Predictors of persistent disease activity following anti-VEGF loading dose for nAMD patients in Singapore : the DIALS study
Background: To determine the frequency of persistent disease activity following 3 loading doses of anti- vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) agents, and the anatomic and demographic predictors of early persistent disease activity among patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration...
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| author | Tan, Colin Siang Hui Lim, Louis W. Ngo, Wei Kiong Pannirselvam, Pandiyan See, Clarence Chee, Wai Kitt Saxena, Nakul |
| author2 | Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) |
| author_facet | Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) Tan, Colin Siang Hui Lim, Louis W. Ngo, Wei Kiong Pannirselvam, Pandiyan See, Clarence Chee, Wai Kitt Saxena, Nakul |
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| description | Background: To determine the frequency of persistent disease activity following 3 loading doses of anti- vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) agents, and the anatomic and demographic predictors of early persistent disease activity among patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD). Methods: In a retrospective real-world cohort study, 281 consecutive patients with nAMD were reviewed at baseline and after 3 anti-VEGF injections for pre-defined indicators of disease activity. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) features such as subretinal fluid, intraretinal cysts and intraretinal fluid were assessed by reading-center certified graders. Multiple logistic regression was performed on demographic and anatomic factors. Results: At month 3, 66.1% of patients had persistent disease activity. The best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) improvement was 0.16 LogMAR for those with no disease activity compared to 0 for patients with persistent activity (p < 0.001). The significant risk factors for persistent activity at 3 months were male gender (odds ratio [OR] 0.54, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.32–0.93, p = 0.025), intraretinal cysts at baseline (OR 2.95, 95% CI 1.67–5.20, p < 0.001) and subretinal fluid at baseline (OR 3.17, 95% CI 1.62–6.18, p = 0.002). At 3 months, 58% of patients had features of activity on OCT. Patients with intraretinal cysts and intraretinal fluid at baseline had worse BCVA at month 3 compared to patients without these OCT features (0.69 vs. 0.43, p < 0.001, and 0.62 vs. 0.43, p < 0.001, respectively). Conclusions: In a real-world study, 66.1% of nAMD patients have persistent disease activity after the initial loading dose, with poorer BCVA compared to those without. Baseline OCT features (intraretinal cysts and subretinal fluid) are useful predictors of persistent disease activity at month 3. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1463052023-03-05T16:42:56Z Predictors of persistent disease activity following anti-VEGF loading dose for nAMD patients in Singapore : the DIALS study Tan, Colin Siang Hui Lim, Louis W. Ngo, Wei Kiong Pannirselvam, Pandiyan See, Clarence Chee, Wai Kitt Saxena, Nakul Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) Science::Medicine Anti-VEGF Neovascular Age Related Macular Degeneration Background: To determine the frequency of persistent disease activity following 3 loading doses of anti- vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) agents, and the anatomic and demographic predictors of early persistent disease activity among patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD). Methods: In a retrospective real-world cohort study, 281 consecutive patients with nAMD were reviewed at baseline and after 3 anti-VEGF injections for pre-defined indicators of disease activity. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) features such as subretinal fluid, intraretinal cysts and intraretinal fluid were assessed by reading-center certified graders. Multiple logistic regression was performed on demographic and anatomic factors. Results: At month 3, 66.1% of patients had persistent disease activity. The best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) improvement was 0.16 LogMAR for those with no disease activity compared to 0 for patients with persistent activity (p < 0.001). The significant risk factors for persistent activity at 3 months were male gender (odds ratio [OR] 0.54, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.32–0.93, p = 0.025), intraretinal cysts at baseline (OR 2.95, 95% CI 1.67–5.20, p < 0.001) and subretinal fluid at baseline (OR 3.17, 95% CI 1.62–6.18, p = 0.002). At 3 months, 58% of patients had features of activity on OCT. Patients with intraretinal cysts and intraretinal fluid at baseline had worse BCVA at month 3 compared to patients without these OCT features (0.69 vs. 0.43, p < 0.001, and 0.62 vs. 0.43, p < 0.001, respectively). Conclusions: In a real-world study, 66.1% of nAMD patients have persistent disease activity after the initial loading dose, with poorer BCVA compared to those without. Baseline OCT features (intraretinal cysts and subretinal fluid) are useful predictors of persistent disease activity at month 3. Published version 2021-02-08T08:37:57Z 2021-02-08T08:37:57Z 2020 Journal Article Tan, C. S. H., Lim, L. W., Ngo, W. K., Pannirselvam, P., See, C., Chee, W. K., & Saxena, N. (2020). Predictors of persistent disease activity following anti-VEGF loading dose for nAMD patients in Singapore : the DIALS study. BMC Ophthalmology, 20(1), 324-. doi:10.1186/s12886-020-01582-y 1471-2415 0000-0003-3088-5690 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/146305 10.1186/s12886-020-01582-y 32762659 2-s2.0-85089301367 1 20 en BMC Ophthalmology © 2020 The Author(s). This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Science::Medicine Anti-VEGF Neovascular Age Related Macular Degeneration Tan, Colin Siang Hui Lim, Louis W. Ngo, Wei Kiong Pannirselvam, Pandiyan See, Clarence Chee, Wai Kitt Saxena, Nakul Predictors of persistent disease activity following anti-VEGF loading dose for nAMD patients in Singapore : the DIALS study |
| title | Predictors of persistent disease activity following anti-VEGF loading dose for nAMD patients in Singapore : the DIALS study |
| title_full | Predictors of persistent disease activity following anti-VEGF loading dose for nAMD patients in Singapore : the DIALS study |
| title_fullStr | Predictors of persistent disease activity following anti-VEGF loading dose for nAMD patients in Singapore : the DIALS study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Predictors of persistent disease activity following anti-VEGF loading dose for nAMD patients in Singapore : the DIALS study |
| title_short | Predictors of persistent disease activity following anti-VEGF loading dose for nAMD patients in Singapore : the DIALS study |
| title_sort | predictors of persistent disease activity following anti vegf loading dose for namd patients in singapore the dials study |
| topic | Science::Medicine Anti-VEGF Neovascular Age Related Macular Degeneration |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/146305 |
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