Diabetic Macular Edema

Expert retina specialists discuss the use of faricimab and dosing for the treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration in the clinical practice setting.

Drs Nathan Steinle, Adrienne Scott, and Carl Regillo comment on the phase 3 trial outcomes of faricimab in neovascular AMD.

Retina experts discuss treatment of wet AMD, focusing on frequency of treatment and treatment breaks, and fluid tolerance.

Adrienne Scott, MD; Carl Regillo, MD, FACS, FASRS; and Prethy Rao, MD, MPH, provide an overview of the effect of anti-VEGF treatment in neovascular age-related macular degeneration and diabetic macular edema.

D-4517.2 is a novel precision nanomedicine that inhibits neovascularization by targeting activated microglia and hypertrophic retinal pigment cells, cells responsible for the increased vascularization associated with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD) and diabetic macular edema (DME).

Genentech announced post-hoc data indicating treatment with faricimab-svoa (Vabysmo) led to greater and faster drying of retinal fluid with fewer injections for the treatments of wet AMD and DME, when compared to aflibercept.

A single injection of UBX1325 led to a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in Best Corrected Visual Acuity (BCVA) of +6.2 ETDRS letters from baseline at 48 weeks.

According to the companies,Horus will increase Iluvien’s commercial presence with Nordic retinal specialists.

The sharing of data between ophthalmologists and optometrists ultimately can lead to earlier diagnosis and better results for patients.

David S. Boyer, MD, presented data from the PHOTON study examining the safety and efficacy of high-dose aflibercept for treatment of diabetic macular edema at the 2023 Angiogenesis, Exudation, and Degeneration conference.

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.