Macular atrophy in patients with long-term anti-VEGF treatment for neovascular age-related macular degeneration.

Munk, Marion; Ceklic, Lala; Ebneter, Andreas; Huf, Wolfgang; Wolf, Sebastian; Zinkernagel, Martin (2016). Macular atrophy in patients with long-term anti-VEGF treatment for neovascular age-related macular degeneration. Acta ophthalmologica, 94(8), e757-e764. Blackwell Munksgaard 10.1111/aos.13157

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PURPOSE

To identify the prevalence and progression of macular atrophy (MA) in neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) patients under long-term anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy and to determine risk factors.

METHOD

This retrospective study included patients with neovascular AMD and ≥30 anti-VEGF injections. Macular atrophy (MA) was measured using near infrared and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). Yearly growth rate was estimated using square-root transformation to adjust for baseline area and allow for linearization of growth rate. Multiple regression with Akaike information criterion (AIC) as model selection criterion was used to estimate the influence of various parameters on MA area.

RESULTS

Forty-nine eyes (47 patients, mean age 77 ± 14) were included with a mean of 48 ± 13 intravitreal anti-VEGF injections (ranibizumab:37 ± 11, aflibercept:11 ± 6, mean number of injections/year 8 ± 2.1) over a mean treatment period of 6.2 ± 1.3 years (range 4-8.5). Mean best-corrected visual acuity improved from 57 ± 17 letters at baseline (= treatment start) to 60 ± 16 letters at last follow-up. The MA prevalence within and outside the choroidal neovascularization (CNV) border at initial measurement was 45% and increased to 74%. Mean MA area increased from 1.8 ± 2.7 mm(2) within and 0.5 ± 0.98 mm(2) outside the CNV boundary to 2.7 ± 3.4 mm(2) and 1.7 ± 1.8 mm(2) , respectively. Multivariate regression determined posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) and presence/development of intraretinal cysts (IRCs) as significant factors for total MA size (R(2) = 0.16, p = 0.02). Macular atrophy (MA) area outside the CNV border was best explained by the presence of reticular pseudodrusen (RPD) and IRC (R(2) = 0.24, p = 0.02).

CONCLUSION

A majority of patients show MA after long-term anti-VEGF treatment. Reticular pseudodrusen (RPD), IRC and PVD but not number of injections or treatment duration seem to be associated with the MA size.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR) > Forschungsbereich Augenklinik > Forschungsgruppe Augenheilkunde
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Head Organs and Neurology (DKNS) > Clinic of Ophthalmology
04 Faculty of Medicine > Faculty Institutions > Teaching Staff, Faculty of Medicine

UniBE Contributor:

Munk, Marion, Ebneter, Andreas, Wolf, Sebastian (B), Zinkernagel, Martin Sebastian

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1755-375X

Publisher:

Blackwell Munksgaard

Language:

English

Submitter:

Marion Munk

Date Deposited:

29 Jul 2016 13:54

Last Modified:

02 Mar 2023 23:27

Publisher DOI:

10.1111/aos.13157

PubMed ID:

27417506

Uncontrolled Keywords:

aflibercept; geographic atrophy; intravitreal injection; ranibizumab; retinal pigment epithelium atrophy; wet age-related macular degeneration

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.84553

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/84553

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