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ReviewOphthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging retina2024

Emerging Oral Pharmaceuticals for Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Mechanism of Action, Current Clinical Status, and Future Directions.

Charles M T DeBoer, Ditte K Rasmussen, Joel A Franco, Vinit B Mahajan

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Review in Ophthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging retina, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Charles M T DeBoer
Ditte K Rasmussen
Joel A Franco
Vinit B Mahajan

Funding

Stanford Vision Research CoreP30EY026877 · NEI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Jeffrey L Goldberg · 2017 to 2026
$8.0M
Gene Silencing and Gene Editing in PhototransductionR01EY024698 · NEI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Stephen H Tsang · 2015 to 2026
$4.7M
Stanford K12 Clinician-Scientist Career Development ProgramK12EY033745 · NEI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Jeffrey L Goldberg · 2022 to 2026
$2.6M
Structure and Function of Calpain-5R01EY024665 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI MAHAJAN, VINIT B · 2015 to 2019
$1.9M
Mechanism-based therapies for photoreceptor degenerationR01EY025225 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI MAHAJAN, VINIT B · 2015 to 2018
$1.3M
Evaluating GWAS AMD Candidate Loci by Gene Editing in Human iPS CellsR21AG050437 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI BASSUK, ALEXANDER G, MAHAJAN, VINIT B · 2015 to 2016
$431k
NEI NIH HHS K12 EY033745NEI NIH HHS P30 EY026877NEI NIH HHS R01 EY024665NEI NIH HHS R01 EY024698NEI NIH HHS R01 EY025225NIA NIH HHS R21 AG050437
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) has been historically managed with lifestyle modifications, monitoring for conversion to wet AMD, and vitamins. Recently there has been a flurry of research focused on discovering new targets to prevent worsening of dry AMD. In 2023, the US Food and Drug Administration approved the first two intravitreal complement inhibitors to slow the rate of geographic atrophy progression. However, serial intravitreal injections for a chronic progressive disease are burdensome for patients and have procedural risks. Therefore, there is significant research to discover novel oral medications to manage dry AMD. Several oral medications are currently in phase 2 and 3 clinical trials for dry AMD, whereas others have had recent readouts on their clinical trials and efficacy. The purpose of this review is to describe the therapeutic pathways currently being investigated and to provide an update on the clinical status of novel oral medications for the management of dry AMD.

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Geographic AtrophyAdministration, OralHumans

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PMID38917394
PMCPMC12888834

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