Three-Year Visual Outcome and Injection Frequency of Intravitreal Ranibizumab Therapy for Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Introduction : Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) stills the leading cause of blindness in developing countries for age 50 and above, increasing along higher life expectations.Anti- VEGF is the mainstay management for exudative AMD and able to reduce the central retinal thickness (CRT) and to increase the visual outcome. The aim of this study is to correlate between CRT and visual outcome in exudative AMD post intravitreal ranibizumab injection loading doses in Soetomo general academic hospital, Surabaya Methods : This was a retrospective, cross sectional study. Fourty two eyes who met inclusion criterias were received monthly loading doses of 0.5 mg Ranibizumab intravitreal injection for three consequtives months. Baseline visual acuity (BCVA) was measured with Snellen Chart converted to LogMAR, CRT was measured by SD-OCT. Parameters was measured before the first injection and after completed three months injections. Result : Fourty two eyes were composed by 59.5% male and 40.5% female with higher incidence in 61-70 years old (47.6%). Mean BCVA were 0.831 before and 0.624 after injection of serial Ranibizumab. Mean CRT were 346.9 and 254.2 µm before and after injection respectively. There was significant comparison between CRT and BCVA (p=0.00) & no correlation between CRT and BCVA before and after injection of Ranibizumab loading doses (p=0.418 & p=0.275) Conclusion : There were no correlation statistically between CRT and BCVA before and after injection of loading doses Ranibizumab intravitreal in exudative AMD. Further studies may be needed to prove the etiology of this tendencies.

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The role of future treatments in the management of neovascular age-related macular degeneration in Europe

European Journal of Ophthalmology ◽

10.1177/11206721211018348 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 112067212110183

Author(s):

Laurent Kodjikian ◽

Carl Joe Mehanna ◽

Salomon-Yves Cohen ◽

François Devin ◽

Sam Razavi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Clinical Trials ◽

Macular Degeneration ◽

Age Related Macular Degeneration ◽

Phase Iii ◽

Vascular Endothelial ◽

Real World Data ◽

Phase Iii Clinical Trials ◽

Age Related ◽

Injection Frequency ◽

Endothelial Growth Factor

Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) agents have transformed the management of patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) over the past two decades. However, as more long-term real-world data become available, it is clear that treatment outcomes are inferior to those reported in large, controlled clinical trials. This is largely driven by undertreatment, that is, not maintaining a consistent injection frequency to achieve sustained VEGF suppression, whether due to patient non-compliance, an important injection burden, or non/incomplete anatomical response. Newer therapeutic advances under evaluation hold promise in achieving more, for less. We review the latest drugs currently in or having successfully finished phase III clinical trials, and determine their potential place in the management of patients with nAMD in Europe.

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