Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-9570
ISSN: 2155-9570
2Save Sight Institute, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Research Article
Five-year treatment outcomes of macular edema secondary to CRVO in routine clinical practice: The Fight Retinal Blindness! Registry
Author(s): Katrin Rudolph*, Marianna Rosso, Mark Gillies, Adrian Hunt, Louise O´Toole, Alessandro Invernizzi, David Squirrell, Hemal Mehta, Richard Barry, PH Gabrielle and Daniel Barthelmes
Purpose: To report 5-year outcomes in a cohort of patients who received anti-VEGF therapy for macular edema secondary to Central Retinal Vein Occlusion (CRVO) in routine clinical practice.
Design: In this retrospective observational study, anonymized data from various countries contributing to the CRVO module of the Fight Retinal Blindness! Registry was analyzed. Methods: A total of 593 treatment-naïve eyes that commenced anti-VEGF treatment between January 1, 2010 and 2019 were analyzed. Outcome measures included mean changes in Visual Acuity (VA) and Central Subfield Thickness (CST).
Results: In the entire cohort (593), the mean VA changed by +8 letters and the mean CST by 298 μm. The entire cohort includes eyes with completed 5-year follow-up and non-completers who dropped out before the.. View More»