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Five-Year Outcome of Aflibercept Monotherapy for Exudative Age-Related Macular Degeneration with Good Baseline Visual Acuity.


ABSTRACT: We investigated the long-term visual and anatomical outcomes of aflibercept monotherapy for exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD) with good baseline best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA). A medical chart review was performed for 40 consecutive patients with baseline decimal BCVA ≥ 0.6 secondary to exudative AMD. Three monthly injections were administrated, and thereafter additional injection was performed if needed over 5 years. In total, 13 eyes with neovascular AMD (nAMD) and 27 eyes with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) were enrolled. In both groups, the mean BCVA significantly improved at the 12-month visit (p < 0.05). However, the significant improvement in BCVA disappeared at the 24-month visit, and the final mean BCVA was equivalent to that at baseline (p = 0.17 in the nAMD group and p = 0.15 in the PCV group). The median number of injections required after the loading dose was 15.0 during the 5-year follow-up (nAMD:15.0 vs. PCV:15). During the study period, 37 (92.5%) eyes required retreatment(s). Cox regression analysis demonstrated that the protective allele of ARMS2 A69S was associated with a retreatment-free period from the initial injection (p = 0.041, repeated forward selection method). As-needed aflibercept monotherapy is a preferable treatment option for exudative AMD with good initial visual acuity regardless of nAMD or PCV during the 5-year study period.

SUBMITTER: Kikushima W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7961756 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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