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Trial reportMedicine2018

One-year outcomes of fixed treatment of intravitreal aflibercept for exudative age-related macular degeneration and the factor of visual prognosis.

Aoi Ono, Chieko Shiragami, Saki Manabe, Yukari Takasago, Rie Osaka, Mamoru Kobayashi, Ayana Yamashita, Akitaka Tsujikawa, Kazuyuki Hirooka

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Trial report in Medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper 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

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aoi OnoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Kagawa University Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
Chieko Shiragami
Saki Manabe
Yukari Takasago
Rie Osaka
Mamoru Kobayashi
Ayana Yamashita
Akitaka Tsujikawa
Kazuyuki Hirooka
Kagawa University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of periodic intravitreal aflibercept (IVA) in exudative age-related macular degeneration, and to explore the predictive factors for visual outcome.This is a prospective interventional case series.Fifty-two eyes of 52 treatment-naïve age-related-macula-degeneration patients were enrolled. All participants received IVA bimonthly following 3 monthly loading dose. The primary endpoint was change in best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and central retinal thickness (CRT), and the secondary outcomes included changes in subfoveal choroidal thickness (SCT), macular atrophy (MA), and retinal average sensitivity (AS) determined by microperimetry at 12 months compared with baseline. The predictive factors for the change of BCVA were examined.Of 52 enrolled patients, 4 patients were drop out. Remaining 48 patients were examined. Mean logMAR BCVA significantly improved from 0.42 ± 0.37 at baseline to 0.29 ± 0.34 at 12 months (P = .008). Mean CRT and SCT significant reduced from 285.6 ± 135.2 μm, 247.9 ± 96.7 μm at baseline to 233.4 ± 98.0 μm, 208.1 ± 94.6 μm at 12 months, respectively (P < .001). At 12 months, 35 eyes of 48 eyes (72.3%) were archived dry macula. MA occurred in 7 eyes of 35 eyes with dry macula at 12 months (20.0%). AS was significant improved (P = .027) between baseline (median: 15.7 dB) and 12 months (median: 19.5 dB). The BCVA of the cases with MA involved fovea was significant worse. Age was significantly predicted for the BCVA at 12 months.IVA administered over 1 year improved BCVA, AS, and morphological findings, and the predictive factors for BCVA were age and MA-involved fovea.

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AgedAged, 80 and overChoroidFemaleHumansIntravitreal InjectionsMacular DegenerationMalePilot ProjectsProspective StudiesReceptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth FactorRecombinant Fusion ProteinsRetinaVisual AcuityafliberceptReceptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth FactorRecombinant Fusion Proteins

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PMID30075585
PMCPMC6081167
OpenAlexW2887138320

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