Once-daily versus twice-daily levobunolol (0.5%) therapy : a crossover study

The authors executed a two-period, randomized, double-masked, crossover study comparing once-daily to twice-daily levobunolol hydrochloride (0.5%) in 20 patients with elevated intraocular pressure (10P). Modified diurnal curves were performed at four times for each study arm: baseline, day 1, day 14, and day 28. The mean diurnal corrected decrease in 10P from baseline ranged from 16% ± 11 % to 22% ± 9% when the subjects were treated twice daily, and from 14% ± 10% to 18% ± 8% when the same subjects were treated once daily. At day 1, patients had a significantly greater 101? lowering after twice-daily therapy than after once-daily therapy ( P