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Trial reportBMC ophthalmology2022

Outcomes of near confluent laser versus combined less dense laser and bevacizumab treatment of prethreshold ROP Type 1 Zone 2: a randomized controlled trial.

Ehsan Namvar, Alireza Bolkheir, Zahra Emadi, Mohammadkarim Johari, Mohammad Hossein Nowroozzadeh

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in BMC ophthalmology, 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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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ehsan NamvarPoostchi Ophthalmology Research Center, Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Zand Street, Shiraz, 7134997446 Fars, Iran.
Alireza BolkheirPoostchi Ophthalmology Research Center, Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Zand Street, Shiraz, 7134997446 Fars, Iran.
Zahra EmadiPoostchi Ophthalmology Research Center, Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Zand Street, Shiraz, 7134997446 Fars, Iran.
Mohammadkarim JohariPoostchi Ophthalmology Research Center, Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Zand Street, Shiraz, 7134997446 Fars, Iran. mkjoharii@gmail.com.
Mohammad Hossein NowroozzadehPoostchi Ophthalmology Research Center, Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Zand Street, Shiraz, 7134997446 Fars, Iran.
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo evaluate the results of near confluent laser therapy versus combined less dense laser and intra vitreal bevacizumab in treatment of infants with type 1 retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in zone II.

methodsThis is a prospective double-blinded randomized clinical trial study. Infants with Type 1 ROP in Zone 2 were randomized into case and control groups. Conventional laser therapy was executed for control group and combination of IVB and laser treatment was employed for the case group.

resultsEighty-six eyes from 43 infants were analyzed in this trial. The first group included 42 eyes from 21 infants receiving a combination of laser ablation and IVB. The second group contained 44 eyes from 22 infants who received only conventional laser therapy. The combined IVB and laser ablation group demonstrated the neovascularization regression (20 out of 21 infants) one week after the procedure. In the conventional laser therapy group, this regression was found in (12 out of 22 infants) within one week after laser therapy (P = 0.001). Plus disease regression was observed in 20 (20/21) of combined treatment group and 7 infants (7/22) of conventional laser treatment group after one week.

conclusionCombined less dense laser and bevacizumab treatment resulted in more rapid regression in comparison with the conventional laser treatment.

trial registrationIRCT20201120049450N1, 27/12/2021.

Indexed as

Retinopathy of PrematurityBevacizumabEyeHumansInfantInfant, NewbornLasersProspective StudiesBevacizumabBevacizumabCombination therapyRetinal laser therapyRetinopathy of prematurity

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PMID36443750
PMCPMC9703747
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