Po-Chin Kuo , Sheng-Min Hsu , Yi-Hsun Huang , Chun-Hsiang Chang , Yi-Sheng Chang , Jia-Horung Hung , Chun-Chieh Lai , Yu-Kuei Lee
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Impact of photodynamic therapy combined with Anti-VEGF vs. Anti-VEGF monotherapy on choriocapillaris vessel density in polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy
Purpose
To compare the choriocapillaris vessel density between intravitreal ranibizumab (Lucentis) (IVR) plus photodynamic therapy (PDT) and intravitreal aflibercept (Eylea) (IVA) monotherapy in patients experiencing polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV).
Design
An observational, retrospective cohort study.
Subjects
Adults with treatment-naïve PCV.
Intervention
IVR plus PDT or IVA monotherapy.
Main outcome measures
After propensity-score (PS) matching, study outcomes were compared at 1 month after the final treatment. The primary outcome was a choriocapillaris vessel density, recognized by optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA). The secondary outcomes included best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), presence of retinal hemorrhage, central macular thickness (CMT) and subfoveal choroidal thickness (SFCT), assessed by optical coherence tomography (OCT).
Results
Initially, 23 patients receiving IVR plus PDT, and 75 patients receiving IVA monotherapy were included. After PS-matching, 19 eyes of 19 patients receiving IVR plus PDT and 38 eyes of 38 patients receiving IVA monotherapy were analyzed. A significantly lower choriocapillaris vessel density in the IVR plus PDT group than the IVA monotherapy group (41.9 % vs. 52.2 %, p = 0.009) was demonstrated. The similarity of the BCVA, occurrence and severity of retinal hemorrhage, CMT, and SFCT between two treatment groups was exhibited.
Conclusions
The choriocapillaris vessel density was significantly reduced in PCV patients treated with IVR plus PDT compared to those receiving IVA monotherapy.
期刊介绍:
Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy is an international journal for the dissemination of scientific knowledge and clinical developments of Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy in all medical specialties. The journal publishes original articles, review articles, case presentations, "how-to-do-it" articles, Letters to the Editor, short communications and relevant images with short descriptions. All submitted material is subject to a strict peer-review process.