J 2023

Incidence of adverse events after loading phase of the brolucizumab therapy of neovascular AMD: Real-life evidence in the Czech Republic

STEPANOV, Alexandr, Jan STUDNICKA, Miroslav VEITH, Pavel NEMEC, Daniela VYSLOUŽILOVÁ et. al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Incidence of adverse events after loading phase of the brolucizumab therapy of neovascular AMD: Real-life evidence in the Czech Republic

Autoři

STEPANOV, Alexandr (203 Česká republika), Jan STUDNICKA (203 Česká republika, garant), Miroslav VEITH (203 Česká republika), Pavel NEMEC (203 Česká republika), Daniela VYSLOUŽILOVÁ (203 Česká republika, domácí), Michal KOUBEK (203 Česká republika) a Jan NEMCANSKY (203 Česká republika)

Vydání

European Journal of Ophthalmology, LONDON, SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 2023, 1120-6721

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

30207 Ophthalmology

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 1.700 v roce 2022

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14110/23:00130213

Organizační jednotka

Lékařská fakulta

UT WoS

000869431600001

Klíčová slova anglicky

anti-VEGF therapy; brolucizumab; neovascular age-related macular degeneration; real-life practice; adverse event; switch

Štítky

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 26. 1. 2024 10:45, Mgr. Tereza Miškechová

Anotace

V originále

Aim To evaluate the incidence of ocular adverse events after loading phase of the brolucizumab therapy in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) in real-life clinical practice - in treatment-naive patients and in patients after switching from another anti-VEGF agent. Another aim was to evaluate treatment outcomes in patients with adverse events. Methods This is a multicentre, retrospective, observational study from 16 application centres in the Czech Republic. Patients diagnosed with nAMD were treated with brolucizumab in a fixed regimen of loading phase (3 injections administered at one-month intervals) and the mean follow-up period was 120 +/- 10 days after the first injection. The incidence of adverse events and the development of best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and central retinal thickness (CRT) in patients with complications were evaluated. A total of 1,098 eyes were followed up, of which 783 were treatment-naive and 315 eyes were after switching from another anti-VEGF agent. Results Adverse events were recorded in 42 eyes (3.83%), of which 30 eyes were treatment-naive (2.7%) and 12 eyes were post-switch (1.09%). The mean baseline BCVA +/- SD was 56.7 +/- 10.7 ETDRS chart letters in the group of patients with adverse events, 58.8 +/- 10.1 letters in treatment-naive patients, and 51.4 +/- 10.2 letters in patients after switch from another anti-VEGF agent. The mean baseline CRT +/- SD was 432.2 +/- 154.7 mu m, being 435.8 +/- 137.3 mu m in treatment-naive patients and 424.5 +/- 186.6 mu m in patients after switch from another anti-VEGF agent. At the end of the follow-up, the mean BCVA +/- SD was 53.4 +/- 9.5 ETDRS charts letters in patients with adverse events, 55.6 +/- 10 letters in treatment-naive patients, and 47.6 +/- 10 letters in patients after switching from another anti-VEGF agent. The mean CRT +/- SD at the end of the follow-up was 300.7 +/- 115.7 mu m in the total patient cohort, 285.2 +/- 78.8 mu m in treatment-naive patients and 334.5 +/- 165.4 mu m in patients after switching from another anti-VEGF agent. Conclusion We observed the development of adverse events in the form of intraocular inflammation or vasculitis with subsequent decrease in BCVA in 3.83% of cases after loading phase of the brolucizumab therapy. The decrease in BCVA was reversible in most cases after initiation of anti-inflammatory steroid treatment. From a functional and morphological point of view, we did not demonstrate any statistically significant difference between the groups of treatment-naive patients and patients after switching from another anti-VEGF agent.