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A Comparison of Methods for Tracking Progression in X-Linked Retinitis Pigmentosa Using Frequency Domain OCT.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To compare the efficacy of frequency domain optical coherence tomography (fdOCT)-derived outer retinal measures in tracking disease progression in x-linked (xl) retinitis pigmentosa (RP) patients.

Methods

Macular volume scans and line scans (Spectralis) were obtained from 27 xlRP patients (15.3 ± 6.4 years) at two visits approximately 2 years apart. Changes in average outer retinal layer thicknesses across the volume scan were compared to changes detected by measures derived from the edge of the inner segment ellipsoid zone (EZ) band, that is, where the EZ band (also known as inner segment/outer segment border) disappears. Repeatability was tested on an independent set of 18 RP patients (43.5 ± 18.0 years).

Results

Average outer segment (OS) and outer nuclear layer (ONL) thickness showed marginally significant annual changes (P < 0.05), while total receptor (TR) thickness showed a greater change (P < 0.01). All measures derived from the edge of the EZ band significantly decreased (P < 0.01). Mean ± SD for test-retest differences in horizontal widths was 0.01 ± 0.06 mm.

Conclusions

Measures of the EZ band are more effective in detecting disease progression than are thickness measures. Given the similar effectiveness of line and volume scans, manually marking the EZ band edge on vertical and/or horizontal line scans can be useful in tracking progression.

Translational relevance

Because disease progression in RP can be relatively slow, annual changes can be difficult to monitor during the course of a clinical trial. Here we suggest a quick, effective, and reliable method for detecting subtle changes.

SUBMITTER: Ramachandran R

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3860354 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A Comparison of Methods for Tracking Progression in X-Linked Retinitis Pigmentosa Using Frequency Domain OCT.

Ramachandran Rithambara R Zhou Lisa L Locke Kirsten G KG Birch David G DG Hood Donald C DC

Translational vision science & technology 20131111 7

<h4>Purpose</h4>To compare the efficacy of frequency domain optical coherence tomography (fdOCT)-derived outer retinal measures in tracking disease progression in x-linked (xl) retinitis pigmentosa (RP) patients.<h4>Methods</h4>Macular volume scans and line scans (Spectralis) were obtained from 27 xlRP patients (15.3 ± 6.4 years) at two visits approximately 2 years apart. Changes in average outer retinal layer thicknesses across the volume scan were compared to changes detected by measures deriv ...[more]

PMID: 24349883

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Project description:Determining the annual rate of change in the width of the inner segment ellipsoid zone (EZ; ie, inner/outer segment border) in the context of short-term variability should allow us to better understand the value of this measure for future treatment trials in X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (XLRP).To identify the width of the central region showing an EZ and to determine the short-term repeat variability and the annual rate of change in the width of the EZ from spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) measures in RP.Patients with recessive or simplex RP (age range, 8-65 years; mean age, 40.5 years) underwent scanning twice on the same day to evaluate test-retest variability. Patients with XLRP (age range, 8-27 years; mean age, 15.2 years) from a larger group participating in an ongoing double-blind treatment trial (docosahexaenoic acid vs placebo; clinicaltrials.gov NCT00100230) underwent spectral-domain optical coherence tomography line scanning across the horizontal meridian at 3 yearly intervals.Research center specializing in medical retina.Forty-eight patients with RP, including 20 with recessive or simplex RP and 28 with XLRP, and 23 healthy control subjects.Widths of the EZ calculated and compared among the 3 annual visits.Test-retest differences were normally distributed, and the magnitude of the difference was independent of mean EZ width. The mean (SD) for test-retest differences in EZ width was 0.08° (0.22°) (range, -0.30° to 0.60°). Thus, 95% of all test-retest differences fall within ± 0.43° (124 ?m). Of the 28 patients with XLRP, 27 showed a significant decrease in EZ width after 2 years. Patients with XLRP showed a mean annual decrease in EZ width of 0.86° (248 ?m, or 7%).The mean rate of decline in EZ width (7%) translates into a mean rate of change of 13% for the equivalent area of functioning retina. This rate of change is consistent with that reported for visual fields and full-field electroretinograms. Unlike visual fields and electroretinograms, however, the repeat variability is less than the annual rate of change. These results support the validity of EZ width as an outcome measure in prospective clinical trials in RP.

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A Comparison of Methods for Tracking Progression in X-Linked Retinitis Pigmentosa Using Frequency Domain OCT.

Purpose

Methods

Results

Conclusions

Translational relevance

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A Comparison of Methods for Tracking Progression in X-Linked Retinitis Pigmentosa Using Frequency Domain OCT.

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