Switching between ranibizumab and aflibercept for the treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration.

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_B1DF7CEB9047
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Review (review): journal as complete as possible of one specific subject, written based on exhaustive analyses from published work.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Switching between ranibizumab and aflibercept for the treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration.
Journal
Survey of ophthalmology
Author(s)
Mantel I., Gillies M.C., Souied E.H.
ISSN
1879-3304 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0039-6257
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2018
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
63
Number
5
Pages
638-645
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Review
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
The introduction of antivascular endothelial growth factor agents such as ranibizumab and aflibercept has revolutionized the management of neovascular age-related macular degeneration. A number of randomized clinical trials have shown that ranibizumab and aflibercept produce similar efficacy and safety outcomes. Most of the switching studies published to date show that efficacy benefits are uncontrolled, retrospective trials with limitations in terms of their selection, monitoring, numbers, and assessment criteria. Based on the published literature to date, we propose arguments for and against switching antivascular endothelial growth factor agents, provide our own perspective on this topic, and suggest a focus for future research.
Keywords
Angiogenesis Inhibitors/therapeutic use, Choroidal Neovascularization/drug therapy, Clinical Trials as Topic, Drug Substitution, Humans, Macular Degeneration/drug therapy, Ranibizumab/therapeutic use, Receptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor/therapeutic use, Recombinant Fusion Proteins/therapeutic use, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/antagonists & inhibitors, aflibercept, age-related macular degeneration, eylea, lucentis, ranibizumab, refractory, switch, vascular endothelial growth factor
Pubmed
Web of science
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08/03/2018 18:35
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20/08/2019 16:20
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