Title
Intravitreal Bevacizumab for Choroidal Neovascularization in age-related macular degeneration
Date Issued
01 May 2016
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Arevalo J.F.
Lasave A.F.
Wu L.
Acón D.
Berrocal M.H.
Diaz-Llopis M.
Gallego-Pinazo R.
Serrano M.A.
Alezzandrini A.A.
Rojas S.
Maia M.
Tratamiento and Rehabilitación Visual
Publisher(s)
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Abstract
Purpose: To report the long-term anatomical and functional outcomes of patients with choroidal neovascularization secondary to age-related macular degeneration treated with intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB). Methods: Retrospective case series. Patients diagnosed with subfoveal choroidal neovascularization secondary to age-related macular degeneration that were treated with at least 1 intravitreal injection of 1.25 mg of IVB and had a minimum follow-up of 60 months. Patients underwent best-corrected Snellen visual acuity testing, optical coherence tomography, and ophthalmoscopic examination at baseline and follow-up visits. Results: Two hundred and forty-seven consecutive patients (292 eyes) were included. The mean number of IVB injections per eye was 10.9 ± 6.4. At 5 years, the BCVA decreased from 20/150 (logMAR 0.9 ± 0.6) at baseline to 20/250 (logMAR 1.1 ± 0.7) (P <0.0001). The mean CMT decreased from 343.1+ 122.3 m at baseline to 314.7 ± 128.8 m at 60 months of follow-up (P 0.009). Geographic atrophy (GA) was observed at baseline in 47 (16%) of 292 eyes. By 5 years, GA developed or progressed in 124 (42.5%) of 292 eyes (P < 0.0001). Conclusion: The early visual gains obtained from IVB were not maintained at 5 years of follow-up. In addition, IVB may play a role in the development or progression of GA.
Start page
859
End page
867
Volume
36
Issue
5
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Sistema cardiaco, Sistema cardiovascular
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84946021378
PubMed ID
Source
Retina
ISSN of the container
0275004X
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