在神经动脉性AMD中从阿弗利塞普特转换为生物类似的拉尼兹巴 (TRANSFORM试验):一个多中心观察性研究
Debdulal Chakraborty1, Subhendu Boral1, Tushar Kanti Sinha1
1Department of Vitreoretinal Services, Disha Eye Hospitals, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.)
|July 1, 2024
概括
这项研究表明,在新血管性AMD患者中,从aflibercept转换为生物类似拉尼比祖马布保持视力和黄斑健康,尽管需要注意液体管理. 这种过渡是管理nAMD的可行选择.
科学领域:
- 眼科医生 眼科 眼科
- 视网膜疾病 视网膜疾病
- 药理学 药理学是指药理学的学科.
背景情况:
- 神经血管与年龄相关的黄斑退化 (nAMD) 是导致视力丧失的主要原因.
- 内抗VEGF治疗是对nAMD的标准治疗方法.
- 生物类似的拉尼比祖马布为原始生物制品提供了潜在的成本效益替代品.
研究的目的:
- 评估从阿弗利塞普特转换为生物类似的拉尼比祖马布的nAMD患者的疗效.
- 评估此开关对视敏度 (VA) 和黄斑解剖学的影响.
- 为了记录以前没有在文献中报道的方法.
主要方法:
- 一项多中心观察性研究,涉及50岁以上的nAMD患者从aflibercept切换到生物类似的ranibizumab.
- 标准化眼科评估VA,中央黄斑厚度 (CMT) 和视网膜液.
- 统计分析包括配对t测试,威尔科克森签名等级测试和线性回归.
主要成果:
- 视觉敏度在阿弗利塞普特治疗中初步改善,然后在转换为生物类似拉尼比祖马布后略有下降,仍然具有统计学意义.
- 中部黄斑厚度在切换后显著下降,并保持稳定.
- 在aflibercept治疗期间观察到视网膜液的减少,随后在生物类似物 ranibizumab治疗期间逐渐增加.
结论:
- 在nAMD患者中,从aflibercept转换为生物类似的ranibizumab有效地保持视力敏度和黄斑结构.
- 开关后的流体管理可能会带来挑战,可能与注射频率相关.
- 这种过渡代表了nAMD管理的可行策略,特别是在财务限制下.
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