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Sclero-conjunctival ischaemia secondary to intra-arterial chemotherapy for retinoblastoma.

ABSTRACT: Purpose:Intra-arterial chemotherapy (IAC), delivered directly to the globe via the internal carotid artery is now an established treatment for retinoblastoma. We report a case of anterior segment ischaemia following treatment with multiple intra-arterial chemotherapy (IAC) infusions. Observations:A 5 month old female presented with bilateral retinoblastoma and was treated with 12 infusions of IAC. Her right eye was enucleated at diagnosis. After her seventh IAC treatment, she developed ipsilateral sixth and third cranial nerve palsies. After the twelfth IAC, she developed an area of conjunctival and scleral ischaemia between 12 and 3 o'clock meridians in her left eye. However, she maintained visual acuity of LogMAR 0.34. Conclusions and Importance:The median number of IAC treatments in large studies is three. It is possible that repeated doses of IAC have an accumulative negative effect on the ocular blood supply, risking anterior segment and neurologic sequelae. This case highlights the significant challenge of balancing the salvage of eyes and vision with the potentially significant morbidity associated with IAC.

SUBMITTER: McAnena L

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7033318 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Sclero-conjunctival ischaemia secondary to intra-arterial chemotherapy for retinoblastoma.

McAnena Lisa L Naeem Zishan Z Duncan Catriona C Robertson Fergus F Sagoo Mandeep S MS Reddy M Ashwin MA

American journal of ophthalmology case reports 20200130

<h4>Purpose</h4>Intra-arterial chemotherapy (IAC), delivered directly to the globe via the internal carotid artery is now an established treatment for retinoblastoma. We report a case of anterior segment ischaemia following treatment with multiple intra-arterial chemotherapy (IAC) infusions.<h4>Observations</h4>A 5 month old female presented with bilateral retinoblastoma and was treated with 12 infusions of IAC. Her right eye was enucleated at diagnosis. After her seventh IAC treatment, she deve ...[more]

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Project description:PurposeTo report globe salvage rates, patient survival and adverse events of ophthalmic artery chemosurgery (OAC) for International Classification of Retinoblastoma (ICRB) group D retinoblastoma (naive and after prior failures).MethodsSingle institution retrospective review of all Group D eyes treated with OAC from 5/2006-12/2012. Patients were treated according to our previously-published techniques. Primary outcome was globe retention without need for external beam radiotherapy (EBRT). Demographics, prior treatments, OAC agents used, and adverse events were also recorded.Results112 group D eyes (103 patients) that underwent OAC were included (average follow-up was 34 months, range: 2-110 months). 47 eyes were treatment-naïve, 58 eyes received prior treatments elsewhere, and 7 young infants (7 eyes) underwent our published "bridge therapy" (single agent intravenous carboplatin) until old enough to undergo OAC. Median number of OAC sessions/eye was 3 (range 1-9). 110/112 eyes received intra-arterial melphalan, but only 31 eyes received melphalan alone. 43 eyes received carboplatin, and 78 eyes received topotecan (never as a single agent). 80/112 eyes received >1 drug over their treatment course, and 39 eyes received all three agents. 24 eyes (16 pretreated, 7 treatment-naïve, 1 bridge) failed treatment and required enucleation during the study period. Enucleation and EBRT were avoided in 88/112 eyes (78.6%; including 40/47 [85.1%] treatment-naïve eyes, 42/58 [72.4%] previously-treated eyes, and 6/7 eyes [85.7%] among bridge patients). By Kaplan-Meier survival analysis, globe salvage rate was 74% at 110 months among all patients, and 85% at 110 months in the treatment-naïve subgroup. Transient grade 3/4 neutropenia was more common in patients receiving OAC bilaterally. No child died of metastatic disease.ConclusionsOAC is effective for curing group D retinoblastoma, achieving rates of globe salvage many times higher than systemic chemotherapy (10-47%), even in eyes that previously failed other treatments. OAC can be performed multiple times, using multiple agents, on one or both eyes of patients.

Project description:BackgroundIntravenous chemotherapy (IVC) and intra-arterial chemotherapy (IAC) have become the primary treatments for retinoblastoma; however, some controversy remains over which method is more effective. We conducted a meta-analysis to compare the clinical efficacy of IVC and IAC.MethodsWe systematically searched literature published on PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Library up to May 2017. Studies containing either IAC or IVC that reported on efficacy were included. The effects estimate was expressed as a pooled rate with 95% confidence interval (CI), using a fixed-effects or random-effects model.ResultsTwenty-six studies were identified which included 1541 eyes (IAC: 11 trials, 445 eyes; IVC: 16 trials, 1096 eyes). The mean follow-up times were 49.4 months (range, 13.0-105.3 months) for IVC and 21.7 months (range, 8.8-38.7 months) for IAC. For the International Classification of Intraocular Retinoblastoma (ICRB) grading, the overall success rate was higher with IAC than with IVC (75.7% [95%CI: 65.7%-83.6%] vs. 69.5% [95%CI: 51.9%-82.8%], P?<?0.001). The globe salvage with IAC was higher than with IVC in group D eyes (79.5% [95%CI: 71.8%-85.4%] vs. 55.1% [95%CI: 45.6%-64.2%], P?<?0.001), but not in groups B (95.8% [95%CI: 57.5%-99.7%] vs. 82.5% [95%CI: 58.9%-94.0%], P?=?0.163), C (91.3% [95%CI: 65.9%-98.3%] vs. 89.0% [95%CI: 69.0%-96.7%], P?=?0.212), and E eyes (51.2% [95%CI: 37.0%-65.2%] vs. 43.2% [95%CI: 18.3%-72.1%], P?=?0.578). IAC and IVC were not significantly different regarding the recurrence and metastasis rates (15.0% vs. 15.4%, P?=?0.148 and 2.7% vs. 0.6%, P?=?0.194, respectively). For Reese-Ellsworth (RE) grading, IAC had a higher globe salvage in groups IV (90.9% [95%CI: 56.0%-98.7%] vs. 66.3% [95%CI: 32.4%-89.0%], P?=?0.047) and V eyes (83.2% [95%CI: 72.0%-90.5%] vs. 59.9% [95%CI: 43.1%-74.6%], P?=?0.003), but not in group I-III eyes (88.6% [95%CI: 58.3%-97.7%] vs. 88.1% [95%CI: 76.6%-94.4%], P?=?0.244). The overall success rate was higher in IAC than in IVC (87.1% [95%CI: 78.1%-92.7%] vs. 77.3% [95%CI: 68.1%-84.4%], P?=?0.033).ConclusionsIAC may be superior to IVC for the treatment of retinoblastoma, with a higher overall success rate and higher globe salvage in group D or groups IV and V eyes.

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