Ophthalmology

New findings show nearly 2000 children in the US were hospitalized due to a gun-related ocular injury from 2008-2014. Most patients faced uncertain visual status going forward.

Novartis has announced the wet age-related macular degeneration treatment brolucizumab, which was backed by data from the HAWK and HARRIER trials, has received FDA approval.

Analysis of the FAST trial found that methotrexate performed better head-to-head than mycophenolate mofetil as a corticosteroid-sparing therapy.

A review of 11 websites found that information available online to patients varies greatly in terms of quality, accuracy, and readability.

Kala Pharmaceuticals will continue with an ongoing phase 3 trial assessing the solution, and could resubmit its NDA in 2020.

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 recent study examining the effectiveness of an offline, automated smartphone-based AI system could be giving physicians a glimpse into the future of eye screening.

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.

Investigators presented 36-month results of a study which found that treatment with a single intravitreal injection of the FAi provided anti-inflammatory treatment for 3 years in patients with non-infectious uveitis affecting the posterior segment of the eye

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.

While often seen in a negative light, some physicians have found ways to incorporate electronic medical records to improve their practice.

Eleonora Lad, MD, PhD, presented results of a post-hoc analysis evaluating the impact of baseline characteristics on lesion progression in patients receiving APL-2 for geographic atrophy at ASRS 2019.

Carl Regillo, MD, of Wills Eye, and Michael Stewart, of the Mayo Clinic, discuss changes they would like to see in their speciality at ASRS 2019.

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.