Diabetic Macular Edema

The new FDA approval allows physicians to administer EYLEA in a prefilled syringe to treat retinal conditions with fewer preparation steps than vials.

Poor posture in surgical care has been long associated with worsened clinician health. It is no different in ophthalmology.

A study presented at ASRS 2019 found that the ranibizumab biosimilar (razumab) was noninferior to ranibizumab after 1 month of treatment.

A former D.C. healthcare attorney and founder of the Macular Degeneration Association discusses legal problems faced by retina specialists when providing care to their patients with AMD.

Chirag Jhaveri, MD, took part in a Q&A about the results of the phase 3 HAWK and HARRIER studies examining brolucizumab for treatment of nAMD.

Results of a study from investigators at the Retina Center of Minnesota found that same-day injections were preferred by more than 97% of patients.

Manjot Gill, MD, discusses the results of her study which found early diagnosis and treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration could help save a patient’s vision.

Artificial intelligence could be the future of detecting certain diseases in the eye, after a study presented at ASRS 2019 found that the EyeArt system was effective in detecting referable diabetic retinopathy from images.

Additional analyses of the phase 2 BOULEVARD trial, which found faricimab not only led to improved best-corrected visual acuity and central subfield thickness from baseline, but also provided anatomical benefits and displayed a potential for extended durability compared to anti-VEGF monotherapy, were presented during ASRS 2019

Medical Director of the Macular Degeneration Association discusses how the evolution of anti-VEGF treatments has changed the landscape of AMD care and the lives of patients.

Results of a study presented at ASRS 2019 found that biweekly anti-VEGF dosing may be an effective treatment for treating nAMD refractory to standard monthly dosing.

W. Lloyd Clark, MD, of Palmetto Retina Center, discusses clinical implications of the 52-week PANORAMA results, which found treatment with intravitreal aflibercept injections could reverse disease progression in patients with moderately severe to severe NPDR.

Jeffrey Heier, MD, presented 24-month results of the PRO-CON study, which found no statistical difference in conversion rates in fellow eyes regardless of prophylactic treatment with aflibercept injections, at ASRS 2019.

Early treatment and completing treatments key to visual acuity improvements in neovasculare age-related macular degeneration.

Ajay Kuriyan, MD, discusses what he warns patients to be aware of when seeking out treatment from stem cell therapies and why he believes other physicians should as well.

LADDER study results presented at ASRS revealed efficacy of the PDS was equal to that of monthly ranibizumab.

An oral therapy for aged-related macular degeneration could be on the horizon after displaying efficacy in a recent phase 2 study.

Carl Regillo, MD, who presented 96-week data of brolucizumab at ASRS 2019, discusses how brolucizumab could impact care of wAMD in a real-world setting.

More patients undergoing long-term use anti-VEGF therapy saw improvements in visual acuity than saw declines after 10 years.

Investigators from Wills Eye and Retina Consultants of Austin presented 96-week data from the HAWK and HARRIER trials at ASRS 2019.

Peter Kaiser, MD, presented data from a phase 2 trial examining the safety and efficacy of risuteganib at ASRS 2019.

Here's a primer for new data and discussions MD Mag will be covering this weekend in Chicago.

Kodiak's KSI-301 was shown to have sustained benefit and safety in a phase 1a study involving patients with severe DME.

Older patients could benefit from skipping traditional bedrest in favor of an exercise program when hospitalized with an acute illness.

Analysis of 2 phase 3 trials found that 24% of patients experienced new choroidal neovascularization over the course of the 96-week trials.

An analysis of more than 650 eyes find that optical coherence tomography central subfield thickness accounts for only a small proportion of total variation in changes in visual acuity.

Investigators examined anti-VEGF injections claims data among Medicare Part B beneficiaries from 2012 to 2015 and found that aflibercept injections increased by 69% during that time.

A recent study reviewed operating times of ophthalmic procedures before and after transition to a new EHR system in 2 outpatient departments and an ambulatory surgical center.

Ranibizumab was approved for AMD treatment in Korea in 2007, but most supporting trials had been conducted among Caucasian patients.

A review highlights aflibercept’s efficacy in treatment non-responders and points to a couple promising new AMD therapies in development.