Evidence map›Paper›PMID 35077530›Full record

ArticleTranslational vision science & technology2022

Subretinal Pigment Epithelium Illumination Combined With Focal Electroretinogram and Visual Acuity for Early Diagnosis and Prognosis of Non-Exudative Age-Related Macular Degeneration: New Insights for Personalized Medicine.

Maria Cristina Savastano, Benedetto Falsini, Silvia Ferrara, Alessandra Scampoli, Marco Piccardi, Alfonso Savastano, Stanislao Rizzo

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Translational vision science & technology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06306690 (Biomarkers for Prognosis in Different Forms of Retinitis Pigmentosa), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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.

NCT06306690 unknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

Biomarkers for Prognosis in Different Forms of Retinitis Pigmentosa

TypeobservationalSponsorFondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCSRan2024 to 2025Enrolled35ConditionsRetinitis PigmentosaArmsOCT, OCT angiography, flicker ERG and Ultra Wide Field retinography and autofluorescence.
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Review
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
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

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Maria Cristina SavastanoOphthalmology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Benedetto FalsiniOphthalmology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Silvia FerraraOphthalmology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Alessandra ScampoliOphthalmology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Marco PiccardiOphthalmology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Alfonso SavastanoOphthalmology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Stanislao RizzoOphthalmology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico · ITAgostino Gemelli University Polyclinic · ITUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo evaluate the correlation between functional visual acuity and focal electroretinograms (fERGs) and morphological abnormalities in the retinal pigment epithelium and outer retinal atrophy (RORA) assessed by subretinal illumination (SRI) parameter at optical coherence tomography (OCT) examinations as signs of early disease in early and intermediate non-exudative age-related macular degeneration (ne-AMD).

methodsOne hundred forty-one eyes of 74 patients were retrospectively evaluated. A subgroup of patients (34/74) had a follow-up of at least 1 year. The study included both cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses. All eyes were assessed by OCT to measure the macular outer nuclear layer thickness, extent of ellipsoid zone interruption, absence or presence of drusen/reticular pseudodrusen in the foveal and perifoveal fields, and the SRI area closest to the fovea. Additionally, fERGs were performed.

resultsIn the cross-sectional analysis, visual acuity and fERG amplitude were correlated (P < 0.01) with the SRI area. The fERG amplitude was correlated (P < 0.01) with the extent of ellipsoid zone interruption and tended to be lower in reticular pseudodrusen compared with drusen. In the longitudinal analysis, fERG amplitudes and outer retinal thickness tended to decrease on average by 15% and 18%, respectively, after 1 year of follow-up. The baseline RORA area, but not fERG amplitude or visual acuity, significantly predicted with 77% accuracy (P < 0.01) morphological deterioration, which was determined by an increase in the RORA area after 1 year.

conclusionsFunctional visual acuity and its morphological correlations can be assessed in early and intermediate ne-AMD eyes. SRI, as a result of RORA, is a potential predictor of ne-AMD progression in a short-term follow-up. TRANSLATIONAL RELEVANCE: SRI assessment, an objective method to measure RORA, is a potential biomarker for non-exudative AMD progression.

Indexed as

Macular DegenerationRetinal DrusenCross-Sectional StudiesEarly DiagnosisEpitheliumFluorescein AngiographyHumansLightingPrecision MedicinePrognosisRetrospective StudiesVisual Acuity

Identifiers

PMID35077530
PMCPMC8802010
OpenAlexW4206985971

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.