Publications

Authors:

Miotto, Stefania; Zemella, Nicola; Gusson, Elena; Panozzo, Giacomo; Saviano, Sandro; Scarpa, Giuseppe; Boschi, Giorgio; Piermarocchi, Stefano

Title:

Morphologic Criteria of Lesion Activity in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Consensus Article

Year:

2018

Type of item:

Articolo in Rivista

Tipologia ANVUR:

Articolo su rivista

Language:

Inglese

Format:

A Stampa

Referee:

Sì

Name of journal:

JOURNAL OF OCULAR PHARMACOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS

ISSN of journal:

1080-7683

N° Volume:

34

Number or Folder:

3

Page numbers:

298-308

Keyword:

antivascular endothelial growth factor; choroidal neovascularization; lesion activity; morphologic criteria; neovascular age-related macular degeneration

Short description of contents:

Intravitreal antivascular endothelial growth factor drugs represent the current standard of care for neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD). Individualized treatment regimens aim at obtaining the same visual benefits of monthly injections with a reduced number of injections and follow-up visits, and, consequently, of treatment burden. The target of these strategies is to timely recognize lesion recurrence, even before visual deterioration. Early detection of lesion activity is critical to ensure that clinical outcomes are not compromised by inappropriate delays in treatment, but questions remain on how to effectively monitor the choroidal neovascularization (CNV) activity. To assess the persistence/recurrence of lesion activity in patients undergoing treatment for nAMD, an expert panel developed a decision algorithm based on the morphological features of CNV. After evaluating all current retinal imaging techniques, the panel identified optical coherent tomography as the most reliable tool to ascertain lesion activity when funduscopy is not obvious.

Web page:

https://doi.org/10.1089/jop.2017.0022

Product ID:

102378

Handle IRIS:

11562/978900

Last Modified:

November 15, 2022

Bibliographic citation:

Miotto, Stefania; Zemella, Nicola; Gusson, Elena; Panozzo, Giacomo; Saviano, Sandro; Scarpa, Giuseppe; Boschi, Giorgio; Piermarocchi, Stefano, Morphologic Criteria of Lesion Activity in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Consensus Article «JOURNAL OF OCULAR PHARMACOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS» , vol. 34 , n. 3 , 2018 , pp. 298-308

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