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Single-session photodynamic therapy combined with intravitreal bevacizumab and triamcinolone for neovascular age-related macular degeneration.

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BACKGROUND:To evaluate the efficacy of triple therapy consisting of single-session photodynamic therapy (PDT), intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB) and intravitreal triamcinolone (IVT) as initial pulse therapy followed by repeat intravitreal bevacizumab injections for maintenance treatment in neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD). METHODS:In a prospective interventional case series, patients with subfoveal choroidal neovascularization (CNV) secondary to AMD underwent pulse therapy with single-session PDT according to the standard protocol followed by 1.25 mg IVB and 2 mg IVT 48 hours later. Best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was assessed and optical coherence tomography (OCT) and fluorescein angiography (FA) were performed prior to treatment. BCVA and OCT measurements were repeated at 6 week intervals and FA was obtained after 12 weeks and when necessary thereafter. Repeat injections of IVB were performed based on fluorescein angiographic evidence of CNV leakage. RESULTS:This series included 17 eyes of 17 patients with mean age of 67.6 +/- 7.2 years. Mean follow up duration was 50.4 +/- 15.5 weeks. Mean BCVA prior to treatment was 0.74 +/- 0.33 logMAR which improved to 0.52 +/- 0.36 logMAR after 12 weeks (P = 0.012) and 0.41 +/- 0.38 logMAR after 24 weeks (P = 0.001). Mean pretreatment central macular thickness (CMT) was 395 +/- 181 micro which was significantly reduced to 217 +/- 69 micro (P = 0.005), 231 +/- 79 micro (P = 0.028) and 221 +/- 87 micro (P = 0.05) six, twelve and twenty-four weeks after initial treatment respectively. Visual acuity improvement and CMT reduction was maintained during the follow-up period. IVB injections were repeated once, twice and three times in 10, 7 and 2 eyes at a mean interval of 20.2 +/- 10.1, 19 +/- 13.7 and 15 +/- 1.4 weeks after initial therapy, respectively. CONCLUSION:Initial pulse triple therapy consisting of single-session PDT combined with IVB and IVT improves vision and reduces CMT in neovascular AMD. Repeat IVB injections maintain the visual gain from the initial combination therapy.

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BMC Ophthalmol

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BMC ophthalmology

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Ahmadieh H,Taei R,Soheilian M,Riazi-Esfahani M,Karkhaneh R,Lashay A,Azarmina M,Dehghan MH,Moradian S

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10.1186/1471-2415-7-10

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Has Abstract

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2007-06-07 00:00:00

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1471-2415

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1471-2415-7-10

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Single-session photodynamic therapy combined with intravitreal bevacizumab and triamcinolone for neovascular age-related macular degeneration.