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Trial reportMiddle East African journal of ophthalmology

Intravitreal Bevacizumab with or without Triamcinolone for Wet Age-related Macular Degeneration: Twelve-month Results of a Prospective, Randomized Investigation.

Qader Motarjemizadeh, Naser Samadi Aidenloo, Mohammad Abbaszadeh, Vahid Sadrinia

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Trial report in Middle East African journal of ophthalmology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Qader MotarjemizadehDepartment of Ophthalmology, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.
Naser Samadi AidenlooDepartment of Ophthalmology, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.
Mohammad AbbaszadehDepartment of Ophthalmology, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.
Vahid SadriniaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.
Urmia University · IR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe purpose of this study is to compare the long-term outcomes of intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB) with a combination therapy including IVB/intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide (IVB/IVTA) in neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD). MATERIALS AND

methodsThis prospective, randomized clinical trial was conducted on 136 eyes of 136 patients with neovascular AMD. Eyes were randomly assigned to receive IVB alone (71 eyes) or in combination with IVTA (65 eyes). In the IVB group, three consecutive injections of 1.25 mg/0.05 ml of bevacizumab were administered 1 month apart, whereas in the IVB/IVTA group, 4 mg/0.05 mL of triamcinolone acetonide was added to bevacizumab in the first injection. Additional IVB injections were administered in eyes demonstrating active choroidal neovascularization. Best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and optical coherence tomography were performed at baseline as well as at all follow-up visits.

resultsNo differences were seen between the patients receiving IVB and those receiving IVB/IVTA in terms of baseline BCVA (

conclusionOur results suggest that the synergistic effect of intravitreal triamcinolone and IVB for treatment of neovascular AMD shows itself most apparently after 8 months of follow-up.

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Visual AcuityAgedAngiogenesis InhibitorsBevacizumabDouble-Blind MethodDrug Therapy, CombinationFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGlucocorticoidsHumansIntravitreal InjectionsMaleProspective StudiesTime FactorsTomography, Optical CoherenceTreatment OutcomeAngiogenesis InhibitorsBevacizumabGlucocorticoidsTriamcinolone AcetonideAge-related macular degenerationbevacizumabchoroidal neovascularizationcombination (combined) therapytriamcinolone acetonide

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PMID29899643
PMCPMC5974811
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