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ArticleBritish journal of clinical pharmacology2019

Ischaemic colitis associated with intravitreal administration of aflibercept: A first case report.

Benjamin Batteux, Valérie Gras, Yanis Mahboud, Sophie Liabeuf, Youssef Bennis, Kamel Masmoudi

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Article in British journal of clinical pharmacology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Systemic and ocular complications related to intravitreal administration of anti-VEGF agents.Medical hypothesis, discovery & innovation ophthalmology journal · 2026
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  2. Diagnostic methods and drug therapies in patients with ischemic colitis.International journal of colorectal disease · 2021
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6 authors.

Benjamin BatteuxCentre Régional de Pharmacovigilance, Service de Pharmacologie Clinique, CHU Amiens-Picardie, Amiens, France.ORCID 0000-0001-9466-7110
Valérie GrasCentre Régional de Pharmacovigilance, Service de Pharmacologie Clinique, CHU Amiens-Picardie, Amiens, France.
Yanis MahboudCentre Régional de Pharmacovigilance, Service de Pharmacologie Clinique, CHU Amiens-Picardie, Amiens, France.
Sophie LiabeufCentre Régional de Pharmacovigilance, Service de Pharmacologie Clinique, CHU Amiens-Picardie, Amiens, France.ORCID 0000-0001-5384-9006
Youssef BennisLaboratoire de Pharmacologie, Service de Pharmacologie Clinique, CHU Amiens-Picardie, Amiens, France.
Kamel MasmoudiCentre Régional de Pharmacovigilance, Service de Pharmacologie Clinique, CHU Amiens-Picardie, Amiens, France.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the intravitreal injection of antivascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) agents reduces disease progression and choroidal neovascularization. We report on a first case of ischaemic colitis associated with intravitreal injection of the anti-VEGF agent aflibercept in an 80-year-old female patient. Conservative treatment resulted in a favourable clinical outcome. The anti-VEGF agent was discontinued, and the symptoms did not recur. Although the intravitreal injection of anti-VEGF agents has not previously been linked to the occurrence of ischaemic colitis, consideration of aflibercept's pharmacological properties and the chronological relationship between the administration of this anti-VEGF agent and the occurrence of this systemic adverse event are strongly suggestive of a causal relationship in the present case. Although systemic complications have been rarely associated with intravitreal injections of anti-VEGF agents, physicians should be aware that novel adverse events can still occur in AMD patients treated with anti-VEGF agents.

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Aged, 80 and overAngiogenesis InhibitorsColitis, IschemicColonFemaleHumansIntestinal MucosaIntravitreal InjectionsMacular DegenerationReceptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth FactorRecombinant Fusion ProteinsTomography, X-Ray ComputedafliberceptAngiogenesis InhibitorsReceptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth FactorRecombinant Fusion Proteinsadverse effectintravitreal afliberceptischaemic colitispharmacovigilance

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PMID30610744
PMCPMC6422656

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