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ArticleJournal of diabetes research2022

Response to 1-Year Fixed-Regimen Bevacizumab Therapy in Treatment-Naïve DME Patients: Assessment by OCT Angiography.

Magdalena Hunt, Sławomir Teper, Adam Wylęgała, Edward Wylęgała

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Article in Journal of diabetes research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Magdalena HuntChair and Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, 40-760 Katowice, Poland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7016-4981
Sławomir TeperChair and Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, 40-760 Katowice, Poland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0935-8880
Adam WylęgałaHealth Promotion and Obesity Management Unit, Department of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Poland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7295-4936
Edward WylęgałaChair and Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, 40-760 Katowice, Poland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6707-5790
Medical University of Silesia · PL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo evaluate the effectiveness of intravitreal bevacizumab treatment in patients with diabetic macular edema (DME) by assessing retinal changes using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A).

methodsThis prospective study was performed in patients with treatment-naïve DME. The eyes of patients were imaged using a swept-source OCT system with a scan area of 6 × 6 mm. The DME patients with a central macular thickness (CMT) of ≥300

resultsSeventy-seven eyes of DME patients were subjected to the final analysis. Bevacizumab treatment reduced CMT from 425.06

conclusionThe fixed-regimen intravitreal bevacizumab therapy was effective in treating DME. Apart from noninvasive visualization of microvascular damage, OCT-A showed limited usefulness in predicting treatment response. Although the study showed that the number of MAs was significantly reduced during treatment, which is an OCT-A predictor of a good response to bevacizumab treatment at a 12-month visit, commonly observed artifacts may reduce the usefulness of OCT-A.

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AgedAged, 80 and overAnalysis of VarianceAngiogenesis InhibitorsBevacizumabDiabetic RetinopathyFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesQualitative ResearchStatistics, NonparametricTomography, Optical CoherenceAngiogenesis InhibitorsBevacizumab

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