Abstract
Purpose: To assess the efficacy of 0.5% tropicamide applied after topical administration of 1.4% hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC) or 1.2% hyaluronic acid (HA) at different time intervals. Methods: Eleven healthy Labrador retriever dogs were used. The study consisted of 7 trials in which pupil diameter (PD) was measured every 30 min for 7 h after drug administration. In trial 1, PD was measured after tropicamide application (control). In trials 2-7, PD was measured after treatment with tropicamide 10 s, 1 and 5 min after application of HEC or HA. Data were analyzed using analysis of variance and post hoc Holm-Sidak tests. Results: Maximal PD (mean ± standard deviation) was significantly greater (P < 0.001) in 5 of 6 experimental trials, with the greatest PD recorded when HEC was applied 1 min (12.2 ± 0.4 mm) and HA 10 s (12.3 ± 0.5 mm) before tropicamide, compared with 11.2 ± 0. 7 mm in control trial 1. PD >10 mm was maintained for 2.75-5 h in trials 2-7 and 2.25 h in trial 1 (P < 0.001). Area under the PD-time curve ranged from 61.9 to 71.3 ± 2.9 mm·hours in trials 2-7, significantly greater than 59.3 ± 1.8 mm·hours in control trial 1 (P ≤ 0.031). Conclusions: Tropicamide efficacy was enhanced by prior administration of a mucoadhesive polymer. Additional studies are needed to determine if HEC and HA of varying concentrations similarly extend and potentiate the effect of other topical ophthalmic drugs in canine eyes.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 141-147 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics |
Volume | 38 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:D.A. was supported by Israel’s Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, Grant No. 1001247728.
Funding Information:
D.A. was supported by Israel's Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, Grant No. 1001247728. The authors thank Orna Braun and the Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind for making their dogs available for this study.
Publisher Copyright:
© Copyright 2022, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers 2022.
Keywords
- dog
- hyaluronic acid
- hydroxyethyl cellulose
- mydriasis
- ocular pharmacology
- pupil diameter
- Tropicamide/pharmacology
- Proof of Concept Study
- Pupil
- Mydriatics
- Animals
- Dogs
- Hyaluronic Acid/pharmacology
- Ophthalmic Solutions
- Polymers