Agrawal, R;
Betzler, BK;
Testi, I;
Mahajan, S;
Agarwal, A;
Gunasekeran, DV;
Raje, D;
... Gupta, V; + view all
(2020)
The Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study (COTS)-1: A Multinational Review of 447 Patients with Tubercular Intermediate Uveitis and Panuveitis.
Ocular Immunology and Inflammation
, 28
(1)
pp. 27-37.
10.1080/09273948.2020.1808226.
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Abstract
PURPOSE: Tubercular intermediate uveitis (TIU) and panuveitis (TBP) are difficult to manage because of limitations in diagnostic tools and lack of evidence-based treatment guidelines. The Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study (COTS) analyzed treatment regimens and therapeutic outcomes in patients with TIU and TBP. METHODS: Multicentre retrospective analysis. RESULTS: A total of 138 TIU and 309 TBP patients were included. A total of 382 subjects received antitubercular therapy (ATT) (n = 382/447; 85.4%) and 382 received corticosteroids (n = 382/447; 85.4%). Treatment failure was observed in 78 individuals (n = 78/447; 17.4%), occurring less frequently in patients receiving ATT (n = 66/382; 17.2%) compared to those who did not (n = 12/65; 18.5%). The study did not show any statistically significant therapeutic effect of ATT in patients with TIU and TBP. CONCLUSION: Taking into account the limitations of the retrospective, non-randomized study design, resultant reliance on reported data records, and unequal size of the samples, the current study cannot provide conclusive evidence on the therapeutic benefit of ATT in TIU and TBP.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study (COTS)-1: A Multinational Review of 447 Patients with Tubercular Intermediate Uveitis and Panuveitis |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09273948.2020.1808226 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/09273948.2020.1808226 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Anti-tubercular therapy, collaborative ocular tuberculosis study (COTS), ocular tuberculosis, tubercular intermediate uveitis, tubercular panuveitis, tubercular uveitis, uveitis |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Institute of Ophthalmology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10116006 |
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