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ReviewOphthalmology and therapy2016

Ocriplasmin for Treatment of Vitreomacular Traction: An Update.

Mohammed Ali Khan, Julia A Haller

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Review in Ophthalmology and therapy, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Ocriplasmin for symptomatic vitreomacular adhesion.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017
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  3. Vitreomacular traction - a review.Eye (London, England) · 2025
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  7. [Retinal detachment after intravitreal ocriplasmin injection].Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft · 2021
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  8. [Microstructural retinal changes after pharmacological vitreolysis with ocriplasmin-an SD-OCT supported analysis].Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft · 2020
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  10. Assessment of intravitreal ocriplasmin treatment for vitreomacular traction in clinical practice.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mohammed Ali KhanRetina Division, Department of Ophthalmology, Doheny Eye Center UCLA, Pasadena, CA, USA.
Julia A HallerRetina Service, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA. jhaller@willseye.org.
Doheny Eye Institute · USWills Eye Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pharmacologic vitreolysis with ocriplasmin, a 27 kilodalton serine protease, is an effective nonsurgical treatment option for vitreomacular traction (VMT). Data from phase III clinical studies, including the Microplasmin for Intravitreal Injection-Traction Release without Surgical Treatment (MIVI-TRUST) and Ocriplasmin for Treatment for Symptomatic Vitreomacular Adhesion Including Macular Hole (OASIS) studies, have demonstrated the treatment efficacy of ocriplasmin for VMT and full-thickness macular hole (FTMH). Subgroup analysis of these clinical trials as well as post-marketing clinical series have aided in patient selection by identifying features associated with successful pharmacologic release of VMT with ocriplasmin, including adhesion diameter ≤1500 μm, absence of epiretinal membrane, phakic status, and age younger than 65. As a first-in-class therapeutic, ocriplasmin and its side effects have been carefully monitored by the vitreoretinal community. The following categories of related or possibly related adverse events have been identified: acute reduction in visual acuity, ERG changes, dyschromatopsia, retinal tear or detachment, lens subluxation or phacodonesis, abnormal pupillary reflex, retinal vascular changes, and OCT ellipsoid zone alterations. Adverse events have almost all been transient with restoration of visual acuity; however, in select patients, alterations may persist.

Indexed as

Macular holeOcriplasminPharmacologic vitreolysisVitreomacular adhesionVitreomacular tractionVitreoretinal interface

Identifiers

PMID27619226
PMCPMC5125123
OpenAlexW2519513208

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