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ArticleDocumenta ophthalmologica. Advances in ophthalmology2013

Single-session photodynamic therapy combined with intravitreal ranibizumab for neovascular age-related macular degeneration: a comprehensive functional retinal assessment.

Mariacristina Parravano, Vincenzo Parisi, Lucia Ziccardi, Adele Chiaravalloti, Massimiliano Tedeschi, Andrea Cacciamani, Barbara Boccassini, Antonluca Boninfante, Monica Varano

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Article in Documenta ophthalmologica. Advances in ophthalmology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Fixation stability and implication for multifocal electroretinography in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration after anti-VEGF treatment.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2016
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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mariacristina ParravanoFondazione G.B. Bietti-IRCCS, Via Livenza n 3, 00198, Rome, Italy, criparra@tin.it.
Vincenzo Parisi
Lucia Ziccardi
Adele Chiaravalloti
Massimiliano Tedeschi
Andrea Cacciamani
Barbara Boccassini
Antonluca Boninfante
Monica Varano
Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico · ITFondazione G.B. Bietti · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo explore functional retinal changes in neovascular AMD patients (nAMD) treated with ranibizumab 0.5 mg combined with photodynamic therapy (PDT) 3 days after the first injection in the long term.

methodsPatients with no prior treatment for nAMD were treated with 3 injections of ranibizumab 0.5 mg 1 month apart and a single session of standard PDT 3 days after the first injection. Best-corrected visual acuity and time-domain OCT at baseline and every 28 ± 2 days were performed; microperimetry at 3, 6, and 12 months and multifocal electroretinogramm (mfERG) at 3 and 12 months were repeated. Fluorescein angiography and vision-related quality-of-life questionnaire were performed at baseline and 12 months.

results12/15 nAMD patients completed the 12 months study and received an average of 3.4 ± 0.7 injections. Mean VA changed from 54.67 ± 15.72 to 59.0 ± 24.77 letters (p = 0.371), while mean retinal sensitivity from 5.5 ± 4.8 to 6.6 ± 6.0 dB (p = 0.216). MfERG N1-P1 response amplitude densities (RADs) were significantly different from baseline (p < 0.01) in the central 0°-2.5°, whereas in the peripheral retinal areas (2.5°-20°), not significant (p > 0.01) changes in N1-P1 RADs were detected. The "general vision" VFQ-25 subscale showed a statistically significant improvement at 3 and 12 months.

conclusionsRanibizumab 0.5 mg combined with standard PDT 3 days after the first injection determines an improvement of mfERG values in the retinal central area in nAMD patients in long-term follow-up.

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PhotochemotherapyAgedAngiogenesis InhibitorsAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedCombined Modality TherapyElectroretinographyFemaleFluorescein AngiographyHumansIntravitreal InjectionsMaleQuality of LifeRanibizumabRetinaSickness Impact ProfileSurveys and QuestionnairesAngiogenesis InhibitorsAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedRanibizumab

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