Landmark trials: Näkökentän puutoksen ja progression kriteerit
The performance characteristics of seven methods for analyzing glaucomatous visual field progression were evaluated using a combination of real patient data and computer simulation techniques «Vesti E, Johnson CA, Chauhan BC. Comparison of different methods for detecting glaucomatous visual field progression. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2003;44:3873-9 »13. The initial and final visual field results, separated by 7 years and measured with the full-threshold 30-2 program of the Humphrey Field Analyzer of 76 patients with open-angle glaucoma were used. A computer simulation program generated 14 interim semiannual visual fields under conditions of high, moderate, and no variability. Progression was analyzed using the methods of the Advanced Glaucoma Intervention Study (AGIS), the Collaborative Initial Glaucoma Treatment Study (CIGTS), three criteria based on the Glaucoma Change Probability (GCP) analysis, and two criteria based on point-wise linear regression analysis (PLRA).
Under the no-variability condition, progression rates were 18% for the AGIS, 36% for CIGTS, 47% to 62% for the three GCP methods, and 72% and 84% for the two PLRA methods. Progression rates increased with greater variability with the three GCP methods and decreased with all other methods. The time to detect confirmed progression was longest for the PLRA methods and shortest for the CIGTS and GCP methods. Under the moderate-variability condition, all methods yielded high specificity. The AGIS, CIGTS, and one of the GCP and PLRA methods were relatively resistant to high variability and maintained high specificities.
The ideal method for analyzing visual field change should be sensitive, detect progression with few examinations, maintain high specificity, and be resistant to fluctuation. The results showed that none of the methods investigated could achieve all these attributes. Methods that yielded a high number of progressing cases were often less specific and were influenced by fluctuation. In contrast, those methods that yielded high specificity often required very long follow-up times. Furthermore, in agreement with a previous study, there was poor concordance among the methods with respect to the patients identified as progressing.
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