April 2014
Volume 55, Issue 13
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   April 2014
Visual Acuity Response Pattern and Prediction in the Comparison of AMD Treatments Trials (CATT)
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • Gui-Shuang Ying
    Ophthalmology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
  • Maureen G Maguire
    Ophthalmology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
  • Jiayan Huang
    Ophthalmology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
  • Daniel F Martin
    Ophthalmology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships Gui-Shuang Ying, None; Maureen Maguire, Amakem (F), IDx (F); Jiayan Huang, None; Daniel Martin, None
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Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science April 2014, Vol.55, 866. doi:
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      Gui-Shuang Ying, Maureen G Maguire, Jiayan Huang, Daniel F Martin, CATT Research Group; Visual Acuity Response Pattern and Prediction in the Comparison of AMD Treatments Trials (CATT). Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2014;55(13):866.

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Abstract
 
Purpose
 

To describe the response patterns of visual acuity (VA) and determine whether the early VA response predicts VA after 2 years of anti-VEGF treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration.

 
Methods
 

1185 CATT participants were randomly assigned to ranibizumab or bevacizumab with dosing regimens of monthly or PRN for 2 years or 1 year of monthly and 1 year of PRN. VA results during follow-up were used in a trajectory analysis to identify 3 VA response groups. The ability of early VA response (at Week 4 or 12) to predict late VA response at Year 2 was assessed by the agreement between early and late VA change categories, and R2 from multivariate linear regression for VA change.

 
Results
 

Trajectory analysis: The VA response groups (Figure 1) identified were: (1) large loss (n=76, mean change -30 letters); (2) stable (n=684, mean change ≤4 letters),; (3) large gain (n=417, mean change +20 letters). VA response groups differed in baseline VA, type of lesion, OCT fluid and thickness (p<0.05). Prediction analysis: Among 440 eyes with VA gain of ≥5 letters at Week 4, 80% had a ≥5 letter gain at Year 2, while among 133 eyes with VA loss of ≥5 letters at Week 4, 38% had a ≥5 letter gain at Year 2. Among 553 eyes with VA gain of ≥5 letters at Week 12, 78% had a ≥5 letter gain at Year 2, while among 127 eyes with loss of ≥5 letters, 27% had a ≥5 letter gain at Year 2 (Table 1). Among 360 eyes with VA gain of ≥5 letters at both Week 4 and 12, 87% had a gain of ≥5 letters at Year 2, while among 62 eyes with VA loss of ≥ 5 letters at both Week 4 and 12, 22% had ≥5 letter gain at Year 2. VA response at Year 2 was better predicted by response at Week 12 (R2=0.31) than by VA response at Week 4 (R2=0.17) or by baseline VA predictors alone (R2=0.12). Combining VA responses at Week 4 and 12 and baseline predictors moderately improved prediction of VA response at Year 2 (R2=0.38).

 
Conclusions
 

The VA response to anti-VEGF treatment varied substantially among subjects. Early VA response only moderately predicted late response. The majority of eyes with early VA gain had the gain at Year 2. However, some eyes with an initial decline in VA had gains late, supporting continuation of treatment.

   
Keywords: 754 visual acuity • 412 age-related macular degeneration • 748 vascular endothelial growth factor  
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