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ReviewClinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.)2021

Angiopoietins as Potential Targets in Management of Retinal Disease.

Arshad M Khanani, Matthew W Russell, Aamir A Aziz, Carl J Danzig, Christina Y Weng, David A Eichenbaum, Rishi P Singh

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In one paragraph

Review in Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
43citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

43 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Faricimab: current evidence for the treatment of retinal vein occlusion.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2026
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  4. Efficacy, durability, and safety of faricimab up to every 16 weeks in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration: 2-year results from the Japan subgroup of the phase III TENAYA trial.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2024
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  17. Efficacy of switching treatment to faricimab in recalcitrant neovascular age related macular degeneration - 6 month results after completion of the loading phase.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.

Arshad M KhananiSierra Eye Associates, Reno, NV, USA.
Matthew W RussellCenter for Ophthalmic Bioinformatics, Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Aamir A AzizSierra Eye Associates, Reno, NV, USA.
Carl J DanzigRand Eye Institute, Deerfield, FLA, USA.
Christina Y WengBaylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
David A EichenbaumRetina Vitreous Associates of Florida, St Petersburg, FLA, USA.
Rishi P SinghCenter for Ophthalmic Bioinformatics, Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Baylor College of Medicine · USCleveland Clinic · USCleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine · USDeerfield (United States) · USRetina Vitreous Associates of Florida · USSierra Eye Associates · USUniversity of Nevada, Reno · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Ang/Tie2 pathway complements VEGF-mediated activity in retinal vascular diseases such as DME, AMD, and RVO by decreasing vascular integrity, increasing neovascularization, and increasing inflammatory signaling. Faricimab is a bispecific antibody that has been developed as an inhibitor of both VEGF and Ang2 that has shown positive results in phase I, II and III trials. Recent Year 1 data from phase III clinical trials YOSEMITE, RHINE, TENAYA, and LUCERNE have confirmed the efficacy, safety, durability, and superiority of faricimab in patients with DME and nAMD. Faricimab, if approved, may significantly decrease treatment burden in patients with retinal vascular diseases to a greater extent than would current standard of care anti-VEGF injections.

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Ang/TiefaricimabLUCERNERHINETENAYAYOSEMITE

Identifiers

PMID34511878
PMCPMC8427682
OpenAlexW3198819811

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