Evidence map›Paper›PMID 37566302›Full record

ArticleGraefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie2023

Evolution of macular atrophy in eyes with neovascular age-related macular degeneration compared to fellow non-neovascular eyes.

Styliani Blazaki, Emmanouil Blavakis, Gregory Chlouverakis, Georgios Bontzos, Irini Chatziralli, Georgios Smoustopoulos, Eleni Dimitriou, Anastasios Stavrakakis, Stamatina Kabanarou, Tina Xirou and 2 more

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. The impact of macular neovascularization development on geographic atrophy progression.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2026
    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

12 authors.

Styliani BlazakiDepartment of Ophthalmology, The University of Crete Medical School, 71110, Voutes, Greece.
Emmanouil BlavakisDepartment of Ophthalmology, The University of Crete Medical School, 71110, Voutes, Greece.
Gregory ChlouverakisLaboratory of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece.
Georgios BontzosDepartment of Ophthalmology, Korgialenio-Benakio General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Irini Chatziralli2nd Department of Ophthalmology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Georgios SmoustopoulosDepartment of Ophthalmology, Korgialenio-Benakio General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Eleni Dimitriou2nd Department of Ophthalmology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Anastasios StavrakakisDepartment of Ophthalmology, The University of Crete Medical School, 71110, Voutes, Greece.
Stamatina KabanarouDepartment of Ophthalmology, Korgialenio-Benakio General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Tina XirouDepartment of Ophthalmology, Korgialenio-Benakio General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Demetrios G VavvasMassachusetts Eye and Ear, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Miltiadis K TsilimbarisDepartment of Ophthalmology, The University of Crete Medical School, 71110, Voutes, Greece. tsilimb@med.uoc.gr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0130-1150

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeΤo evaluate the evolution of macular atrophy (MA) in patients with neovascular AMD (nAMD), compared with their fellow eyes exhibiting dry AMD (dAMD).

methodsThis retrospective study included 124 patients from three centers treated with anti-VEGF in their nAMD eye and having dAMD in the fellow eye. Patients without MA at baseline were analyzed to study the time to first MA development. Synchronous and unsynchronous time course of MA was also studied. MA was evaluated using near-infrared images, while all available optical coherence tomography (OCT) images were used to confirm the criteria proposed by the Classification of Atrophy Meetings group for complete MA.

resultsMA first detection in nAMD eyes increased significantly from year 2 to 6 compared to dAMD eyes. Over the study's follow-up, 45.1% of nAMD-E developed MA, compared to 16.5% of fellow eyes (p < 0.001). When MA in the two eyes was compared in a synchronous paired manner over 4 years, nAMD eyes had an average MA progression rate of 0.275 mm/year versus 0.110 mm/year in their fellow dAMD eyes. Multivariate ANOVA revealed significant time (p < 0.001), eye (p = 0.003), and time-eye interaction (p < 0.001) effects. However, when MA did develop in dAMD eyes and was compared in an asynchronous manner to MA of nAMD eyes, it was found to progress faster in dAMD eyes (dAMD: 0.295 mm/year vs. nAMD: 0.176 mm/year) with a significant time-eye interaction (p = 0.015).

conclusionsIn this study, a significant difference in MA incidence and progression was documented in eyes with nAMD under treatment, compared to fellow eye exhibiting dAMD. Eyes with nAMD tended to develop more MA compared to fellow dAMD eyes. However, when atrophy did develop in the fellow dAMD eyes, it progressed faster over time compared to MA in nAMD eyes.

Indexed as

Angiogenesis InhibitorsWet Macular DegenerationAtrophyHumansIntravitreal InjectionsRanibizumabRetrospective StudiesTomography, Optical CoherenceVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AVisual AcuityAngiogenesis InhibitorsRanibizumabVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AAge-related macular degenerationMacular atrophyMacular incidenceMacular progression

Identifiers

PMID37566302
PMCPMC10667153

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

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.