July 2019
Volume 60, Issue 9
Open Access
ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   July 2019
Regression patterns of Retinopathy of Prematurity after intravitreal injection of Ranibizumab
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • Marco H. Ji
    Ophthalmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States
    Ophthalmology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, RM, Italy
  • Darius Moshfeghi
    Ophthalmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States
  • Ryan A Shields
    Ophthalmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States
  • Zachary Bodnar
    Ophthalmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States
  • Cassie A. Ludwig
    Ophthalmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States
  • Natalia F. Callaway
    Ophthalmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States
  • Theodore Leng
    Ophthalmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States
  • Steven Sanislo
    Ophthalmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States
  • Lorenzo Orazi
    Italian National Center of Services and Research for Prevention of Blindness and Rehabilitation of the Visually Impaired, Rome, RM, Italy
  • Giulia Amorelli
    Ophthalmology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, RM, Italy
  • Domenico Lepore
    Ophthalmology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, RM, Italy
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships   Marco Ji, None; Darius Moshfeghi, 1800 Contacts (I), Alcon (C), Congruence Medical Solutions (C), dSentz (I), Grand Legend Technology (I), Iconic Therapeutics (C), InSitu Therapeutics (C), Irenix (I), Linc (I), Novartis (C), Pr3vent (I), Pykus (I), Regeneron (C), Versl (I), Vindico (C), Visunex Medical Systems (I); Ryan Shields, None; Zachary Bodnar, None; Cassie Ludwig, None; Natalia Callaway, None; Theodore Leng, None; Steven Sanislo, None; Lorenzo Orazi, None; Giulia Amorelli, None; Domenico Lepore, None
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Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science July 2019, Vol.60, 6538. doi:
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      Marco H. Ji, Darius Moshfeghi, Ryan A Shields, Zachary Bodnar, Cassie A. Ludwig, Natalia F. Callaway, Theodore Leng, Steven Sanislo, Lorenzo Orazi, Giulia Amorelli, Domenico Lepore; Regression patterns of Retinopathy of Prematurity after intravitreal injection of Ranibizumab. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2019;60(9):6538.

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Abstract

Purpose : Safety regarding the use of agents that inhibit vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is still controversial. We performed a retrospective, observational clinical study to evaluate the patterns of vascular regression following intravitreal ranibizumab injection (IVR) and correlated this with the amount of retinal nonperfusion as measured by fluorescein angiography (FA)

Methods : Retrospective cohortstudy conducted at a single institution. All infants treated with IVR for Type 1 ROP between July 2016 and November 2018 were included in this study. Both eyes of each baby received an intravitreal injection of 0.2 mg (0.02 mL) ranibizumab. Follow-up FAs were captured with the Retcam II/III (Natus Medical Inc., Pleasanton, CA) with a wide-field 130-defree lens using a bolus of 10% fluorescein solution intravenously at a dose of 0.1 ml/kg, followed by an isotonic saline flush. Digital composites of the angiograms were made using i2kRetina (DualAlign, Halfmoon, NY) and manually aligned using Pixelmator (Pixelmator Team, Vilnius, Lithuania). The distance between the vascular-avascular junction and ora serrata as well as the amount of avascular retina were measured in pixels and compared to optic disk diameter on the final montages with ImageJ (NIH, Bethesda, MD). Perfusion within two disk diameters from the ora serrata was considered as complete vascular maturity. Finally, the eyes were classified into separate regression patterns: complete vascular maturity, vascular arrest alone (VAA) and vascular arrest with tortuosity (VAT).

Results : Among the total of 8 eyes of 5 caucasian babies available at follow-up, only 2 reached full vascular maturity, 6 eyes presented VAA and no one VAT.

Conclusions : Peripheral nonperfusion frequently persists following IVR. Therefore, infants treated with IVR should be closely monitored in order to minimize late ROP reactivation. Further studies are urged to better understand the long-term local effects of the drug on the developing retina of premature babies.

This abstract was presented at the 2019 ARVO Annual Meeting, held in Vancouver, Canada, April 28 - May 2, 2019.

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