Incidence of adverse events after loading phase of the brolucizumab therapy of neovascular AMD: Real-life evidence in the Czech Republic

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Alternative codes found

RIV/61383082:_____/23:00001265 RIV/00216224:14110/23:00130213 RIV/61988987:17110/23:A2402NHM RIV/00216208:11110/23:10449076 and 6 more

Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/11206721221132619" target="_blank" >10.1177/11206721221132619</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Incidence of adverse events after loading phase of the brolucizumab therapy of neovascular AMD: Real-life evidence in the Czech Republic

Original language description

Aim To evaluate the incidence of ocular adverse events after loading phase of the brolucizumab therapy in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) in real-life clinical practice - in treatment-naive patients and in patients after switching from another anti-VEGF agent. Another aim was to evaluate treatment outcomes in patients with adverse events. Methods This is a multicentre, retrospective, observational study from 16 application centres in the Czech Republic. Patients diagnosed with nAMD were treated with brolucizumab in a fixed regimen of loading phase (3 injections administered at one-month intervals) and the mean follow-up period was 120 +/- 10 days after the first injection. The incidence of adverse events and the development of best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and central retinal thickness (CRT) in patients with complications were evaluated. A total of 1,098 eyes were followed up, of which 783 were treatment-naive and 315 eyes were after switching from another anti-VEGF agent. Results Adverse events were recorded in 42 eyes (3.83%), of which 30 eyes were treatment-naive (2.7%) and 12 eyes were post-switch (1.09%). The mean baseline BCVA +/- SD was 56.7 +/- 10.7 ETDRS chart letters in the group of patients with adverse events, 58.8 +/- 10.1 letters in treatment-naive patients, and 51.4 +/- 10.2 letters in patients after switch from another anti-VEGF agent. The mean baseline CRT +/- SD was 432.2 +/- 154.7 mu m, being 435.8 +/- 137.3 mu m in treatment-naive patients and 424.5 +/- 186.6 mu m in patients after switch from another anti-VEGF agent. At the end of the follow-up, the mean BCVA +/- SD was 53.4 +/- 9.5 ETDRS charts letters in patients with adverse events, 55.6 +/- 10 letters in treatment-naive patients, and 47.6 +/- 10 letters in patients after switching from another anti-VEGF agent.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30207 - Ophthalmology

Project

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Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

European Journal of Ophthalmology

ISSN

1120-6721

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Volume of the periodical

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Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

IT - ITALY

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

1097-1104

UT code for WoS article

000869431600001

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