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ArticleScientific reports2019

Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Imaging to monitor Anti-VEGF treatment of Corneal Vascularization in a Rabbit Model.

Kavya Devarajan, Hon Shing Ong, Nyein C Lwin, Jacqueline Chua, Leopold Schmetterer, Jodhbir S Mehta, Marcus Ang

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Current clinical applications of anterior segment optical coherence tomography angiography: a review.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Kavya DevarajanSingapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Center, Singapore, Singapore.
Hon Shing OngSingapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Center, Singapore, Singapore.
Nyein C LwinSingapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Center, Singapore, Singapore.
Jacqueline ChuaSingapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Center, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6474-5293
Leopold SchmettererSingapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Center, Singapore, Singapore.
Jodhbir S MehtaSingapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Center, Singapore, Singapore.
Marcus AngSingapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Center, Singapore, Singapore. marcus.ang@snec.com.sg.
Singapore National Eye Center · SGNanyang Technological University · SG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) is a well-established non-invasive retinal vascular imaging technique. It has been recently adapted to image the anterior segment and has shown good potential to image corneal vascularisation. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the usefulness of OCTA to monitor regression of corneal vessels following anti-VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor) treatment using a previously established corneal vascularisation rabbit model. The regression of vessels following the treatment with aflibercept and ranibizumab anti-VEGFs using both topical instillation and sub-conjunctival injection was quantified using OCTA and compared with ICGA (indocyanine green angiography). Overall vessel density measurements using OCTA showed good correlation (r = 0.988, p < 0.001) with ICGA, with no significant difference between the two treatment groups (p = 0.795). It was also shown that OCTA provided good repeatability outcomes of the quantitative measurements. Using Bland-Altman plots, vessel growth density values between anti-VEGF treatments were compared to control saline group. It was observed that aflibercept provided longer lasting effect than ranibizumab. We also observed that in both drugs, the topical route of administration topical provided longer regression outcomes compared to one-time sub-conjunctival injection. Thereby, with this pilot study, it was demonstrated that OCTA is a reliable imaging technique to follow-up and monitor corneal vascularisation and its treatment quantitatively.

Indexed as

AnimalsComputed Tomography AngiographyCorneaDisease Models, AnimalFemaleMaleNeovascularization, PathologicRabbitsRanibizumabReceptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth FactorRecombinant Fusion ProteinsTomography, Optical CoherenceVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AafliberceptRanibizumabReceptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth FactorRecombinant Fusion ProteinsVascular Endothelial Growth Factor A

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PMID31772259
PMCPMC6879475
OpenAlexW2990374480

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