Bevacizumab in High-Risk Corneal Transplantation : A Pilot Multicenter Prospective Randomized Control Trial

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PURPOSE: To determine the efficacy of local (subconjunctival and topical) bevacizumab (Avastin) treatment in patients undergoing vascularized high-risk corneal transplantation.

DESIGN: Pilot, prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial conducted at 5 clinical centers in the United States, India, and Brazil.

PARTICIPANTS: Patients aged > 18 years undergoing high-risk penetrating keratoplasty, defined as corneal neovascularization (NV) in 1 or more quadrants ≥2 mm from the limbus or extension of corneal NV to the graft-host junction in a previously failed graft.

METHODS: Patients were randomized to receive subconjunctival bevacizumab (2.5 mg/0.1 ml) or placebo at the time of surgery, followed by topical bevacizumab (10 mg/ml) or topical placebo, administered 4 times per day for 4 weeks.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: The 52-week endothelial immune rejection rate.

RESULTS: Ninety-two patients were randomized to receive bevacizumab (n = 48) or control (n = 44). The 52-week endothelial rejection rate was 10% in the bevacizumab group and 19% in the control group (P = 0.20). Post hoc, extended follow-up at the lead study site showed an endothelial rejection rate of 3% in the bevacizumab group and 38% in the control group (P = 0.003). Treatment with bevacizumab was found to have a hazard ratio of 0.15 (95% confidence interval, 0.03-0.65, P = 0.01) in a post hoc Cox regression analysis.

CONCLUSIONS: In patients undergoing vascularized high-risk corneal transplantation, there was no statistically significant difference in the rate of endothelial rejection at 1 year in the bevacizumab treatment group compared with the control group. This study may have been underpowered to detect a difference between treatment groups, and taken together, our data suggest that, in the current trial design, bevacizumab has a positive but not (yet) significant effect on endothelial rejection.

Errataetall:

ErratumIn: Ophthalmology. 2022 Nov;129(11):1334. - PMID 36272763

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:129

Enthalten in:

Ophthalmology - 129(2022), 8 vom: 09. Aug., Seite 865-879

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dohlman, Thomas H [VerfasserIn]
McSoley, Matthew [VerfasserIn]
Amparo, Francisco [VerfasserIn]
Carreno-Galeano, Tatiana [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Mengyu [VerfasserIn]
Dastjerdi, Mohammad [VerfasserIn]
Singh, Rohan Bir [VerfasserIn]
Coco, Giulia [VerfasserIn]
Di Zazzo, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Shikari, Hasanain [VerfasserIn]
Saboo, Ujwala [VerfasserIn]
Sippel, Kimberly [VerfasserIn]
Ciralsky, Jessica [VerfasserIn]
Yoo, Sonia H [VerfasserIn]
Sticca, Matheus [VerfasserIn]
Wakamatsu, Tais H [VerfasserIn]
Murthy, Somasheila [VerfasserIn]
Hamrah, Pedram [VerfasserIn]
Jurkunas, Ula [VerfasserIn]
Ciolino, Joseph B [VerfasserIn]
Gomes, Jose A P [VerfasserIn]
Perez, Victor L [VerfasserIn]
Yin, Jia [VerfasserIn]
Dana, Reza [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

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Angiogenesis
Angiogenesis Inhibitors
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
Bevacizumab
Corneal transplantation
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Neovascularization
Penetrating keratoplasty
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
Vascular endothelial growth factor

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 26.07.2022

Date Revised 24.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

ErratumIn: Ophthalmology. 2022 Nov;129(11):1334. - PMID 36272763

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ophtha.2022.03.024

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM338885935