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ArticleClinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.)2018

Two-year outcome of treat-and-extend aflibercept after ranibizumab in age-related macular degeneration and polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy patients.

Keiko Azuma, Ryo Asaoka, Aya Matsuda, Jihee Lee, Kimiko Shimizu, Hiroko Inui, Hiroshi Murata, Asako Ogawa, Motoshi Yamamoto, Tatsuya Inoue and 1 more

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Article in Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.), 2018. 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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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Long-term outcomes of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy in comparison with typical exudative age-related macular degeneration.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Keiko AzumaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, robata-tky@umin.ac.jp.
Ryo AsaokaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, robata-tky@umin.ac.jp.
Aya MatsudaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Toranomon Byoin, Tokyo, Japan.
Jihee LeeDepartment of Ophthalmology, Miyata Eye Hospital, Miyakonojo, Japan.
Kimiko ShimizuDepartment of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, robata-tky@umin.ac.jp.
Hiroko InuiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, robata-tky@umin.ac.jp.
Hiroshi MurataDepartment of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, robata-tky@umin.ac.jp.
Asako OgawaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, robata-tky@umin.ac.jp.
Motoshi YamamotoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, robata-tky@umin.ac.jp.
Tatsuya InoueDepartment of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, robata-tky@umin.ac.jp.
Ryo ObataDepartment of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, robata-tky@umin.ac.jp.
The University of Tokyo · JPMiyata Eye Hospital · JPToranomon Hospital · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe purpose of the study was to evaluate the 2-year outcome and predictive factors of treat-and-extend aflibercept in patients with eyes affected by typical neovascular age-related macula degenelation (t-AMD) or polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV), who were switched from ranibizumab. PATIENTS AND

methodsThe patients underwent three monthly aflibercept injections and subsequent administration following the treat-and-extend protocol. Sixty-two eyes of 62 patients were reviewed retrospectively. R statistical software was used for statistical analysis.

resultsTwenty-two eyes were t-AMD and the remaining 40 eyes were PCV. There was no significant difference in the logarithm of the minimal angle of resolution visual acuity (VA) between baseline and 2 years after switching to aflibercept (0.40 vs 0.40;

conclusionIn conclusion, VA was maintained and there was an anatomical improvement at 2 years in patients with t-AMD and PCV who were switched from ranibizumab to treat-and-extend aflibercept. PCV patients showed more favorable visual outcomes and less injections at 2 years compared to t-AMD patients. Intraretinal fluid and VA at baseline were predictors of VA at 2 years.

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2-year outcomeafliberceptpersistent exudative changes with ranibizumabpolypoidal choroidal vascu-lopathytypical neovascular age-related macular degeneration

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