A Variable-dosing Regimen with Intravitreal Ranibizumab for Neovascular Age-related Macular Degeneration: Year 2 of the PrONTO Study

Lalwani, Geeta A.; Rosenfeld, Philip J.; Fung, Anne E.; Dubovy, Sander R.; Michels, Stephen; Feuer, William J.; Davis, Janet L.; Flynn, Harry W.; Esquiabro, Maria

doi:10.1016/j.ajo.2009.01.024

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“…17,[19][20][21] Correspondingly, it was found that less-than-monthly assessment visits in PRN had a poorer outcome than strict monthly visits. 22 However, in a real-life setting, monthly assessments are a logistical problem, 23 requiring human resources and time investment from health-care providers as well as patients.…”

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Two-year outcome of an observe-and-plan regimen for neovascular age-related macular degeneration: how to alleviate the clinical burden with maintained functional results

Gianniou

Dirani

Ferrini

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Two-year outcome of an observeand-plan regimen for neovascular age-related macular degeneration: how to alleviate the clinical burden with maintained functional results This article has been corrected since advance online publication and a corrigendum is also printed in this issue C Gianniou, A Dirani, W Ferrini, L Marchionno, D Decugis, A Deli, A Ambresin and I Mantel AbstractPurpose The purpose of this study was to report the 2-year outcome of an individually tailored 'observe-and-plan' treatment regimen for neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD), and to investigate its clinical value in terms of functional outcome. This regimen aimed to reduce the clinical burden (visits) by employing individually fixed injection intervals, based on the predictability of an individual's need for retreatment. Methods This prospective case series included 104 patients (115 eyes) with nAMD. Following three loading doses of ranibizumab, the disease recurrence interval was determined in monthly observation visits. Retreatment was applied in a series of three injections with individually fixed intervals (2 weeks shorter than the recurrence interval), combined with periodic adjustment of the intervals. The allowed injection intervals in treatment plans ranged from 1 to 3 months. If there was no recurrence at 3 months, the patient could change to monitoring alone. Results Mean visual acuity (VA) improved by 8.7, 9.7, and 9.2 letters at months 3, 12, and 24, respectively. The mean number of injections was 7.8 and 5.8 during years 1 and 2, respectively, whereas the mean number of ophthalmic examinations was 4.0 and 2.9, respectively. The mean treatment interval (after the loading doses) was 2.0 months during year 1, and 2.2 months during year 2. Conclusion The observe-and-plan regimen significantly improved and maintained VA over the course of 2 years. This favourable functional outcome was achieved with fewer clinic visits compared with other regimens. Therefore, this observe-and-plan regimen has the potential to alleviate the clinical burden of nAMD treatment.

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Two-year outcome of an observe-and-plan regimen for neovascular age-related macular degeneration: how to alleviate the clinical burden with maintained functional results

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Ferrini

et al. 2014

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“…10,11 Eligible patients for retreatments would be offered PDT as frequently as every 3 months. Repeated ranibizumab injections could be offered on a monthly basis.…”

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Outcome of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy at 1 year by combined therapy of photodynamic therapy with ranibizumab and predictive factors governing the outcome

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Aim To report the visual outcome of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy receiving combined treatment with photodynamic therapy using Visudyne and intravitreal ranibizumab injections, and to analyze the predictive factors of visual outcome at 1 year post treatment. Methods Seventy-four consecutive patients with newly diagnosed polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy were treated with photodynamic therapy using Visudyne and three loading doses of intravitreal ranibizumab. The final visual outcome and polyp eradication rate at 1 year were reported. A stepwise regression model was used to estimate the baseline clinical factors predictive of better visual outcome and polyp eradication.Results Visual acuities at 12-months followup improved significantly compared with baseline from 0.828 logMAR to 0.728 logMAR (P ¼ 0.026). The mean foveal thickness decreased from 380±175 to 278±117 mm. In all 29.7% of eyes improved at least by 0.3 logMAR, and 55.4% remained stable in visual acuity with less than 0.3 logMAR change. Overall, 85% of eyes achieved at least stable vision, 20.2% (15/74) cases achieved polyp eradication on angiogram, and 60.8% (45/74) achieved polyp size reduction on angiogram at 1 year. Regarding predictive factors, the baseline visual acuity (P ¼ 0.003), no foveal involvement by abnormal choroidal vasculature (Po0.0001), absence of hard exudates (0.001) or subretinal fluid (o0.0001) are important clinical factors affecting the final visual outcome. Conclusions Combination therapy with photodynamic therapy using Visudyne and three loading doses of intravitreal ranibizumab injections resulted in 85% success rate on visual stabilization and 81% success rate in polypoidal lesion control.

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“…In addition, a reduction in VA of more than five letters (0.1 logMAR) is a part of the criteria used to determine re-treatment. 3,4 This necessitates that logMAR based charts are employed and the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) chart is currently considered the gold standard test for measuring and monitoring VA in AMD patients. 5 However, there is a recognised difficulty in introducing and employing standardised logMAR based acuity measurements.…”

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Performance of a computerised visual acuity measurement device in subjects with age-related macular degeneration: comparison with gold standard ETDRS chart measurements

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Shah

Maguire

et al. 2015

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Purpose The aim of the study was to compare the performance of two different COMPlog computerised, single letter scoring, visual acuity (VA) measurements against gold standard Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) chart measurements in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD). One computerised algorithm presented five and the other presented three letters per line; both computerised algorithms utilised half, rather than the full-letter width spacing standard on ETDRS charts that might induce crowding, fixation problems, increased test-retest variability (TRV), and bias. Methods Fifty patients with AMD (mean age 83 years) underwent timed test and retest VA measurements using ETDRS charts and COMPlog five (C5) and three (C3) letters per line computerised VA measurement algorithms. All tests utilised single-letter scoring methodology. Bland and Altman methods were employed. Performance was measured in terms of bias, TRV, and test time.Results The C5 and C3 scores showed no bias compared with the ETDRS chart measurements. C5 measurements had equal TRV to the ETDRS chart (±0.13 logMAR) with similar median test times (105 and 96 s, respectively). C3 measurements were slightly more variable (TRV ± 0.17 logMAR), but 30 s quicker than ETDRS chart measurements. Conclusions The closer letter spacing employed in COMPlog testing algorithms appears to have no adverse effect on VA measurements compared with the gold standard ETDRS chart in patients with AMD. The three letter per line testing algorithm facilitates faster testing but with a two letter increase in TRV.

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A Variable-dosing Regimen with Intravitreal Ranibizumab for Neovascular Age-related Macular Degeneration: Year 2 of the PrONTO Study

Cited by 811 publications

References 11 publications

Two-year outcome of an observe-and-plan regimen for neovascular age-related macular degeneration: how to alleviate the clinical burden with maintained functional results

Two-year outcome of an observe-and-plan regimen for neovascular age-related macular degeneration: how to alleviate the clinical burden with maintained functional results

Outcome of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy at 1 year by combined therapy of photodynamic therapy with ranibizumab and predictive factors governing the outcome

Performance of a computerised visual acuity measurement device in subjects with age-related macular degeneration: comparison with gold standard ETDRS chart measurements

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