Diabetic Macular Edema

Voraporn Chaikitmongkol, MD, discussed step therapy and reported the results of a major study, the Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research (DRCR) Protocol AC, at the 38th Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Congress, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The Phase 2 SPECTRA clinical trial will assess 4D-150 in patients with DME.

According to researchers, factors that were associated with all type of visual impairment included older age, lower education level, and lower income were associated with all types of visual impairment.

According to the company, RZ402 is an oral therapy being developed as a potential alternative to invasive and suboptimal injections into the eye.

As we approach the end of 2022, members of the Ophthalmology Times Europe® Editorial Advisory Board were asked to predict developments in their ophthalmic specialties and interests. A focus is our ageing population, while efficiency and productivity are also on their minds. The board members agree that one of the major challenges in the year to come will be the large number of patients awaiting diagnosis and treatment, which is only going to increase with the rising average life expectancy worldwide.

According to physician, this therapeutic may prove to be a treatment option for these diseases.

An end-of-week review of retina news and stories from October 29-November 3, 2022.

The Sailing study was a 12-month, 18-center, randomized, double-masked, double-sham, parallel-controlled, phase 3 trial that was conducted in China and included eyes with center-involved DME that were randomly assigned to undergo either laser photocoagulation followed by as-needed sham intravitreal injections or sham laser photocoagulation followed by as-needed 0.5 mg intravitreal injections of conbercept.

Data highlights need for educational materials and training resources in DME and DR.

The data analysis showed that the macular thickness decreased across all time periods and in all macular regions for all tertiles.

The data analysis indicated that patients achieved robust visual gains and central subfield thickness reductions with faricimab dosed every 8 weeks and with PTI dosing up to every 16 weeks. The gains were sustained through year 2 of the trials.

The drug’s efficacy was reported to be superior to that achieved with laser photocoagulation.

Roche’s treatment of faricimab is the first and only FDA-approved medicine targeting two distinct pathways, angiopoietin (Ang)-2 and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-A, that often cause retinal diseases that may cause visual loss.

Oral APX3330 was found to demonstrate favorable safety and tolerability profile in interim masked safety results, consistent with 11 prior trials of APX3330.

Regeneron announced that the primary endpoints were met in two pivotal trials investigating novel aflibercept 8 mg with 12- and 16-week dosing regimens in patients with diabetic macular edema and wet age-related macular degeneration.

The first stage of the study will evaluate the safety and relative pharmacodynamic effect of different doses of subcutaneously administered D-4517.2 compared to intravitreal injection of aflibercept, an approved therapy, in both wet AMD and DME patients up to 12 weeks.

David A. Eichenbaum, MD, FASRS and Caroline Baumal, MD provide take-home messages to providers treating AMD and DME.

Drs David A. Eichenbaum and Caroline Baumal discuss unmet needs in treating AMD and DME.

Retina specialists discuss how to incorporate faricimab into clinical practice and discuss implacations of the TRUCKEE study.

David A. Eichenbaum, MD, FASRS, and Caroline Baumal, MD, review the dual mechanism of action of faricimab as well as the 2-year update in the TENAYA, LUCERNE, YOSEMITE, and RHINE trials.

Drs David A. Eichenbaum and Caroline Baumal discuss implications of the treat-and-extend approach with faricimab in patients with wet AMD.

Retina specialists discuss which factors impact treatment selection and how to incorporate shared decision-making into treatment selection when treating patients with AMD and DME.

David A. Eichenbaum, MD, FASRS, and Caroline Baumal, MD, discuss how AMD and DME impact a patient’s quality of life.

The investigators retrospectively analyzed treatment-naive eyes with DME which received intravitreal treatment with either ranibizumab 0.5 mg or aflibercept 2 mg. All data were collected in the Fight Retinal Blindness! registry.

This year’s hybrid meeting will allow attendees to participate in person or virtually. Either way, this congress will offer a wealth of information to specialists covering all aspects of retinal diseases.

A retina specialist discusses impressions and key takeaway points from the case of an 81-year-old male with treatment-experienced neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD).

David A. Eichenbaum, MD, FASRS, reviews the case of a 81-year-old female with treatment experienced neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD).

A retina specialist discusses impressions and key takeaway points from the case of a 74-year-old man with diabetic macular edema (DME).

David A. Eichenbaum, MD, FASRS, reviews the case of a 74-year-old male with diabetic macular edema (DME).

Kodiak Sciences Inc. announced that its BEACON Phase 3 study of tarcocimab, its novel antibody biopolymer conjugate, met the primary endpoint of non-inferior change from baseline in visual acuity at week 24 compared to aflibercept in patients with macular edema due to retinal vein occlusion.