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Erschienen in: Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology 3/2017

08.09.2016 | Retinal Disorders

Predictive factors for functional improvement following intravitreal bevacizumab injections after central retinal vein occlusion

verfasst von: Kai Januschowski, Nicolas Feltgen, Amelie Pielen, Bernhard Spitzer, Matus Rehak, Georg Spital, Spyridon Dimopoulos, Carsten H. Meyer, Gesine B. Szurman, Bevacizumab Study Group Venous Occlusion

Erschienen in: Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology | Ausgabe 3/2017

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Abstract

Purpose

Vision loss in central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) is mostly caused by macular edema (ME) and can be treated with intravitreal bevacizumab injections. The goal of this study was to identify predictive factors for improvement in visual acuity.

Methods

Three hundred and sixteen eyes of six centres having received intravitreal bevacizumab for ME due to CRVO were enrolled in this multicentre, retrospective, interventional case series. The follow-up time was 24 to 48 weeks. Investigated patient characteristics were pretreatment, duration of CRVO prior to the first injection, initial best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), baseline central retinal thickness as measured by optical coherence tomography, gender, eye, age, comorbidity with glaucoma, systemic hypertension, or diabetes mellitus.

Results

Multiple regression analysis confirmed the following baseline predictive factors for an increase in visual acuity: low BCVA (p < 0.001), high CRT (p < 0.02), and treatment naïve patients (p = 0.03). None of the other investigated patient characteristics could be identified as prognostic factors for increase in visual acuity (p > 0.1).

Conclusions

Intravitreal injections of bevacizumab in a routine clinical setting effectively improved and stabilized BCVA in CRVO. Our large multicenter study identified initial BCVA, baseline CRT, and pre-treatment as prognostic factors for visual improvement.
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Metadaten
Titel
Predictive factors for functional improvement following intravitreal bevacizumab injections after central retinal vein occlusion
verfasst von
Kai Januschowski
Nicolas Feltgen
Amelie Pielen
Bernhard Spitzer
Matus Rehak
Georg Spital
Spyridon Dimopoulos
Carsten H. Meyer
Gesine B. Szurman
Bevacizumab Study Group Venous Occlusion
Publikationsdatum
08.09.2016
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology / Ausgabe 3/2017
Print ISSN: 0721-832X
Elektronische ISSN: 1435-702X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-016-3471-2

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