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ReviewThe British journal of ophthalmology2022

Treatments for dry age-related macular degeneration: therapeutic avenues, clinical trials and future directions.

Thales Antonio Cabral de Guimaraes, Malena Daich Varela, Michalis Georgiou, Michel Michaelides

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Review in The British journal of ophthalmology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 109 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
109citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
28.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

109 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 172 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. The role of lactate in retinal health and disease: mechanisms and potential therapeutic strategies. A narrative review.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2026
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  5. Vascular remodeling of macular neovascularization following switch to intravitreal faricimab in neovascular AMD.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2026
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49 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Thales Antonio Cabral de GuimaraesInstitute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7936-6851
Malena Daich VarelaInstitute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4960-4510
Michalis GeorgiouInstitute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6397-8071
Michel MichaelidesInstitute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, London, UK michel.michaelides@ucl.ac.uk.
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · GB

Funding

Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 099173/Z/12/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of irreversible blindness in the developed world. The identification of the central role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in the pathogenesis of neovascular AMD and the introduction of anti-VEGF agents as gold-standard treatment, have drastically changed its prognosis-something yet to be seen in dry AMD. Several therapeutic avenues with a wide variability of targets are currently being investigated in dry AMD. The approaches being investigated to reduce the rate of disease progression include, (1) drugs with antioxidative properties, (2) inhibitors of the complement cascade, (3) neuroprotective agents, (4) visual cycle inhibitors, (5) gene therapy and (6) cell-based therapies. A number of early phase clinical trials have provided promising results, with many more ongoing and anticipated in the near future. In this review, we aim to provide an update of the interventional trials to date and future prospects for the treatment of dry AMD.

Indexed as

Geographic AtrophyWet Macular DegenerationAngiogenesis InhibitorsHumansVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AVisual AcuityAngiogenesis InhibitorsVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Aangiogenesisdegenerationgeneticsmacularetina

Identifiers

PMID33741584
PMCPMC8867261
OpenAlexW3138156139

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