101. Cytidine-5'-diphosphocholine (Citicoline): a pilot study in patients with non-arteritic ischaemic optic neuropathy
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Lucia Ziccardi, Benedetto Falsini, Gianluca Coppola, Geltrude Gallinaro, and V. Parisi
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Visual acuity ,Cytidine Diphosphate Choline ,Time Factors ,genetic structures ,Visual Acuity ,Pilot Projects ,Visual evoked potentials ,law.invention ,Optic neuropathy ,Randomized controlled trial ,law ,Ophthalmology ,Cytidine 5-diphosphocholine ,medicine ,Electroretinography ,Humans ,In patient ,Optic Neuropathy, Ischemic ,Citicoline ,Nootropic Agents ,Aged ,business.industry ,Settore MED/30 - MALATTIE APPARATO VISIVO ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,optic neuropathy ,Surgery ,Neurology ,Arteritic ischaemic optic neuropathy ,Case-Control Studies ,Evoked Potentials, Visual ,Female ,Neurology (clinical) ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Photic Stimulation ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Background and purpose: Our work evaluates visual function before and after treatment with cytidine-5-diphosphocholine (Citicoline) in patients with non-arteritic ischaemic optic neuropathy (NION). Methods: Twenty-six patients in which at least 6 months elapsed from NION, were randomly divided into two age-similar groups: 14 patients had Citicoline (Cebrolux-Tubilux, Italy, 1600 mg/diem for 60 days, followed by a 120-day period of wash out, days 60–180) (T-NION); 12 patients had no treatment during the same period (NT-NION). At day 180, in T-NION a second period of treatment (days 181–240) followed by a wash-out (days 241–360) was performed. Fourteen age-matched healthy subjects provided normative data. In all patients, pattern-electroretinogram (PERG), visual evoked potentials (VEPs) and visual acuity (VA) measurements were performed at baseline and at days 60 and 180. In T-NION, further measurements were achieved at days 240 and 360. Results: At baseline, NT-NION and T-NION patients showed abnormal PERGs and VEPs, and reduced VA, compared to controls. At the end of treatment (days 60 and 240), T-NION patients showed improvement (P
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- 2008