{"title":"The Retrobulbar Spot Sign in Central Retinal Artery Occlusion.","authors":"Fernando Pellerano, Joseph D Bogaard","doi":"10.1016/j.oret.2024.12.011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oret.2024.12.011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19501,"journal":{"name":"Ophthalmology. Retina","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142966381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mathieu Carriere, Kelsey A Roelofs, Parampal S Grewal
{"title":"Retinal Metastasis Secondary to Lung Cancer Treated with Local Photodynamic Therapy and Systemic Nivolumab.","authors":"Mathieu Carriere, Kelsey A Roelofs, Parampal S Grewal","doi":"10.1016/j.oret.2024.12.012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oret.2024.12.012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19501,"journal":{"name":"Ophthalmology. Retina","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142966380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ocular Type 1 Sialidosis.","authors":"Prashant D Tailor, Adrian C Au, Stacy Pineles","doi":"10.1016/j.oret.2024.12.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oret.2024.12.009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19501,"journal":{"name":"Ophthalmology. Retina","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142966378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ophthalmology. RetinaPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-08-03DOI: 10.1016/j.oret.2024.07.024
Abdulla Shaheen, Divy Mehra, Seyyedehfatemeh Ghalibafan, Shivam Patel, Fatima Buali, Sugi Panneerselvam, Nathalie Perez, Sandra Hoyek, Harry W Flynn, Nimesh Patel, Nicolas A Yannuzzi
{"title":"Efficacy and Safety of Anti-VEGF Injections and Surgery for Age-Related Macular Degeneration-Related Submacular Hemorrhage: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.","authors":"Abdulla Shaheen, Divy Mehra, Seyyedehfatemeh Ghalibafan, Shivam Patel, Fatima Buali, Sugi Panneerselvam, Nathalie Perez, Sandra Hoyek, Harry W Flynn, Nimesh Patel, Nicolas A Yannuzzi","doi":"10.1016/j.oret.2024.07.024","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.oret.2024.07.024","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Topic: </strong>This systematic review and meta-analysis investigates the efficacy and safety of anti-VEGF injections compared with surgical intervention in improving visual acuity (VA) and reducing complications for patients with submacular hemorrhage (SMH) due to neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD).</p><p><strong>Clinical relevance: </strong>Determining the optimal intervention for SMH in AMD is crucial for patient care.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We included studies on anti-VEGF injections or surgical interventions for SMH in AMD from 7 databases, searched up to May 2024. Data extraction and quality assessment were done by 2 independent reviewers. Certainty of evidence was assessed using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) approach. Meta-analysis employed random-effects models. Primary outcomes were pooled mean logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution VA difference (initial examination minus last follow-up VA) and adverse events rates.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 43 observational studies were included: 21 (960 eyes) on anti-VEGF and 22 (455 eyes) on surgery. Comparisons were made across separate studies due to lack of head-to-head studies. Meta-analysis included 11 anti-VEGF studies (444 eyes) and 12 surgical studies (195 eyes) for VA outcomes. The mean difference in VA was -0.16 (95% confidence interval (CI), -0.24 to -0.08) for anti-VEGF and -0.36 (95% CI, -0.68 to -0.04) for surgery, with no significant difference between groups (chi-square = 1.70, df = 1, P = 0.19). Heterogeneity was high in surgical studies (I<sup>2</sup> = 96.2%, τ<sup>2</sup> = 0.23, P < 0.01) and negligible in anti-VEGF studies (I<sup>2</sup> = 7%, τ<sup>2</sup> = 0.003, P = 0.38). The GRADE certainty was moderate for anti-VEGF and low for surgery. Anti-VEGF had lower rates of cataract (0% vs. 4.6%), proliferative vitreoretinopathy (0.1% vs. 2.0%), and retinal detachment (0.1% vs. 10.6%), but similar rates of recurrent hemorrhage (5.4% vs. 5.3%). Complications were summarized descriptively due to zero-cell problem.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Both anti-VEGF and surgery treat SMH in AMD with similar VA outcomes but different safety profiles. Anti-VEGF is preferred for less severe hemorrhage, whereas surgery is suited for extensive hemorrhage. Despite uncertain comparative VA outcomes, treatment should be guided by clinical judgment and patient factors.</p><p><strong>Financial disclosure(s): </strong>Proprietary or commercial disclosure may be found in the Footnotes and Disclosures at the end of this article.</p>","PeriodicalId":19501,"journal":{"name":"Ophthalmology. Retina","volume":" ","pages":"4-12"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141889819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ophthalmology. RetinaPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-07-19DOI: 10.1016/j.oret.2024.07.012
Arshad M Khanani, Srinivas R Sadda, David Sarraf, Ramin Tadayoni, David T Wong, Anne-Sophie Kempf, Insaf Saffar, Kinfemichael Gedif, Andrew Chang
