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ArticleEye (London, England)2022

Intraocular pressure decreases in eyes with glaucoma-related diagnoses after conversion to aflibercept for treatment-resistant age-related macular degeneration.

David J Ramsey, James C McCullum, Elise E Steinberger, Yubo Zhang, Amer Mosa Alwreikat, Michael L Cooper, Shiyoung Roh, Paul R Cotran

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Article in Eye (London, England), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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David J RamseyDepartment of Ophthalmology, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Peabody, MA, USA. David.J.Ramsey@lahey.org.ORCID 0000-0002-5504-812X
James C McCullumDepartment of Ophthalmology, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Peabody, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2814-1927
Elise E SteinbergerDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Yubo ZhangBrandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA.
Amer Mosa AlwreikatDepartment of Ophthalmology, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Peabody, MA, USA.
Michael L CooperDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Shiyoung RohDepartment of Ophthalmology, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Peabody, MA, USA.
Paul R CotranDepartment of Ophthalmology, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Peabody, MA, USA.
Tufts University · USBrandeis University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo understand intraocular pressure (IOP) response after switching from intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB) and/or ranibizumab (IVR) to intravitreal aflibercept (IVA) for treatment-resistant neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) in patients with and without coexisting glaucoma-related diagnoses.

methodsRetrospective, cross-sectional comparative case series of 62 eyes of 58 patients treated with intravitreal injection for nAMD from March 2010 to April 2018. Patients with glaucoma-related diagnoses, defined here as open-angle glaucoma or suspicion of open-angle glaucoma, ocular hypertension, and/or narrow-angle glaucoma, were compared to those without glaucoma. IOP data were collected at baseline, at the three visits where patients received loading doses of IVB/IVR, and at all of the visits following the switch to IVA through the end of follow-up.

results19 eyes with pre-existing glaucoma-related diagnoses were compared to 43 eyes without such diagnoses. Baseline IOP was similar for glaucoma and non-glaucoma patients. The loading doses of IVB/IVR did not impact IOP; however, a small, sustained rise in IOP was noted among patients with glaucoma-related diagnoses by the final IVB/IVR injections before the switch to IVA (∆IOP 1.61 ± 0.52 mmHg, P < 0.002). After conversion to IVA, pre-injection IOP declined in eyes both with (-1.59 ± 0.54 mmHg, P < 0.001) and without (-0.99 ± 0.28 mmHg, P < 0.001) glaucoma-related diagnoses.

conclusionsIOP in patients with glaucoma-related diagnoses appears to be more sensitive to intravitreal injections than it is in patients without glaucoma-related diagnoses. It rises with IVB/IVR and declines after the switch to IVA. Switching patients with nAMD to IVA may present an opportunity to lower IOP in patients with glaucoma.

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GlaucomaGlaucoma, Open-AngleMacular DegenerationAngiogenesis InhibitorsBevacizumabCross-Sectional StudiesHumansIntraocular PressureIntravitreal InjectionsRanibizumabReceptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth FactorRecombinant Fusion ProteinsRetrospective StudiesafliberceptAngiogenesis InhibitorsBevacizumabRanibizumabReceptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth FactorRecombinant Fusion Proteins

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PMID34385697
PMCPMC9391466
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