RANIBIZUMAB 0.5 MG TREATMENT IN ADOLESCENTS WITH CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION: SUBGROUP ANALYSIS DATA FROM THE MINERVA STUDY.

Hykin, Philip G; Staurenghi, Giovanni; Wiedemann, Peter; Wolf, Sebastian; Liew, Shiao Hui Melissa; Desset-Brethes, Sabine; Staines, Harry; Li, Jun; Lai, Timothy Y Y (2021). RANIBIZUMAB 0.5 MG TREATMENT IN ADOLESCENTS WITH CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION: SUBGROUP ANALYSIS DATA FROM THE MINERVA STUDY. Retinal Cases & Brief Reports, 15(4), pp. 348-355. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 10.1097/ICB.0000000000000825

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PURPOSE

To evaluate the efficacy and safety of ranibizumab 0.5 mg in adolescent patients with any choroidal neovascularization etiology enrolled in the 12-month MINERVA study.

METHODS

In the open-label, non-randomized study arm, ranibizumab 0.5 mg was administered to five adolescents (aged 13-17 years). The findings were assessed descriptively as individual case reports at Month 12. Best-corrected visual acuity changes, central subfield thickness, treatment exposure, and safety were described over 12 months.

RESULTS

Baseline choroidal neovascularization etiologies of the study eye included choroidal neovascularization secondary to Best disease (n = 2), idiopathic chorioretinopathy (n = 2), and optic disk drusen (n = 1). At Months 2, 6, and 12, the observed mean best-corrected visual acuity changes in the study eye from baseline were +9.2, +16.6, and +16.6 letters, respectively, and the observed mean central subfield thickness change from baseline was -31.4, -87.6, and -116.4 μm, respectively. Adolescent patients received a mean of three (range, 2-5) ranibizumab injections in the study eye. No adverse events or serious adverse events related to ranibizumab were reported.

CONCLUSION

Ranibizumab 0.5 mg treatment was beneficial in improving visual acuity and stabilizing or reducing central subfield thickness in five adolescents with differing choroidal neovascularization etiologies requiring infrequent injection. No new safety findings were observed over 12 months.This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CCBY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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