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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2021

Efficacy of Modified Treat-and-Extend Regimen of Aflibercept for Macular Edema from Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion: 2-Year Prospective Study Outcomes.

Yusuke Arai, Hidenori Takahashi, Satoru Inoda, Shinichi Sakamoto, Xue Tan, Yuji Inoue, Satoko Tominaga, Hidetoshi Kawashima, Yasuo Yanagi

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2021. 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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11 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Effectiveness and cytokine profile of combined anti-vascular endothelial growth factor and corticosteroid therapy for chronic retinal vein occlusion.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Yusuke AraiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke-shi, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan.
Hidenori TakahashiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke-shi, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-5331-4730
Satoru InodaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke-shi, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan.
Shinichi SakamotoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke-shi, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan.
Xue TanJapan Community Health Care Organization Tokyo Shinjuku Medical Center, 5-1 Tsukudocho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8543, Japan.
Yuji InoueDepartment of Ophthalmology, Teikyo University, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8605, Japan.
Satoko TominagaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke-shi, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan.
Hidetoshi KawashimaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke-shi, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan.
Yasuo YanagiThe Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Academic Clinical Program, Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore, Singapore 169857, Singapore.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate the long-term (24-month) efficacy and safety of a modified treat-and-extend (mTAE) regimen of aflibercept for macular edema (ME) due to branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO). This was a prospective multicenter intervention study. We evaluated 50 eyes in 50 patients with ME due to BRVO enrolled between October 2016 and September 2017. The patients received intravitreal aflibercept (IVA) injections according to a mTAE regimen for 24 months. This study reports the secondary endpoints of best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and central subfield thickness (CST) at 24 months and compares them with previously reported primary endpoints. Compared with baseline BCVA and CST of 0.33 (0.27) and 488 (165) µm (mean (standard deviation)), respectively, BCVA and CST were significantly improved at 12 and 24 months (12 months: 0.059 (0.19) LogMAR and 299 (112) µm; 24 months: 0.034 (0.18) LogMAR and 272 (81) µm, respectively; both

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anti-vascular endothelial growth factorbranch retinal vein occlusionmodified treat-and-extend regimenprospective multicenter intervention study

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PMID34300328
PMCPMC8307685

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