Bloom Jeffrey, Madani Rami, Haidar Ali J, Alasil Tarek
Vitreoretinal Surgery, Acuity Eye Group, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Western Michigan University, Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, MI, USA.
J Vitreoretin Dis. 2024 Aug 22:24741264241271739. doi: 10.1177/24741264241271739.
To report a case of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) recalcitrant to treatment with ranibizumab and with a ranibizumab port delivery system (Susvimo) but responsive to faricimab-svoa. A case and its findings were analyzed. A 69-year-old Filipino man with PCV in the left eye was treated for 2 years with multiple ranibizumab intravitreal (IVT) injections followed by ranibizumab port delivery combined with rescue ranibizumab IVT injections, with no significant response clinically or on imaging. The visual acuity (VA) worsened to 20/100 OD. IVT treatment was switched to faricimab-svoa injections. After 2 injections, there was significant improvement on optical coherence tomography and in VA (20/60). This case shows the potential therapeutic benefits of targeting angiopoietin-2 in addition to vascular endothelial growth factor to treat PCV refractory to ranibizumab. Faricimab may provide an alternative to therapy with ranibizumab and verteporfin photodynamic therapy for the treatment of PCV.
报告一例息肉状脉络膜血管病变(PCV),该病例对雷珠单抗及雷珠单抗端口给药系统(Susvimo)治疗无效,但对faricimab-svoa有反应。分析了一例病例及其检查结果。一名69岁患有左眼PCV的菲律宾男性接受了2年的多次雷珠单抗玻璃体内(IVT)注射治疗,随后采用雷珠单抗端口给药联合补救性雷珠单抗IVT注射治疗,临床及影像学检查均无明显反应。视力(VA)恶化至右眼20/100。IVT治疗改为faricimab-svoa注射。2次注射后,光学相干断层扫描及视力(20/60)有显著改善。该病例表明,除血管内皮生长因子外,靶向血管生成素-2治疗对雷珠单抗耐药的PCV可能具有潜在治疗益处。Faricimab可为PCV治疗提供一种替代雷珠单抗及维替泊芬光动力疗法的治疗方法。