Use of Ziv Aflibercept in Different Retinal Diseases

Summary

A prospective interventional case series study was conducted on 20 eyes of 20 patients with active myopic choroidal neovascularisation (CNV) ,20 eyes with resistant diabetic macular edema and 15 eyes with non ischaemic central retinal vein occlusion(CRVO) after approval of the Ethical Committee of the Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University . All procedures were carried out under the tenets of the Helsinki Declaration. Written consent was provided by all participants after discussing the procedure, alternative treatment plans, follow-up schedules, and possible benefits and risks.

Timeline

Start

2019-06-01

Primary completion

2019-12-01

Completion

2020-01-01

Publications

• Results Chan WM, Ohji M, Lai TY, Liu DT, Tano Y, Lam DS. Choroidal neovascularisation in pathological myopia: an update in management. Br J Ophthalmol. 2005 Nov;89(11):1522-8. doi: 10.1136/bjo.2005.074716.
• Nawar AE, Wasfy T, Shafik HM. Switching to ziv-aflibercept in resistant diabetic macular edema non responsive to ranibizumab injection. BMC Ophthalmol. 2022 Jun 29;22(1):287. doi: 10.1186/s12886-022-02503-x.
• Nawar AE, Shafik HM. Pilot study of ziv-aflibercept in myopic choroidal neovascularisation patients. BMC Ophthalmol. 2020 Oct 19;20(1):414. doi: 10.1186/s12886-020-01679-4.

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