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Trial reportGraefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie2009

Changes in neovascular choroidal morphology after intravitreal bevacizumab injection: prospective trial on 156 eyes throughout 12-month follow-up.

Ciro Costagliola, Francesco Semeraro, Ugo Cipollone, Michele Rinaldi, Michele della Corte, Mario R Romano

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Trial report in Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Anatomic response of occult choroidal neovascularization to intravitreal ranibizumab: a study by indocyanine green angiography.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2012
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  3. Genetic predictors of response to photodynamictherapy.Molecular diagnosis & therapy · 2011
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Ciro CostagliolaDipartimento di Scienze per la Salute, Università degli Studi del Molise, Campobasso, Italy.
Francesco Semeraro
Ugo Cipollone
Michele Rinaldi
Michele della Corte
Mario R Romano

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo report 12-month follow-up results of 156 eyes treated with anti-VEGF for subfoveal choroidal neovascularization (CNV) secondary to age-related macular degeneration, and to verify the efficacy of this treatment in terms of functional results and changes of morphology of choroidal membrane for the different types of choroidal neovascularization analyzed.

methodsThis prospective case series study included subjects with different forms of subfoveal CNV. After the first intravitreal injection of 1.25 mg bevacizumab at baseline, re-injections of bevacizumab were scheduled at least 4 weeks after initial treatment following standardized criteria.

resultsOne hundred and fifty six patients were divided into two study groups: 60 eyes with classic CNV (group C) and 96 eyes with occult CNV (group O). The improvement in BCVA was greater in group C than group O, although the difference was not statistically significant (P = 0.26). The area of CNV and subretinal fibrous tissue/disciform scar remained stable over time in both groups. The macular thickness significantly decreased through the follow-up period in both groups. The hyper-reflective area of the neovascular complex remained stable in both groups during the first 6 months of follow-up, whereas a slight increase of hyper-reflective lesion size occurred throughout the second 6 months of follow-up.

conclusionThe CNV lesion treated with IVB didn't disappear in neither group, but showed less exudation, demonstrated by a decrease in the area of leakage from CNV, subretinal fluid area, and centre point retinal thickness on OCT.

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AgedAged, 80 and overAngiogenesis InhibitorsAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedBevacizumabChoroidal NeovascularizationColoring AgentsFemaleFluorescein AngiographyFollow-Up StudiesHumansIndocyanine GreenInjectionsMacular DegenerationMaleAngiogenesis InhibitorsAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedBevacizumabColoring AgentsIndocyanine GreenVascular Endothelial Growth Factor A

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