Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Kosin University, Busan, South Korea.
Rhee's Eye Hospital, Daejeon, South Korea.
Eye (Lond). 2021 Nov;35(11):3064-3070. doi: 10.1038/s41433-020-01383-z. Epub 2021 Jan 9.
To compare visual improvements between initial intravitreal t-PA with gas injection before anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and anti-VEGF injection monotherapy for submacular haemorrhage (SMH) associated with age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
We retrospectively reviewed medical records of naive patients treated with intravitreal t-PA with gas injection before anti-VEGF (Group 1) or only with intravitreal anti-VEGF injection (Group 2) for SMH [disc area (DA) ≥ 2] associated with AMD from two institutions. Both groups received 3 monthly loads of anti-VEGF injections followed by injections as needed for AMD treatment. Changes in best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA, logMAR) between the initial visit and after 6 months of treatment were compared between two groups.
A total of 82 patients were enroled. Of these, 32 patients and 50 patients were grouped in Groups 1 and 2, respectively. The mean change in BCVA over 6 months for Group 1 was -0.52 ± 0.88, which was significantly larger (p = 0.044) than the mean change for Group 2 (-0.15 ± 0.58). We compared visual improvements between the two groups based on the following SMH size categories: ≤5, >5, and ≤15, and >15 DA. When the SMH size was ≤5, or >5 and ≤15 DA, the mean change in BCVA was larger for Group 1 than for Group 2, but this difference was not significant. When SMH size was >15 DA, Group 1 patients exhibited a mean visual improvement of -0.79 ± 0.80, which was significantly greater (p = 0.029) than that of Group 2 (-0.06 ± 0.67).
Patients that were primarily treated for SMH associated with AMD using t-PA and gas injection (followed by anti-VEGF injection) exhibited better visual improvement than those treated with anti-VEGF monotherapy, especially in patients exhibiting larger SMH sizes (>15 DA) at the initial visit.
比较初始玻璃体内 t-PA 联合注气与抗血管内皮生长因子(VEGF)治疗对与年龄相关性黄斑变性(AMD)相关的黄斑下出血(SMH)的视力改善效果。
我们回顾性分析了来自两个机构的使用玻璃体内 t-PA 联合注气(1 组)或单纯玻璃体内抗 VEGF 注射(2 组)治疗与 AMD 相关的 SMH[盘区面积(DA)≥2]的初治患者的病历。两组均接受 3 个负荷剂量的抗 VEGF 注射,随后根据 AMD 治疗需要进行注射。比较两组间初始就诊至治疗 6 个月时最佳矫正视力(BCVA,logMAR)的变化。
共纳入 82 例患者,其中 32 例和 50 例患者分别纳入 1 组和 2 组。1 组 BCVA 在 6 个月时的平均变化为-0.52±0.88,显著大于 2 组的-0.15±0.58(p=0.044)。我们根据以下 SMH 大小类别比较了两组间的视力改善情况:≤5、>5 和≤15、>15 DA。当 SMH 大小为≤5 或>5 和≤15 DA 时,1 组 BCVA 的平均变化大于 2 组,但差异无统计学意义。当 SMH 大小>15 DA 时,1 组患者的平均视力改善为-0.79±0.80,显著大于 2 组(-0.06±0.67,p=0.029)。
与仅接受抗 VEGF 治疗的患者相比,主要使用 t-PA 和注气治疗(随后接受抗 VEGF 治疗)的与 AMD 相关的 SMH 患者的视力改善效果更好,尤其是在初始就诊时 SMH 较大(>15 DA)的患者。