose regimen was 1 drop, 4 times a day for 3 consecutive days prior to cataract surgery.On the day of surgery, 1drop was applied at 15, 30, 60 or 120 minutes before commencement of cataract surgery in groups 1 and 5, groups 2 and 6, goups 3 and 7, and groups 4 and 8, respectively.Aqueous humor was extracted during the cataract surgery for the analysis of gatifloxacin concentration..Results The concentrations of gatifloxacin in aqueous humor were (0.24±0.25) μg/ml, (1.11±0.74) μg/ml, (2.32±2.01)μg/ml and (1.85±1.14) μg/ml in groups 1 to 4, and (0.16±0.25) μg/ml, (0.31±0.24) μg/ml, (0.75±0.28) μg/ml and (0.33±0.22) μg/ml in groups 5 to 8, respectively.Patients receiving gatifloxacin ophthalmic gel showed greater mean values of gatifloxacin concentration in aqueous humor than those receiving gatifloxacin solution, and such differences were significant with P <0.05 for all comparisons except that between groups 1 and 5.Conclusion Topical gatifloxacin ophthalmic gel can attain significantly greater drug concentrations in human aqueous humor than gatifloxacin ophthalmic solution. |
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Keywords: | gatifloxacin ophthalmic gel endophthalmitis cataract surgery quinolones |
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