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ArticleScientific reports2024

One-year outcomes and safety assessment of faricimab in treatment-naïve patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration in Japan.

Ryo Mukai, Keiko Kataoka, Koji Tanaka, Yasunori Miyara, Ichiro Maruko, Makiko Nakayama, Yuto Watanabe, Akiko Yamamoto, Yu Wakatsuki, Hajime Onoe and 12 more

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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 23 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. One-year real-world data of intravitreal faricimab in patients with pre-treated neovascular age-related macular degeneration.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2026
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  9. Sub-retinal pigment epithelium features as predictors for limited interval extension of faricimab in treatment-naïve neovascular age-related macular degeneration.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2026
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  14. A one-year study on the regression effects of aflibercept and faricimab on retinal pigment epithelial detachment.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2026
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  15. Efficacy and safety of intravitreal faricimab for choroidal neovascularization secondary to central serous chorioretinopathy - a multicentre study.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2026
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  16. Treatment outcomes of switching to aflibercept 8 mg in previously-treated neovascular age-related macular degeneration.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

22 authors.

Ryo MukaiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Fukushima Medical University, 1 Hikarigaoka-cho, Fukushima, 960-1295, Japan. rmukai@fmu.ac.jp.
Keiko KataokaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Koji TanakaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Yasunori MiyaraDepartment of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan.
Ichiro MarukoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
Makiko NakayamaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Yuto WatanabeDepartment of Ophthalmology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Akiko YamamotoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Yu WakatsukiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Hajime OnoeDepartment of Ophthalmology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Sorako WakugawaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan.
Nobuhiro TeraoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan.
Taiji HasegawaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
Moeko KawaiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
Ruka MarukoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
Kanako ItagakiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Fukushima Medical University, 1 Hikarigaoka-cho, Fukushima, 960-1295, Japan.
Jyunichiro HonjoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Fukushima Medical University, 1 Hikarigaoka-cho, Fukushima, 960-1295, Japan.
Annabelle A OkadaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Ryusaburo MoriDepartment of Ophthalmology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Hideki KoizumiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan.
Tomohiro IidaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
Tetsuju SekiryuDepartment of Ophthalmology, Fukushima Medical University, 1 Hikarigaoka-cho, Fukushima, 960-1295, Japan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This multicentre retrospective study evaluated the 1-year outcomes and safety profile of faricimab in treatment-naïve patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD). Fifty-five patients (57 eyes) underwent loading therapy comprising three monthly faricimab injections. If dryness was achieved by the third month, subsequent treat-and-extend (TAE) follow-up continued at a minimum 8-week interval thereafter. If wet macula persisted at the third month, a fourth dose was administered, followed by the TAE regimen. After 1 year, improvements in visual acuity (0.44 ± 0.46 [baseline] to 0.34 ± 0.48; p < 0.01) and central foveal thickness (326 ± 149 [baseline] to 195 ± 82 μm; p < 0.0001) were significant. Dry macula, characterised by the absence of intraretinal or subretinal fluid, was achieved in 65% of cases. Treatment intervals varied, ranging from 8 to 16 weeks, with 44% of eyes extending to a 16-week interval, followed by 33% at 8 weeks, 16% at 12 weeks, 5% at 14 weeks, and 2% at 10 weeks. Notably, 50% of the polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy patients exhibited complete regression of polypoidal lesions between 12 and 15 months. Faricimab treatment in nAMD patients induced significant improvements in central vision and retinal morphology. Two cases of retinal pigment epithelial tears and one case of iritis were reported as ocular complications.

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Visual AcuityAgedAged, 80 and overAngiogenesis InhibitorsFemaleHumansIntravitreal InjectionsJapanMacular DegenerationMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesTomography, Optical CoherenceTreatment OutcomeAngiogenesis InhibitorsChoroidal thicknessFaricimabNeovascular age-related macular degenerationRetinal morphologyTreat-and-extend regimenVisual acuity

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PMID38778065
PMCPMC11111667

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