INTRAVITREAL ANTIVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR FOR THE TREATMENT OF CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION SECONDARY TO OCULAR HISTOPLASMOSIS : Ten-Year Follow-Up

PURPOSE: To assess the long-term efficacy of intravitreal antivascular endothelial growth factor injections (IVI), alone or in combination with verteporfin photodynamic therapy (IVI/PDT), for management of choroidal neovascularization secondary to presumed ocular histoplasmosis syndrome (POHS).

METHODS: Retrospective, comparative, interventional case series analyzing 82 eyes in 74 patients treated with either IVI or IVI/PDT for presumed ocular histoplasmosis syndrome choroidal neovascularization from January 2006 to January 2021.

RESULTS: The average logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution VA in year 5 was 0.40 (20/50) and 0.52 (20/67) for IVI versus IVI/PDT groups, respectively ( P = 0.33), and in year 10 was 0.53 (20/58) and 0.64 (20/86), respectively ( P = 0.50). The average number of annual injections over the first 5 years of follow-up was 3.3 versus 1.7 for IVI versus IVI/PDT groups, respectively ( P < 0.001), and over 10 years was 3.3 versus 1.6, respectively ( P < 0.001). Treatment-free interval of 5 years was reached by 39% versus 60% in IVI versus IVI/PDT groups, respectively ( P = 0.95).

CONCLUSION: Our study found both IVI and IVI/PDT to be effective in long-term management of presumed ocular histoplasmosis syndrome choroidal neovascularization, with a fewer number of annual injections and longer treatment-free interval in the combination group. However, given the limitations of a retrospective study, a prospective randomized study is necessary to determine whether the addition of PDT significantly decreases treatment burden.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:42

Enthalten in:

Retina (Philadelphia, Pa.) - 42(2022), 8 vom: 01. Aug., Seite 1568-1573

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dudenhoefer, Nicholas E [VerfasserIn]
Noble, Carl W [VerfasserIn]
Petersen, Michael R [VerfasserIn]
Foster, Robert E [VerfasserIn]
Riemann, Christopher D [VerfasserIn]
Sisk, Robert A [VerfasserIn]
Hutchins, Robert K [VerfasserIn]
Miller, Daniel M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Angiogenesis Inhibitors
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
Endothelial Growth Factors
Journal Article
Photosensitizing Agents
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 27.07.2022

Date Revised 29.07.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/IAE.0000000000003488

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM343978520