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ArticleClinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.)2015

Visual outcomes of age-related macular degeneration patients undergoing intravitreal ranibizumab monotherapy in an urban population.

Khadijah Basheer, Evelyn Mensah, Tina Khanam, Neda Minakaran

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Article in Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. Trends in Real-World Neovascular AMD Treatment Outcomes in the UK.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2020
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4 authors.

Khadijah BasheerOphthalmology Department, Central Middlesex Hospital, London, UK.
Evelyn MensahOphthalmology Department, Central Middlesex Hospital, London, UK.
Tina KhanamOphthalmology Department, Central Middlesex Hospital, London, UK.
Neda MinakaranOphthalmology Department, Central Middlesex Hospital, London, UK.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimTo compare the visual outcomes of an urban population with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) undergoing ranibizumab monotherapy to the results from major clinical trials. PROCEDURES: Prospective data was collected from 164 wet AMD patients receiving intravitreal ranibizumab. Visual acuities were obtained with the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study chart. All patients underwent a loading phase of three monthly treatments of ranibizumab. Patients were monitored monthly using a retreatment criterion. Treatment was further individualized by sequentially lengthening follow-up intervals when stable.

resultsAt 12 and 24 months, respectively, the percentage of eyes that maintained vision was 91% and 88.6%. We found that 20.3% of eyes had improved vision at 12 months and 20% at 24 months. At 12 months, 8.3% of eyes' vision worsened and 12% worsened at 24 months.

conclusionIndividualized ranibizumab monotherapy is effective in preserving vision in wet AMD and follows the same trends as the pivotal trials.

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choroidal neovascular membranecomparison of age-related macular degeneration treatment trialsvisual acuity

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PMID26060392
PMCPMC4454212

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