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ArticleScientific reports2024

One-year visual and anatomical outcomes of intravitreal faricimab injection for neovascular age-related macular degeneration after prior brolucizumab treatment.

Hironori Takahashi, Satoru Inoda, Hidenori Takahashi, Ryota Takahashi, Yuto Hashimoto, Hana Yoshida, Hidetoshi Kawashima, Yasuo Yanagi

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Article in Scientific reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Hironori TakahashiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke-shi, Tochigi, 329-0431, Japan.
Satoru InodaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke-shi, Tochigi, 329-0431, Japan. r1208is@jichi.ac.jp.
Hidenori TakahashiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke-shi, Tochigi, 329-0431, Japan.
Ryota TakahashiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke-shi, Tochigi, 329-0431, Japan.
Yuto HashimotoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke-shi, Tochigi, 329-0431, Japan.
Hana YoshidaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke-shi, Tochigi, 329-0431, Japan.
Hidetoshi KawashimaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke-shi, Tochigi, 329-0431, Japan.
Yasuo YanagiDepartment of Ophthalmology and Micro-Technology, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan.
Jichi Medical University · JPYokohama City University · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This single-center retrospective cohort study analyzed the 1-year real-world treatment outcomes of 63 consecutive eyes (of 60 patients) with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) that were switched from intravitreal brolucizumab (IVBr) to intravitreal faricimab (IVF) and managed on a treat-and-extend regimen with discontinuation criteria. After the switch, patients opted to continue IVF, to switch back to IVBr, or receive photodynamic therapy (PDT). Thirty-eight patients continued IVF, 16 patients were switched back to IVBr, 2 patients received PDT, and 4 patients paused treatment. Best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), central subfield thickness (CST), subfoveal choroidal thickness (sf-CT), and injection intervals were compared immediately before and 1 year after the initial IVF. Whereas there was no change in BCVA and CST; 0 [- 0.0969 to 0.125, P = 0.58], - 1.5 [- 27.8 to 13.5, P = 0.11] µm, respectively, sf-CT decreased significantly; - 19.5 [- 45.5 to 7.75, P = 0.015] µm. The patients switched back showed no significant change in sf-CT. The injection interval extended significantly in the IVF continuation and the switch-back group (2.0 and 3.0 weeks, respectively; [P = 0.0007 and 0.0078]) in eyes with a pre-switching interval of less than 12 weeks. Faricimab shows promise as a safe and effective alternative to brolucizumab for treating nAMD.

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Antibodies, BispecificAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedMacular DegenerationWet Macular DegenerationAngiogenesis InhibitorsChoroidHumansIntravitreal InjectionsRetrospective StudiesAngiogenesis InhibitorsAntibodies, BispecificAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedbrolucizumabfaricimabAge-related macular degenerationBrolucizumabFaricimabSwitching

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