Titre du document / Document title

Intravitreal bevacizumab therapy for choroidal neovascularization secondary to age-related macular degeneration : 6-month results of an open-label uncontrolled clinical study

Auteur(s) / Author(s)

GIANSANTI F. ; VIRGILI G. ; BINI A. ; RAPIZZI E. ; GIACOMELLI G. ; DONATI M. C. ; VERDINA T. ; MENCHINI U. ;

Résumé / Abstract

PURPOSE. To investigate the 6-month safety and clinical outcomes of intravitreal injections of bevacizumab administered to treat choroidal neovascularization secondary to age-related macular degeneration. METHODS. Twenty-seven patients underwent 1.25 mg intravitreal injections of bevacizumab at baseline. A similar intravitreal injection was administered to all eyes at 1 and 2 month follow-up visits. At baseline and at each follow-up visit (1, 2, 3, and 6 months), patients underwent best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) measurement, fluorescein angiography, indocyanine green angiography, and optical coherence tomography. Laboratory testing, visual field analyses, and endothelial cell counts were performed at baseline and third and sixth months. RESULTS. At 3 months, the mean BCVA remained substantially stable at 20/100. Mean central retinal thickness (CRT) decreased from 373 to 279 μm (p<0.01). Mean lesion greatest linear dimension (GLD) decreased from 4087 to 3782 microns (p<0.01). At 6 months, mean BCVA slightly decreased from 20/100^-1 to 20/125^-3 (not significant, p=0.40). Mean CRT was still inferior to baseline (305 μm, p<0.01). Mean lesion GLD was 4186 μm, not different from baseline values (p=0.59), but superior to 3-month mean GLD (p<0.01). Significant visual field defects or endothelial cell losses were not detected at 3 and 6 months. Laboratory testing did not reveal any clinically significant deviations compared to baseline values. CONCLUSIONS. Intravitreal therapy using bevacizumab over 6 months showed stabilization of visual acuity and choroidal neovascularization activity; the safety data were convincing.

Revue / Journal Title

European Journal of Ophthalmology   ISSN 1120-6721 

Source / Source

2007, vol. 17, n^o2, pp. 230-237 [8 page(s) (article)]

Langue / Language

Anglais

Editeur / Publisher

Wichtig, Milano, ITALIE  (1991) (Revue)

Mots-clés d'auteur / Author Keywords

Age-related macular degeneration ; Bevacizumab ; Choroidal neovascularization ; Intravitreal injection ;

Localisation / Location

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 22516, 35400014703046.0130