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Trial reportAmerican journal of ophthalmology2022

Month 60 Outcomes After Treatment Initiation With Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Therapy for Macular Edema Due to Central Retinal or Hemiretinal Vein Occlusion.

Ingrid U Scott, Paul C VanVeldhuisen, Neal L Oden, Michael S Ip, Barbara A Blodi, SCORE2 Investigator Group

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in American journal of ophthalmology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Ingrid U ScottFrom the Departments of Ophthalmology and Public Health Sciences (I.U.C.), Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: iscott@pennstatehealth.psu.edu.
Paul C VanVeldhuisenThe Emmes Company, LLC (P.C.V., N.L.O.), Rockville, Maryland.
Neal L OdenThe Emmes Company, LLC (P.C.V., N.L.O.), Rockville, Maryland.
Michael S IpDoheny Eye Institute (M.S.I.), University of California, Los Angeles, California.
Barbara A BlodiUniversity of Wisconsin Fundus Photograph Reading Center (B.A.B.), Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
SCORE2 Investigator Group

Funding

SCORE2 Comparative Trial (SCT)U10EY023533 · NEI · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR · PI SCOTT, INGRID U · 2013 to 2018
$7.4M
SCORE2 Comparative Trial (SCT)U10EY023529 · NEI · THE EMMES COMPANY, LLC · PI VAN VELDHUISEN, PAUL C · 2013 to 2018
$6.8M
SCORE2 Comparative Trial (SCT)U10EY023521 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI BLODI, BARBARA A · 2013 to 2018
$1.8M
NEI NIH HHS U10 EY023521NEI NIH HHS U10 EY023529NEI NIH HHS U10 EY023533
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo investigate 5-year outcomes in eyes initially treated with aflibercept or bevacizumab for macular edema due to central retinal or hemiretinal vein occlusion.

methodsLong-term follow-up (LTF) after a randomized clinical trial from 64 centers in the United States. Participants were followed up to 60 months and treated at investigator discretion after completing the 12-month treatment protocol. Main outcomes were visual acuity letter score (VALS) and central subfield thickness (CST) on optical coherence tomography.

resultsSeventy-five percent (248/330) of eligible participants completed at least 1 visit between months 24 and 60, and 45% completed the month 60 visit. Among participants completing month 60, overall mean VALS improvement over baseline was 13.5 (95% CI: 9.6, 17.5), less than the mean improvement of 20.6 (95% CI: 18.7, 22.4) observed at month 12, with no significant differences between originally assigned study groups. Further, 66% (99/150) had at least 1 treatment between months 48 and 60 with a mean (SD) of 3.41 (3.69) treatments over this period. Mean CST was 671 μm at baseline and 261 μm (95% CI: 241.2, 280.9) at month 60.

conclusionsAlthough VALS improved substantially when patients were treated per protocol through month 12, improvement lessened when treatment was at investigator discretion and fewer treatments were received although VALS remained markedly improved over baseline through year 5. Most patients continued to receive treatment in year 5. This suggests that continued monitoring and, if warranted, treatment with anti-VEGF therapy benefits patients with macular edema associated with central retinal or hemiretinal vein occlusion. Publication of this article is sponsored by the American Ophthalmological Society.

Indexed as

Macular EdemaRetinal Vein OcclusionAngiogenesis InhibitorsBevacizumabHumansIntravitreal InjectionsReceptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth FactorRecombinant Fusion ProteinsTomography, Optical CoherenceVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AafliberceptAngiogenesis InhibitorsBevacizumabReceptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth FactorRecombinant Fusion ProteinsVascular Endothelial Growth Factor A

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PMID35461831
PMCPMC11064059

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