Intravitreal Brolucizumab for Pachychoroid Neovasculopathy Associated With Chronic Central Serous Chorioretinopathy.


Journal

Translational vision science & technology
ISSN: 2164-2591
Titre abrégé: Transl Vis Sci Technol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101595919

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
01 Dec 2023
Historique:
medline: 19 12 2023
pubmed: 19 12 2023
entrez: 19 12 2023
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

To evaluate the anatomical and functional outcomes of intravitreal brolucizumab in eyes with chronic central serous chorioretinopathy complicated by pachychoroid neovasculopathy. Retrospective analysis of 34 eyes treated with intravitreal brolucizumab. Twenty-five eyes (73.5%) had been treated with other anti-vascular endothelial growth factor agents before switching to brolucizumab, whereas nine eyes were naïve. Outcome measures included the change of central foveal thickness and subfoveal choroidal thickness, evaluation of sub/intraretinal fluid on optical coherence tomography, and change in best-corrected visual acuity. Before starting brolucizumab, 23 eyes showed subretinal fluid, 8 both subretinal and intraretinal fluid, and 3 intraretinal fluid only. At the last visit, 22 eyes (64.7%) showed complete reabsorption of both intraretinal and subretinal fluid, whereas subretinal fluid was still present in 8 eyes (23.5%), and both intraretinal and subretinal fluid in 4 eyes (11.8%). The mean number of brolucizumab injections required to achieve complete fluid reabsorption was 2.8 ± 1.8. central foveal thickness decreased from 317.8 ± 109.3 µm to 239.8 ± 74.8 µm (P = 0.0005) and subfoveal choroidal thickness decreased from 399.3 ± 86.2 µm to 355.5 ± 92.7 µm at the end of the follow-up period (P = 0.0008). The mean logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution best-corrected visual acuity improved from 0.4 ± 0.2 to 0.3 ± 0.2 at 1 month after the first injection and remained stable at the same values at the end of the follow-up period (P = 0.04). Intravitreal brolucizumab is effective for the treatment of naïve and recalcitrant pachychoroid neovasculopathy. Intravitreal brolucizumab may represent an option in patients with pachychoroid neovasculopathy complicating chronic central serous chorioretinopathy.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38112497
pii: 2793117
doi: 10.1167/tvst.12.12.17
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

17

Auteurs

Marianna Carosielli (M)

Department of Medicine and Health Sciences "Vincenzo Tiberio", University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy.

Adriano Carnevali (A)

Department of Ophthalmology, University Magna Græcia, Catanzaro, Italy.

Matteo Fallico (M)

Department of Ophthalmology, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.

Enza Pirozzi (E)

Department of Ophthalmology, Santa Croce e Carle Hospital, Cuneo, Italy.

Flavia Chiosi (F)

Department of Ophthalmology, Azienda Ospedaliera dei Colli-Ospedale Monaldi, Naples, Italy.

Argyrios Chronopoulos (A)

Department of Ophthalmology, Ludwigshafen Hospital, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany.

Pasquale Cucciniello (P)

Department of Medicine and Health Sciences "Vincenzo Tiberio", University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy.

Marzia Affatato (M)

Department of Medicine and Health Sciences "Vincenzo Tiberio", University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy.

Giuseppe Rapino (G)

Department of Medicine and Health Sciences "Vincenzo Tiberio", University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy.

Roberto dell'Omo (R)

Department of Medicine and Health Sciences "Vincenzo Tiberio", University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy.

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