Exploring the angiographic-biologic phenotype in the IMAGINE study: quantitative UWFA and cytokine expression.

The British Journal of Ophthalmology
Joseph R AbrahamJustis P Ehlers

Abstract

This study investigates the association of intraocular cytokine expression and ultrawide-field fluorescein angiography (UWFA) quantitative imaging biomarkers and their association with angiographical feature response after antivascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy in diabetic macular oedema (DME). The IMAGINE DME study is a post hoc imaging biomarker and intraocular cytokine assessment from the DAVE study, a prospective DME clinical trial that included aqueous humour sampling and UWFA imaging. Fifty-four cytokines associated with inflammation and angiogenesis were evaluated through multiplex arrays. UWFA parameters were assessed using an automated feature analysis platform to determine ischaemic and leakage indices and microaneurysm (MA) count. Eyes were classified into UWFA responder or non-responder groups based on longitudinal quantitative UWFA parameter improvement. Cytokine expression was correlated with UWFA metrics and evaluated in the context of therapeutic response. Twenty-one eyes were included with a mean age of 55±10 years. Increased panretinal leakage index correlated with VEGF (r=0.70, p=0.0005), angiopoietin-like 4 (r=0.77, p=4.6E-5) and interleukin (IL)-6 (r=0.64, p=0.002). Panretinal ischaemic index...Continue Reading

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