Intravitreal Bevacizumab for Low Vision in Neovascular Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD)

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of intravitreal bevacizumab injection (IVBI) with respect to simple observation in patients with subfoveal choroidal neovascularisation (CNV) secondary to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) presenting at baseline with best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) less than 20/200.

Timeline

Start

2011-02

Primary completion

2011-02

Completion

2011-02

Publications

• Background Arevalo JF, Sanchez JG, Wu L, Berrocal MH, Alezzandrini AA, Restrepo N, Maia M, Farah ME, Brito M, Diaz-Llopis M, Rodriguez FJ, Reategui G, Iturralde-Iraola J, Udaondo-Mirete P; Pan-American Collaborative Retina Study Group. Intravitreal bevacizumab for subfoveal choroidal neovascularization in age-related macular degeneration at twenty-four months: the Pan-American Collaborative Retina Study. Ophthalmology. 2010 Oct;117(10):1974-81, 1981.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.01.056. Epub 2010 May 31.
• Parodi MB, Cascavilla M, Papayannis A, Kontadakis DS, Bandello F, Iacono P. Intravitreal bevacizumab in advanced-stage neovascular age-related macular degeneration with visual acuity lower than 20/200. Arch Ophthalmol. 2012 Jul;130(7):934-5. doi: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2011.2617. No abstract available.

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