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ArticleEye (London, England)2024

Real world treatment outcomes in polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy in a Caucasian population of British ethnicity.

Gabriella De Salvo, Suresh Thulasidharan, Ramez Barbara, Alison Penwarden, Nishant Aggarwal, Rino Frisina

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Article in Eye (London, England), 2024. 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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Gabriella De Salvo *University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK. gabrielladesalvo@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1185-6942
Suresh Thulasidharan *University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4791-5131
Ramez BarbaraUniversity Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK.
Alison PenwardenUniversity Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK.
Nishant AggarwalUniversity Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1931-390X
Rino FrisinaOphthalmology unit, Department of Surgery, Piacenza Hospital, Piacenza, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0247-2680

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo assess treatment response of Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) in a Caucasian population of British ethnicity with intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) injections alone and with a combination of anti-VEGF injections and photodynamic therapy (PDT). SETTING/VENUE: Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom.

methodsRetrospective review of 95 Caucasian patients in a single centre with diagnosis of PCV between 2013 and 2018 were included. Best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), central retinal thickness (CRT), indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) characteristics, numbers and type of treatment were analysed at baseline and at 1 year.

resultsOne hundred and one eyes included from 95 patients received either anti-VEGF injections (n = 79, 78.2%) alone or combination therapy with anti-VEGF and PDT (n = 6, 6%). A third untreated group was also observed (n = 16, 15.8%). Five eyes were excluded from the study due to structural retinal damage. Mean number of injections was 7.3 in the monotherapy group and 6.5 in the combination group. Both treatment groups showed improvement in BCVA at 1 year and this was statistically significant in the monotherapy group with a mean gain of 8.3 letters (p < 0.001). Mean CRT decreased in all treatment groups at twelve months and this change was significant (p < 0.01). In the observation group, vision and CRT remained stable.

conclusionsThis study demonstrates significant improvements in BCVA at one year in our Caucasian cohort of British ethnicity with PCV in the treatment group.

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Angiogenesis InhibitorsFluorescein AngiographyIntravitreal InjectionsPhotochemotherapyVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AVisual AcuityWhite PeopleAgedAged, 80 and overBevacizumabChoroidChoroidal NeovascularizationFemaleHumansIndocyanine GreenMaleAngiogenesis InhibitorsBevacizumabIndocyanine GreenPhotosensitizing AgentsRanibizumabVascular Endothelial Growth Factor A

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PMID38992142
PMCPMC11544236

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