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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2022

Two-Week Central Macular Thickness Reduction Rate >37% Predicts the Long-Term Efficacy of Anti-vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Treatment for Macular Edema Secondary to Retinal Vein Occlusion.

Jialin Zhou, Huafeng Ma, Xiyuan Zhou, Qiuyu Wang, Weihou Li, Shuai Luo, Chang Cai, Zefeng Li, Danning Liu

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Article in Frontiers in medicine, 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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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jialin ZhouDepartment of Ophthalmology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Huafeng MaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Xiyuan ZhouDepartment of Ophthalmology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Qiuyu WangDepartment of Ophthalmology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Weihou LiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Shuai LuoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Chang CaiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Zefeng LiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Danning LiuDepartment of Ophthalmology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Dalian Medical University · CNChongqing Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: To determine if the early response assessments can predict the long-term efficacy of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) treatment for macular edema secondary to retinal vein occlusion (RVO-ME). Methods: A retrospective study of patients with diagnosis of RVO-ME and intravitreal anti-VEGF treatment was conducted. Clinical characteristics including age, gender, disease subtype and disease duration were recorded at baseline. The best corrected visual acuity (BCVA and logMAR), intraocular pressure (IOP), and central macular thickness (CMT) were recorded at baseline, 2 weeks, and every month (months 1-6) after injection. Further, we compared the early response assessments between the cured group (6-month CMT ≤ 250 μm) and the uncured group (6-month CMT > 250 μm). Results: A total of 164 eyes in 164 patients (77 male and 87 female) were included. At each post-injection time point, both BCVA and CMT are significantly decreased from baseline (all Conclusion: Age, disease duration, baseline CMT, and baseline BCVA are associated with visual outcomes at 6-month of anti-VEGF treatment for RVO-ME. The "2-week CMT reduction rate >37%" after the first injection is an independent factor to predict better long-term outcomes.

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anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF)central macular thickness (CMT)early response assessmentsmacular edema (ME)retinal vein occlusion (RVO)

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