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ArticleTherapeutic advances in ophthalmology

Autofluorescence indexes as biomarkers for antiangiogenic loading dose outcome in diabetic macular edema.

Sergio E Hernández Da Mota, Francisco Béjar Cornejo, Marcela Esquivel Velázquez, Virgilio Lima Gómez, Gerardo González Saldívar, Ernesto Rodríguez Ayala, Raul Vélez-Montoya

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Sergio E Hernández Da MotaRetina Department, Clínica David, Unidad oftalmológica y Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, García de León 598-2, Colonia Nueva Chapultepec, CP 58280, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5882-3462
Francisco Béjar CornejoRetina Department, Clínica David, Unidad oftalmológica, Morelia, México.
Marcela Esquivel VelázquezLaboratorio de Proteómica y Metabolómica, División de investigación, Hospital General de Mexico "Dr. Eduardo Liceaga," Mexico City, Mexico.
Virgilio Lima GómezOphthalmology Department, Hospital Juárez de México, Mexico City, Mexico.
Gerardo González SaldívarOphthalmology Department, University Hospital "Dr. José E. González," Monterrey, Mexico.
Ernesto Rodríguez AyalaUniversidad Anáhuac, School of Medicine, Mexico City, México.
Raul Vélez-MontoyaRetina Department, Asociacion para Evitar la Ceguera en Mexico IAP, Mexico City, Mexico.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6457-4578
Asociacion Para Evitar la Ceguera en México Hospital Dr. Luis Sánchez Bulnes · MXHospital General de México · MXHospital Juárez de México · MXHospital Universitario Dr José Eleuterio Gonzalez · MXUniversidad Anáhuac · MXUniversidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo · MX

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Abstract

purposeTo evaluate the combination of fundus autofluorescence results with several clinical and structural variables into mathematical indexes to enhance their ability to predict visual and anatomical changes after the antivascular endothelial growth factor loading dose.

methodsPatients with diabetic macular edema were enrolled. Each patient had a comprehensive ophthalmological examination, contrast sensitivity, optical coherence tomography, and fundus autofluorescence assessment. All patients received three monthly doses of ziv-aflibercept and were followed each month for response assessment. Autofluorescence was classified according to its level into five grades. The grades were combined with other variables (best-corrected visual acuity, contrast sensitivity, central macular thickness, macular cube volume, and macular cube average thickness) into normalized indexes. Statistical assessment was done using a Spearman's rank correlation coefficient, linear regression, and interobserver-agreement analysis.

resultsThere was a strong correlation between the fundus autofluorescence/baseline best-corrected visual acuity index and the fundus autofluorescence/contrast-sensitivity index at baseline with the best-corrected visual acuity after the third dose of ziv-aflibercept (

conclusionThis study suggests that it is possible to combine fundus autofluorescence results with functional and structural variables into normalized indexes that could potentially predict outcomes after antivascular endothelial growth factor loading dose in patients with diabetic macular edema.

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antivascular endothelial growth factor therapydiabetic macular edemafundus autofluorescenceoptical coherence tomographyziv-aflibercept

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