Association of an age-related maculopathy susceptibility 2 gene variant with the 12-month outcomes of intravitreal aflibercept combined with photodynamic therapy for polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology
Shunichiro NakaiMakoto Nakamura

Abstract

To determine the association of age-related maculopathy susceptibility 2 (ARMS2) gene polymorphisms with the 12-month outcomes of intravitreal aflibercept combined with photodynamic therapy (IVA+PDT) in polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV). Interventional cohort study. This was a retrospective study of 48 consecutive treatment-naïve PCV patients. The patients underwent IVA+PDT as the initial therapy and were followed up for more than 12 months under a pro re nata regimen. The single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) at rs10490924 in the ARMS2 gene was genotyped using the TaqMan assay. The clinical characteristics and outcomes of IVA+PDT were compared among the 3 genotypes at rs10490924. Multivariate regression analysis was performed to evaluate the influence of the clinical cofactors on the association of rs10490924 with the visual outcome at 12 months after the first IVA+PDT. No significant difference was found in the baseline characteristics among the 3 genotypes (n = 9, 23, and 16 for the GG, GT, and TT genotypes, respectively). All the patients, regardless of genotype, showed a significant improvement in vision, central retinal thickness, and subfoveal choroidal thickness at all time points measured after the initial IVA+PDT...Continue Reading

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