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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
卷 13, 期 2, 页码 252-256出版社
IJO PRESS
DOI: 10.18240/ijo.2020.02.08
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wet age-related macular degeneration; anti-VEGF; aflibercept; ranibizumab; follow up visit; intravitreal injection; visual acuity
AIM: To study if one of the two molecules could lead to a lower number of follow up visits and intra-vitreous injection (IVI) with the same efficacy. METHODS: ELU (or elected in French) study is a retrospective study conducted in real life in patients presenting suboptimal response after ranibizumab IVI (phase 1) and secondary switched to aflibercept (phase 2). The number of follow up visits and IVI were compared in both phases. Visual acuity (VA) evolution and switching reasons were secondary analyzed. RESULTS: We retrospectively included data of 33 patients (38 eyes) with age-related macular degeneration (AMD; mean age: 77 +/- 7.7y). The number of monthly follow up visits [median (Q1; Q3)1: was significantly lower with aflibercept (phase 2), respectively 1.0 (0.81; 1.49) visits in phase 1, versus 0.79 (0.67; 0.86) visits in phase 2. The median number of monthly IVI also significantly decreased in phase 2, respectively 0.67 (0.55; 0.90) IVI in phase 1, versus 0.55 (0.45; 0.67) IVI in phase 2. The mean VA evolution (VA final-VA initial) was similar in both phases, (P>0.05). Whatever the reason for switching (loss of efficacy, tachyphylaxis, tolerance problems), there was no incidence on VA evolution over the time. CONCLUSION: Our results show that switching from ranibizumab to aflibercept in suboptimal patients significantly reduce the number of follow up visits and IVI, with a comparable efficacy. This decrease in visit number could improve patients' quality of life and reduce surgical risk by reducing the number of injections.
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