Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40377801›Full record

ArticleJapanese journal of ophthalmology2025

Therapeutic outcomes of ranibizumab for zone ii stage 2 retinopathy of prematurity with plus disease.

Yoshihiro Nakagawa, Yoshifumi Murayama, Yasuyuki Suzuki, Atsushi Uchiyama, Takahiro Suzuki

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Japanese journal of ophthalmology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Article
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

5 authors.

Yoshihiro NakagawaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Shimokasuya 143, Isehara, Kanagawa, 259-1193, Japan. nakayoshi@tokai.ac.jp.
Yoshifumi MurayamaDepartment of Pediatrics, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
Yasuyuki SuzukiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Shimokasuya 143, Isehara, Kanagawa, 259-1193, Japan.
Atsushi UchiyamaDepartment of Pediatrics, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
Takahiro SuzukiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Shimokasuya 143, Isehara, Kanagawa, 259-1193, Japan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of intravitreal injections of ranibizumab (IVR) in treating zone II stage 2 retinopathy of prematurity with plus disease (ROP II2+) in preterm infants, focusing on two primary outcomes: reactivation and persistent avascular retina (PAR). STUDY

designRetrospective and consecutive case series.

methodsThis retrospective study reviewed the medical records of preterm infants treated with IVR at Tokai University hospital between December 2019 and September 2023. Data on reactivation, PAR, and other clinical outcomes were analyzed using generalized estimating equations to account for correlations between eyes.

resultsThirty eyes from 16 infants received IVR treatment. Following initial IVR all eyes achieved remission for over one year with IVR alone. Forty percent of these eyes required subsequent treatment due to reactivation, with a median reactivation time of 70 days. One year after initial IVR, PAR was observed in 11 out of the 30 eyes. Lower birth weight was associated with a tendency toward reactivation, and it also showed a significant correlation with the development of PAR.

conclusionsThis research supports the effectiveness of IVR for ROP II2+ over a one-year period. The links between lower birth weight and both reactivation and PAR might guide refinements in therapeutic strategies.

Indexed as

RanibizumabRetinopathy of PrematurityAngiogenesis InhibitorsFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGestational AgeHumansInfant, NewbornInfant, PrematureIntravitreal InjectionsMaleRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AVisual AcuityAngiogenesis InhibitorsRanibizumabVascular Endothelial Growth Factor ABirth weightPersistent avascular retinaRanibizumabReactivationRetinopathy of prematurity

Identifiers

PMID40377801
PMCPMC12339576

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.