High dose aflibercept may be promising for treatment of age-related macular degeneration
1. Aflibercept 8 mg was non-inferior to 2 mg for best-corrected visual acuity at 48 weeks. 2. Ocular adverse events ...
Tag: Ophthalmology
High dose aflibercept reduced treatment burden in patients with diabetic macular edema
1. Aflibercept 8 mg was non-inferior to 2 mg for best-corrected visual acuity at 48 weeks. 2. Ocular adverse events ...
Avacincaptad pegol reduces the rate of age-related macular degeneration in geographic atrophy
1. Avacincaptad pegol significantly slowed geographic atrophy over 12 months. 2. Exudative macular neovascularization was comparable among treatment groups. Evidence ...
Risk of hydroxychloroquine retinopathy increases with longer use and higher dosage
1. In this retrospective cohort study, the incidence of hydroxychloroquine retinopathy was 2.5% at 10 years, increasing to 8.6% at ...
Aflibercept monotherapy equivalent to bevacizumab first for diabetic macular edema
1. In patients with diabetic macular edema, aflibercept monotherapy showed no difference in vision improvement compared to step therapy of ...
Faricimab noninferior to aflibercept for treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration
1. In both trials, faricimab was demonstrated to be non-inferior to aflibercept at improving visual acuity in neovascular age-related macular ...
Faricimab may improve visual acuity in patients with diabetic macular edema
1. Faricimab every 8 weeks and faricimab per personalized treatment interval (PTI) were noninferior to aflibercept for mean change in ...
Low-energy femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery versus conventional phacoemulsification
1. Low-energy FLACS resulted in less endothelial cell count loss post-operatively compared with conventional phacoemulsification. 2. Patients receiving low-energy FLACS ...
Effect of a randomized interventional school-based vision program on academic performance
1. In this trial, students in grades 3 to 7 who received eyeglasses through a school-based vision program achieved better ...
Primary trabeculectomy associated with similar outcomes as medical management for advanced glaucoma
1. At 24 months, visual quality of life for patients with advanced open angle glaucoma was similar if treated initially ...
