June 2013
Volume 54, Issue 15
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   June 2013
Early data on the effect of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) on intraocular pressure (IOP) changes measured by a contact lens sensor (CLS) in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) with and without primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG)
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • Jessica Jasien
    Einhorn Clinical Research Center, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York, NY
  • Rene Goedkoop
    Sensimed AG, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Cinthi Pillai
    Einhorn Clinical Research Center, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York, NY
  • Sonja Simon-Zoula
    Sensimed AG, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Robert Ritch
    Einhorn Clinical Research Center, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York, NY
    New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships Jessica Jasien, None; Rene Goedkoop, Sensimed AG (E); Cinthi Pillai, None; Sonja Simon-Zoula, Sensimed AG (E); Robert Ritch, None
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Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science June 2013, Vol.54, 1406. doi:
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      Jessica Jasien, Rene Goedkoop, Cinthi Pillai, Sonja Simon-Zoula, Robert Ritch; Early data on the effect of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) on intraocular pressure (IOP) changes measured by a contact lens sensor (CLS) in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) with and without primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2013;54(15):1406.

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Abstract
 
Purpose
 

To investigate the effect of CPAP on IOP fluctuations associated with changes from wake to sleep (W/S) and sleep to wake (S/W) in patients both with and without POAG suffering from OSAS, measured by continuous recording using a CLS.

 
Methods
 

In this single-center, prospective, exploratory, open-label study, POAG and non-POAG patients with moderate to severe OSAS underwent continuous 24-hour IOP recording using Triggerfish® (Sensimed AG, Lausanne, Switzerland) in 2 sessions, 7 days apart, in the same eye. W/S and S/W slopes for CLS were computed by fitting linear regression to measurements from 1 hour before transition to 1 hour after. Slopes reported are changes in millivolts/hour. Effect sizes were computed by Cohen’s d.

 
Results
 

We analyzed 8 OSAS patients, 4 with and 4 without POAG (mean age 64.3±7.8 years, 75% men). With CPAP, W/S slope for both groups was similar (44.4±34.8 and 42.2±40.7, respectively). Without CPAP, the W/S slope increased to 52.3±26.4 for POAG eyes, and decreased to 35.8±43.0 for non-POAG eyes (Fig 1). Thus the effect size of the difference between the groups when not using CPAP was 0.46 and only 0.06 when using CPAP, W/S slope becoming more moderate with CPAP in POAG and the reverse in non-POAG. Similarly, the S/W slope was more moderate in POAG with CPAP than without (-15.5±10.4 vs -24.4±29.1); in non-POAG the difference was once again reversed (with CPAP -36.1±21.1 and without -9.1±40.9 (Fig 2). The effect size of the difference between the groups without CPAP was 0.43 and with CPAP was 1.24. All slopes were in the expected direction (positive for W/S , indicating an increase in CLS IOP fluctuations; and visa versa for S/W).

 
Conclusions
 

POAG patients with CPAP had a slower increase of IOP going from W/S and a slower decrease going from S/W than without CPAP. A larger trial is warranted to substantiate the beneficial effects of CPAP in POAG patients with OSAS.

  
 
Fig 2: S/W slope. For a positive slope, higher (more positive) is more extreme and for a negative slope, lower (more negative) is more extreme; i.e. regardless of sign, larger absolute numbers represent steeper slopes than smaller absolute numbers.
 
Fig 2: S/W slope. For a positive slope, higher (more positive) is more extreme and for a negative slope, lower (more negative) is more extreme; i.e. regardless of sign, larger absolute numbers represent steeper slopes than smaller absolute numbers.
 
Keywords: 568 intraocular pressure • 477 contact lens  
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