{"title":"Effect of Brolucizumab and Aflibercept on the Maximum Thickness of Pigment Epithelial Detachments and Sub-Retinal Pigment Epithelium Fluid in HAWK and HARRIER.","authors":"Arshad M Khanani, Srinivas R Sadda, David Sarraf, Ramin Tadayoni, David T Wong, Anne-Sophie Kempf, Insaf Saffar, Kinfemichael Gedif, Andrew Chang","doi":"10.1016/j.oret.2024.07.012","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.oret.2024.07.012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To compare the efficacy of brolucizumab and aflibercept treatment in reducing the maximum thickness of pigment epithelial detachments (PEDs) and sub-retinal pigment epithelium (sub-RPE) fluid in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration in the HAWK and HARRIER studies.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>HAWK and HARRIER were 96-week, prospective, randomized, double-masked, controlled, multicenter studies.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>A total of 1775 patients across 11 countries were included in the HAWK study, and 1048 patients across 29 countries were included in the HARRIER study.</p><p><strong>Intervention: </strong>After 3 monthly loading doses, brolucizumab-treated eyes received injections every 12 weeks or every 8 weeks if disease activity (DA) was detected. Aflibercept-treated eyes received fixed 8-week dosing.</p><p><strong>Main outcome measures: </strong>Maximum thickness of PEDs and sub-RPE fluid across the macula were assessed at baseline through week 96 in the brolucizumab- and aflibercept-treated patients and in the patient subgroups with DA at week 16 (matched in terms of injection number and treatment interval).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>At week 96, there were greater mean percentage reductions from baseline in maximum thickness of both PEDs and sub-RPE fluid in brolucizumab-treated patients vs. aflibercept-treated patients (PED: 19.7% [n = 336] vs. 11.9% [n = 335] in HAWK; 29.5% [n = 364] vs. 18.3% [n = 361] in HARRIER. Sub-RPE fluid: 75.4% vs. 57.3% in HAWK; 86.0% vs. 76.3% in HARRIER). A similar trend in mean percentage reductions was observed in patients with DA at week 16.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This analysis shows that brolucizumab achieved greater reductions in PEDs and sub-RPE fluid thickness than aflibercept in HAWK and HARRIER.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>ClinicalTrials.gov Identifiers: NCT02307682 (HAWK) and NCT02434328 (HARRIER).</p><p><strong>Financial disclosure(s): </strong>Proprietary or commercial disclosure may be found in the Footnotes and Disclosures at the end of this article.</p>","PeriodicalId":19501,"journal":{"name":"Ophthalmology. Retina","volume":" ","pages":"13-21"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141734744","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ophthalmology. RetinaPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-07-30DOI: 10.1016/j.oret.2024.07.020
Sing Yue Sim, Evangelia Chalkiadaki, Georgios Koutsocheras, Luke Nicholson, Sobha Sivaprasad, Praveen J Patel, Senthil Selvam, Bishwanath Pal, Pearse A Keane, Bhairavi Bhatia, Robin Hamilton
{"title":"Real-World 1-Year Outcomes of Treatment-Intensive Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration Switched to Faricimab.","authors":"Sing Yue Sim, Evangelia Chalkiadaki, Georgios Koutsocheras, Luke Nicholson, Sobha Sivaprasad, Praveen J Patel, Senthil Selvam, Bishwanath Pal, Pearse A Keane, Bhairavi Bhatia, Robin Hamilton","doi":"10.1016/j.oret.2024.07.020","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.oret.2024.07.020","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To report 1-year anatomic and functional real-world outcomes of patients with treatment-intensive neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) switched to faricimab.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Retrospective multicenter cohort study.</p><p><strong>Subjects: </strong>Consecutive nAMD patients on 4-weekly treatment interval with either ranibizumab or aflibercept 2 mg in the last 3 visits within a treat-and-extend protocol (high treatment burden) before switch to faricimab at Moorfields Eye Hospital between September 5, 2022 and December 5, 2022.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients with nAMD switched to faricimab were identified from electronic medical records and those who met criteria of high treatment burden were included. Data collected included preswitch and postswitch visual acuity (VA), treatment intervals, baseline macular morphology, central subfield thickness (CST), macular fluid status, and adverse events.</p><p><strong>Main outcome measures: </strong>Visual acuity, CST, presence of intraretinal fluid, subretinal fluid, and injection intervals over 1 year after switch to faricimab.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 130 of 286 (45.5%) eyes met inclusion criteria of being switched due to high treatment burden and 117 were included in analysis. Before switch, these eyes received mean total number of injections of 33.4 ± 19.6 over a mean of 51.3 ± 34.9 months. Mean number of injections in 12 months preceding switch was 10.1 ± 1.6 and mean interval of the preceding 3 injections was 4.2 ± 0.3 weeks. Mean VA, CST, and percentage of patients with dry macula before switch were 66.0 ± 11.9 ETDRS letters, 259.6 ± 76.0 μm and 18.3% respectively. After switch, there was no statistical difference in mean VA throughout follow-up period. Mean CST statistically significantly reduced after the third faricimab injection and at 12 months by 20.0 μm (P = 0.035) and 22.1 μm (P = 0.041) respectively. Mean treatment intervals increased to 6.9 ± 2.3 weeks (P < 0.005) at 12 months with 42.9% and 11.4% of patients being on ≥8-weekly and ≥12-weekly treatment intervals, respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>At 12 months, nAMD patients with previous record of high treatment burden when switched to faricimab maintained VAs and improved anatomic outcomes on extended treatment intervals. Physician bias is inherent in these types of observational studies so a prospective, randomized, controlled trial is recommended to validate these findings.</p><p><strong>Financial disclosure(s): </strong>Proprietary or commercial disclosure may be found in the Footnotes and Disclosures at the end of this article.</p>","PeriodicalId":19501,"journal":{"name":"Ophthalmology. Retina","volume":" ","pages":"22-30"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141860506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}