One-Year Results of Intravitreal Aflibercept for Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy

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PURPOSE: To investigate 1-year outcomes of intravitreal aflibercept for polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV).

DESIGN: Retrospective, multicenter, consecutive case series.

PARTICIPANTS: A total of 90 eyes of 87 patients with treatment-naïve PCV followed at 3 tertiary centers.

METHODS: Clinical records were reviewed and imaging studies were analyzed of eyes with PCV that underwent 3 consecutive monthly aflibercept injections followed by injections every 2 months. Additional (rescue) injections were performed for worsening.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), optical coherence tomography (OCT), and angiographic findings at 1 year.

RESULTS: The mean BCVA (logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution units) of the 90 eyes improved from 0.31 at baseline to 0.17 at 12 months (P < 0.001). The mean central retinal thickness decreased from 315 μm at baseline to 204 μm at 12 months (P < 0.001). At 12 months, 64 eyes (71.1%) achieved a dry macula, defined as absence of intraretinal or subretinal fluid on OCT. Of 83 eyes that underwent indocyanine green angiography at both baseline and 12 months, 46 (55.4%) showed complete and 27 (32.5%) showed partial resolution of polypoidal lesions. Eleven of 82 eyes (13.4%) showed decreased size of branching choroidal vascular networks.

CONCLUSIONS: Intravitreal aflibercept administered over 1 year improved both visual acuity and macular morphology in a large number of treatment-naïve eyes with PCV.

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CommentIn: Ophthalmology. 2016 Feb;123(2):e13-4. - PMID 26802715

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:122

Enthalten in:

Ophthalmology - 122(2015), 9 vom: 19. Sept., Seite 1866-72

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yamamoto, Akiko [VerfasserIn]
Okada, Annabelle A [VerfasserIn]
Kano, Mariko [VerfasserIn]
Koizumi, Hideki [VerfasserIn]
Saito, Masaaki [VerfasserIn]
Maruko, Ichiro [VerfasserIn]
Sekiryu, Tetsuju [VerfasserIn]
Iida, Tomohiro [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

15C2VL427D
Aflibercept
Angiogenesis Inhibitors
Coloring Agents
EC 2.7.10.1
IX6J1063HV
Indocyanine Green
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Receptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor
Recombinant Fusion Proteins
VEGFA protein, human
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A

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Date Completed 16.11.2015

Date Revised 21.03.2022

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Ophthalmology. 2016 Feb;123(2):e13-4. - PMID 26802715

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ophtha.2015.05.024

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NLM250095475