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ReviewLife (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Review of Guideline Recommendations for Optimal Anti-VEGF Therapy in Age-Related Macular Degeneration.

Andreea Dana Moraru, Ciprian Danielescu, Raluca Eugenia Iorga, Radu Lucian Moraru, Mihail Zemba, Daniel Constantin Branisteanu

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Review in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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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

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. The Antiangiogenic Effect of VEGF-A siRNA-FAM-Loaded Exosomes.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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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

6 authors.

Andreea Dana MoraruDepartment of Ophthalmology, 'Grigore T. Popa' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700115 Iași, Romania.
Ciprian DanielescuDepartment of Ophthalmology, 'Grigore T. Popa' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700115 Iași, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-1639-2921
Raluca Eugenia IorgaDepartment of Ophthalmology, 'Grigore T. Popa' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700115 Iași, Romania.
Radu Lucian Moraru'Transmed Expert' Medical Center, 700011 Iași, Romania.
Mihail ZembaDepartment of Ophthalmology, 'Dr. Carol Davila' Central Military Emergency University Hospital, 010825 Bucharest, Romania.
Daniel Constantin BranisteanuDepartment of Ophthalmology, 'Grigore T. Popa' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700115 Iași, Romania.ORCID 0009-0009-5147-9596

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neovascular age-related macular degeneration is a progressive, blinding macular disease that has become a burden both in healthcare systems and the global economy. The vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is the main agent involved in the pathogenic process of the disease. The main goal of the age-related macular degeneration treatment is to maintain and improve visual acuity by injecting intravitreal anti-VEGF agents in either a reactive or proactive manner. Subretinal and intraretinal fluids are the main biomarkers that should be considered when managing the frequency of the therapy. This review discusses both functional and morphological treatment criteria according to current recommendations as opposed to real-life situations encountered during day-to-day clinical practice and highlights situations in which the benefits of continuing therapy are arguable in terms of improving patients' quality of life. Optimizing the treatment regimen represents an important aim of current clinical ophthalmological practice, as age-related macular degeneration patients usually have a long follow-up period.

Indexed as

age-related macular degenerationanti-VEGF therapyintraretinal fluidsubretinal fluidtreat and extend

Identifiers

PMID39459520
PMCPMC11508937

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