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ABSTRACT: Purpose
To report 2-year ocular and developmental outcomes for infants receiving low doses of intravitreal bevacizumab for type 1 retinopathy of prematurity (ROP).Methods
A total of 120 premature infants (mean birthweight, 687 g; mean gestational age, 24.8 weeks) with type 1 ROP were enrolled in a multicenter, phase 1 dose de-escalation study. One eye per infant received 0.25 mg, 0.125 mg, 0.063 mg, 0.031 mg, 0.016 mg, 0.008 mg, 0.004 mg, or 0.002 mg of intravitreal bevacizumab; fellow eyes when treated received one dosage level higher. At 2 years, 70 of 120 children (58%) underwent ocular examinations; 51 (43%) were assessed using the Bayley Scale of Infant and Toddler Development.Results
Correlation coefficients for the association of total dosage of bevacizumab with Bayley subscales were -0.20 for cognitive (95% CI, -0.45 to 0.08), -0.15 for motor (95% CI, -0.41 to 0.14), and -0.19 for language (95% CI, -0.44 to 0.10). Fourteen children (21%) had myopia greater than -5.00 D in one or both eyes, 7 (10%) had optic nerve atrophy and/or cupping, 20 (29%) had strabismus, 8 (11%) had manifest nystagmus, and 9 (13%) had amblyopia.Conclusions
In this study cohort, there was no statistically significant correlation between dosage of bevacizumab and Bayley scores at 2 years. However, the sample size was small and the retention rate relatively low, limiting our conclusions. Rates of high myopia and ocular abnormalities do not differ from those reported after larger bevacizumab doses.
SUBMITTER: Wallace DK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10729831 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wallace David K DK Hercinovic Amra A Freedman Sharon F SF Crouch Eric R ER Bhatt Amit R AR Hartnett M Elizabeth ME Yang Michael B MB Rogers David L DL Hutchinson Amy K AK Good William V WV Repka Michael X MX Li Zhuokai Z Beck Roy W RW Kraker Raymond T RT Cotter Susan A SA Holmes Jonathan M JM
Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 20230119 1
<h4>Purpose</h4>To report 2-year ocular and developmental outcomes for infants receiving low doses of intravitreal bevacizumab for type 1 retinopathy of prematurity (ROP).<h4>Methods</h4>A total of 120 premature infants (mean birthweight, 687 g; mean gestational age, 24.8 weeks) with type 1 ROP were enrolled in a multicenter, phase 1 dose de-escalation study. One eye per infant received 0.25 mg, 0.125 mg, 0.063 mg, 0.031 mg, 0.016 mg, 0.008 mg, 0.004 mg, or 0.002 mg of intravitreal bevacizumab; ...[more]