Real-World Management of Macular Edema Secondary to Retinal Vein Occlusion with Intravitreal Aflibercept: 24-month Results from the AURIGA Observational Study.

Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor Branch retinal vein occlusion Central retinal vein occlusion Intravitreal aflibercept Macular edema Observational study Optical coherence tomography Real-world evidence Retinal disease Retinal vein occlusion

Journal

Ophthalmology and therapy
ISSN: 2193-8245
Titre abrégé: Ophthalmol Ther
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101634502

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
04 Nov 2023
Historique:
received: 31 05 2023
accepted: 29 09 2023
medline: 4 11 2023
pubmed: 4 11 2023
entrez: 4 11 2023
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

AURIGA is the largest real-world study to date to evaluate intravitreal aflibercept (IVT-AFL) treatment of diabetic macular edema or macular edema secondary to retinal vein occlusion (RVO) in routine clinical practice. Here, we report the 24-month outcomes in the RVO cohort from France, Germany, Italy, and Taiwan. AURIGA (NCT03161912) was a prospective observational study. Eligible patients with RVO were enrolled for whom the decision to treat with IVT-AFL had already been made by the attending physician. Patients were treated with IVT-AFL for up to 24 months at physician discretion according to local practice. The primary endpoint was mean change in visual acuity (VA; Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study [ETDRS] letters) from baseline to month (M) 12. All statistical analyses were descriptive. In 554 treatment-naïve and 65 previously treated patients with RVO, the respective mean (95% confidence interval) change in VA from baseline was + 12.5 (10.8, 14.3) and + 7.9 (3.3, 12.6) letters by M12 and + 11.4 (9.4, 13.3) and + 4.4 (- 0.6, 9.5) letters by M24 (baseline mean ± standard deviation: 51.0 ± 21.9 and 51.9 ± 20.4 letters); 44.0% of treatment-naïve and 27.9% of previously treated patients reported ≥ 15-letter gains by M24. By M24, the mean change in central retinal thickness from baseline was - 247 (- 267, - 227) µm in treatment-naïve patients and - 147 (- 192, - 102) µm in previously treated patients. From baseline to M6, M12, and M24, treatment-naïve patients received a total of 4.0 ± 1.3, 5.5 ± 2.5, and 6.9 ± 4.2 injections, respectively, and previously treated patients received 3.8 ± 1.5, 5.0 ± 2.2, and 6.3 ± 3.7 injections, respectively. The safety profile of IVT-AFL was consistent with that of previous studies. In AURIGA, patients with RVO experienced clinically relevant functional and anatomic improvements following IVT-AFL treatment in routine clinical practice. These improvements were largely maintained in treatment-naïve patients over the 24-month study despite the decreasing treatment frequency, suggesting long-term durability of IVT-AFL treatment outcomes. Infographic available for this article. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03161912 (May 19, 2017). INFOGRAPHIC.

Identifiants

pubmed: 37924481
doi: 10.1007/s40123-023-00830-w
pii: 10.1007/s40123-023-00830-w
doi:

Banques de données

ClinicalTrials.gov
['NCT03161912']

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Informations de copyright

© 2023. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Audrey Giocanti-Aurégan (A)

Department of Ophthalmology, Hôpital Avicenne, Sorbonne Paris Nord University, AP-HP, 125 Rue de Stalingrad, Cedex 93009, Bobigny, France. audrey.giocanti@aphp.fr.

Simone Donati (S)

Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.

Hans Hoerauf (H)

Augenklinik der Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.

Helmut Allmeier (H)

Bayer Consumer Care AG, Basel, Switzerland.

Kay D Rittenhouse (KD)

Bayer USA LLC, Whippany, NJ, USA.

Tobias Machewitz (T)

Bayer AG, Berlin, Germany.

Chang-Hao Yang (CH)

National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.

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