One-year real-world outcomes in patients receiving fixed-dosing aflibercept for neovascular age-related macular Q2 degeneration
One-year real-world outcomes in patients receiving fixed-dosing aflibercept for neovascular age-related macular Q2 degeneration
Purpose: to investigate 1-year visual and anatomic outcomes of intravitreal aflibercept for neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) given at a fixed 8-weekly interval.
Methods: retrospective, single-practice data analysis from an electronic medical record system of 255 eyes (223 patients) with treatment-naïve nAMD receiving 8-weekly aflibercept.
Results: mean logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) improved from 0.66 at baseline to 0.50 at month 11 (Po0.0001). Mean central retinal thickness (CRT) decreased from 311µm at baseline to 211µm at month 11 (Po0.0001). Our mean VA gain of eight ETDRS letters was comparable to the VIEW 1 and VIEW 2 Trials’ results at the end of year 1. After loading at month 5, mean BCVA was 0.48 (Po0.0001), and mean CRT was 235 µm. At month 5, 143 eyes (56%) were inactive defined by the absence of macular haemorrhage and intraretinal fluid (IRF) and subretinal fluid (SRF) on optical coherence tomography, and 112 eyes (44%) remained active. At month 11, 136 eyes (53%) were inactive, and 119 eyes (47%) remained active. At month 11, 77% of inactive eyes after loading remained inactive, and 77% of the active eyes after loading remained active. At month 11, mean BCVA of the inactive group was 0.51, and mean BCVA of the active group was 0.48 (P = 0.54).
Conclusions: aflibercept administered by fixed dosing over 1 year improved VA and macular morphology in treatment-naïve eyes. Active lesions at month 11 do not have worse VA outcomes compared with inactive lesions. The macular status after loading is a reliable indicator of disease activity at the end of year 1
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Lotery, Andrew
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Rufai, Sohaib
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Almuhtaseb, Hussein
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Kanavati, S.
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Lotery, Andrew
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Rufai, Sohaib
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Almuhtaseb, Hussein
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Kanavati, S.
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Lotery, Andrew, Rufai, Sohaib, Almuhtaseb, Hussein and Kanavati, S.
(2017)
One-year real-world outcomes in patients receiving fixed-dosing aflibercept for neovascular age-related macular Q2 degeneration.
Eye, 31, .
(doi:10.1038/eye.2017.6).
Abstract
Purpose: to investigate 1-year visual and anatomic outcomes of intravitreal aflibercept for neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) given at a fixed 8-weekly interval.
Methods: retrospective, single-practice data analysis from an electronic medical record system of 255 eyes (223 patients) with treatment-naïve nAMD receiving 8-weekly aflibercept.
Results: mean logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) improved from 0.66 at baseline to 0.50 at month 11 (Po0.0001). Mean central retinal thickness (CRT) decreased from 311µm at baseline to 211µm at month 11 (Po0.0001). Our mean VA gain of eight ETDRS letters was comparable to the VIEW 1 and VIEW 2 Trials’ results at the end of year 1. After loading at month 5, mean BCVA was 0.48 (Po0.0001), and mean CRT was 235 µm. At month 5, 143 eyes (56%) were inactive defined by the absence of macular haemorrhage and intraretinal fluid (IRF) and subretinal fluid (SRF) on optical coherence tomography, and 112 eyes (44%) remained active. At month 11, 136 eyes (53%) were inactive, and 119 eyes (47%) remained active. At month 11, 77% of inactive eyes after loading remained inactive, and 77% of the active eyes after loading remained active. At month 11, mean BCVA of the inactive group was 0.51, and mean BCVA of the active group was 0.48 (P = 0.54).
Conclusions: aflibercept administered by fixed dosing over 1 year improved VA and macular morphology in treatment-naïve eyes. Active lesions at month 11 do not have worse VA outcomes compared with inactive lesions. The macular status after loading is a reliable indicator of disease activity at the end of year 1
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Accepted/In Press date: 10 January 2017
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/405432
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