Future therapies of wet age‐related macular degeneration

M Ishikawa, D Jin, Y Sawada, S Abe… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Age‐related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness in the elderly
population, and the prevalence of the disease increases exponentially with every decade …

Clinical evidence of intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide in the management of age-related macular degeneration

EM Becerra, F Morescalchi, F Gandolfo… - Current drug …, 2011 - ingentaconnect.com
Triamcinolone acetonide (TA) is one of the first pharmacologic compounds evaluated for the
treatment of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) secondary to age-related macular …

Applying the CONSORT and STROBE statements to evaluate the reporting quality of neovascular age-related macular degeneration studies

AE Fung, R Palanki, SJ Bakri, E Depperschmidt… - Ophthalmology, 2009 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To evaluate the quality of reporting in the neovascular age-related macular
degeneration (nvAMD) literature by applying the Consolidated Standards for Reporting …

Triple therapy for neovascular age-related macular degeneration using single-session photodynamic therapy combined with intravitreal bevacizumab and …

PP Yip, CF Woo, HHY Tang, CK Ho - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2009 - bjo.bmj.com
Aim: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of triple therapy consisting single-session
photodynamic therapy (PDT), intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB) and intravitreal triamcinolone …

Effect of bevacizumab on inflammation and proliferation in human choroidal neovascularization

O Tatar, E Yoeruek, P Szurman… - Archives of …, 2008 - jamanetwork.com
Objective To evaluate the effect of bevacizumab (Avastin; Genentech, Inc, South San
Francisco, California) on inflammation and proliferation in human choroidal …

Intravitreal bevacizumab (Avastin) for age-related macular degeneration: a critical analysis of literature

S Jyothi, H Chowdhury, M Elagouz, S Sivaprasad - Eye, 2010 - nature.com
Purpose The current medical environment demands that quality health care is delivered at
an affordable cost through the use of objective, unbiased clinical data. This study was …

VEGF gene polymorphism and response to intravitreal bevacizumab and triple therapy in age-related macular degeneration

I Nakata, K Yamashiro, H Nakanishi… - Japanese journal of …, 2011 - Springer
Purpose To investigate the association between the vascular endothelial growth factor
(VEGF) gene and response to either intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB) or photodynamic therapy …

Comparative assessment of photodynamic therapy for typical age-related macular degeneration and polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy: a multicenter study in Hyogo …

S Honda, H Imai, K Yamashiro, Y Kurimoto… - …, 2009 - karger.com
Purpose: We aimed to evaluate the effects of photodynamic therapy (PDT) on different
phenotypes of age-related macular degenerations (AMD): typical AMD (tAMD) and …

[HTML][HTML] Vascular endothelial growth factors and their inhibitors in ocular neovascular disorders

M Homayouni - Journal of ophthalmic & vision research, 2009 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The introduction of pharmacotherapy has been one of the most important advances in the
management of retinal disorders. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) was once …

Review of combination therapies for neovascular age-related macular degeneration

SM Couch, SJ Bakri - Seminars in Ophthalmology, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
While angiogenesis is one of the factors associated with the development of CNV due to age-
related macular degeneration (AMD), inflammation and oxidative stress also appear to play …