TY - JOUR
T1 - Combination of photodynamic therapy and intraocular triamcinolone for exudative age-related macular degeneration and long-term chorioretinal macular atrophy
AU - Piermarocchi, Stefano
AU - Sartore, Mauro
AU - Lo Giudice, Giuseppe
AU - Maritan, Veronica
AU - Midena, Edoardo
AU - Segato, Tatiana
PY - 2008/10
Y1 - 2008/10
N2 - Objective: To evaluate the long-term effect of intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide (IVT) treatment combined with photodynamic therapy (PDT) vs PDT alone for neovascular age-related macular degeneration. Methods: Prospective randomized study. Eighty-four patients were enrolled to receive PDT (n=41) or IVT treatment followed by PDT (n=43) within approximately a 7- to 15-day interval. All patients were naive to treatment. At baseline and each follow-up visit at 3, 6, 12, and 24 months, measurement of best-corrected visual acuity (VA), fluorescein angiography, indocyanine green angiography, and optical coherence tomography were performed. Mean changes in VA and retreatment rate were considered as primary outcome indicators. Analysis of vascular choroidal changes documented by indocyanine green angiography and fundus autofluorescence measurements were also performed. Results: Mean VA increased at 1 month of follow-up but decreased progressively by the 24-month point in both groups (P=.74). The retreatment rate was significantly lower (P
AB - Objective: To evaluate the long-term effect of intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide (IVT) treatment combined with photodynamic therapy (PDT) vs PDT alone for neovascular age-related macular degeneration. Methods: Prospective randomized study. Eighty-four patients were enrolled to receive PDT (n=41) or IVT treatment followed by PDT (n=43) within approximately a 7- to 15-day interval. All patients were naive to treatment. At baseline and each follow-up visit at 3, 6, 12, and 24 months, measurement of best-corrected visual acuity (VA), fluorescein angiography, indocyanine green angiography, and optical coherence tomography were performed. Mean changes in VA and retreatment rate were considered as primary outcome indicators. Analysis of vascular choroidal changes documented by indocyanine green angiography and fundus autofluorescence measurements were also performed. Results: Mean VA increased at 1 month of follow-up but decreased progressively by the 24-month point in both groups (P=.74). The retreatment rate was significantly lower (P
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U2 - 10.1001/archopht.126.10.1367
DO - 10.1001/archopht.126.10.1367
M3 - Article
C2 - 18852414
AN - SCOPUS:54049156509
VL - 126
SP - 1367
EP - 1374
JO - Archives of Ophthalmology
JF - Archives of Ophthalmology
SN - 0003-9950
IS - 10
ER -