Hanumunthadu, Daren;
Saleh, Azahir;
Florea, Daniela;
Balaskas, Konstantinos;
Keane, Pearse A;
Aslam, Tariq;
Patel, Praveen J;
(2023)
Biomarkers of macular neovascularisation activity using optical coherence tomography angiography in treated stable neovascular age related macular degeneration.
BMC Ophthalmology
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, Article 68. 10.1186/s12886-022-02749-5.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to describe features of disease activity in patients with treated stable macular neovascularisation (MNV) in neovascular age related macular degeneration (nAMD) using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA). METHODS: Thirty-two eyes of 32 patients with nAMD were included in this prospective, observational study. These patients were undergoing treatment with aflibercept on a treat-and-extend regimen attending an extension to a 12-week treatment interval. RESULTS: All subjects had no macular haemorrhage and no structural OCT markers of active MNV activity at the index 12-week treatment extension visit. 31/32 OCTA images were gradeable without significant imaging artefact. The mean MNV size was 3.6mm2 ± 4.6mm2 and 27 (87.1%) had detectable MNV blood flow. 29/31 (93.5%) subjects had MNV with mature phenotypes including 10 non-specific, 10 tangle and 3 deadtree phenotypes. MNV halo and MNV central feeder vessel were noted in 18 (58.1%) and 19 (61.3%) of subjects respectively; only 1 (3.2%) subject was noted to have a MNV capillary fringe. CONCLUSIONS: MNV blood flow is still detectable using OCTA in the majority of subjects in this study with treated stable MNV. OCTA features associated included MNV mature phenotype, MNV feeder vessel, MNV halo and absence of capillary fringe.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Biomarkers of macular neovascularisation activity using optical coherence tomography angiography in treated stable neovascular age related macular degeneration |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12886-022-02749-5 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12886-022-02749-5 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third-party material in this article are included in the Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Keywords: | Age-related macular degeneration, Humans, Tomography, Optical Coherence, Fluorescein Angiography, Prospective Studies, Choroidal Neovascularization, Macular Degeneration, Biomarkers, Wet Macular Degeneration, Angiogenesis Inhibitors |
| 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/10165471 |
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