May 2008
Volume 49, Issue 13
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   May 2008
Primary Intravitreal Bevacizumab (Avastin) for Subfoveal Choroidal Neovascularization Secondary to Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Results of the Pan-American Collaborative Retina Study Group at 12-Months Follow-Up
J. Arevalo; J. Fromow-Guerra; J. G. Sanchez; M. Maia; M. H. Berrocal; L. Wu; M. J. Saravia; R. A. Costa; The Pan-American Collaborative Retina Study Group(PACORES)
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • J. Arevalo
    Retina and Vitreous, Clinica Oftal Centro Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
  • J. Fromow-Guerra
    Retina and Vitreous, Asociacion Para Evitar la Ceguera en Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
  • J. G. Sanchez
    Retina and Vitreous, Clinica Oftal Centro Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
  • M. Maia
    Instituto da Visão, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • M. H. Berrocal
    Retina and Vitreous, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • L. Wu
    Retina and Vitreous, Instituto de Cirugia Ocular, San Jose, Costa Rica
  • M. J. Saravia
    Ophthalmology, Hospital Universitario Austral, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • R. A. Costa
    Division of Macula, Hospital de Olhos de Araraquara, Araraquara, Brazil
  • The Pan-American Collaborative Retina Study Group(PACORES)
    Retina and Vitreous, Clinica Oftal Centro Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships  J. Arevalo, None; J. Fromow-Guerra, None; J.G. Sanchez, None; M. Maia, None; M.H. Berrocal, None; L. Wu, None; M.J. Saravia, None; R.A. Costa, None.
  • Footnotes
    Support  Supported in part by the Arevalo-Coutinho Foundation for Research in Ophthalmology, Caracas, Venezuela.
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      J. Arevalo, J. Fromow-Guerra, J. G. Sanchez, M. Maia, M. H. Berrocal, L. Wu, M. J. Saravia, R. A. Costa, The Pan-American Collaborative Retina Study Group(PACORES); Primary Intravitreal Bevacizumab (Avastin) for Subfoveal Choroidal Neovascularization Secondary to Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Results of the Pan-American Collaborative Retina Study Group at 12-Months Follow-Up. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2008;49(13):319.

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Abstract

Purpose: : To report the 12-month anatomic and Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) response after primary intravitreal bevacizumab (Avastin) (1.25 mg or 2.5 mg) in patients with subfoveal choroidal neovascularization (CNV) secondary to age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Methods: : Interventional retrospective multicenter case series in 7 centers from 6 countries. Ninety consecutive patients (112 eyes) with subfoveal CNV secondary to AMD participated. Sixty-three eyes (consecutive patients) with a mean age of 73.7 ± 7.5 years with a minimum of 12 months (mean 55.5 ± 6.2 weeks) of follow-up were included in this analysis. Patients were treated with at least one intravitreal injection of 1.25 mg or 2.5 mg of bevacizumab. Patients underwent ETDRS BCVA testing, ophthalmoscopic examination, optical coherence tomography (OCT), and fluorescein angiography (FA) at baseline and follow-up visits. Repeated measures analysis of variance was used to compare mean values.

Results: : The mean number of intravitreal bevacizumab injections per eye was 3.5 (range: 1 to 8). Mean baseline BCVA was 20/320, logMAR = 1.2 and mean final BCVA was 20/200, logMAR = 1.0 (p < 0.001). Central macular thickness at baseline by OCT had a mean of 389.2 µm ± 149.6 µm which was significantly reduced to a mean of 281.0 µm ± 96.1, 268.2 µm ± 82.6, 262.6µm ± 92.3 and 241.3 µm ± 76.7 at one, three, six and twelve months after initial treatment respectively (p < 0.0001). Ocular adverse events included transient arterial hypertension 2 (3.1%) patients, transient increased intraocular pressure in 2 (3.1%) eyes, endophthalmitis in 2 (3.1%) eyes, and transient hypotony in 1 eye (1.1%). No systemic adverse events were seen.

Conclusions: : Primary intravitreal bevacizumab at doses of 1.25 mg or 2.5 mg seems to provide stability or improvement in BCVA, OCT and FA in subfoveal CNV secondary to AMD at 12-months.

Keywords: age-related macular degeneration • choroid: neovascularization • injection 
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