Subfoveal Choroidal Thickness as a Potential Predictor of Clinical Response to Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Ophthalmic Surgery, Lasers & Imaging Retina
Mahdy RanjbarSalvatore Grisanti

Abstract

Stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT) is a new adjuvant treatment modality that has been shown to reduce the need for repetitive intravitreal injections (IVIs) in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD). The authors aimed to determine baseline predictors of clinical response to SRT. This was a retrospective, observational case series of patients with nAMD who underwent SRT and subsequently had at least 12 months of complete follow-up. After SRT and one mandatory IVI, patients were examined every 4 weeks and received further treatment on a pro re nata basis. Examination included enhanced depth imaging spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) to measure subfoveal choroidal thickness (SFCT) and central macular thickness (CMT). Patients' data were retrieved from medical records and included demographics, disease duration, lesion size, best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), previous number of IVIs, and type of drug applied. A total of 35 eyes of 35 patients (76.23 years ± 7.05 years) were included, and 21 eyes (60%) responded well to SRT. The annual injection rate decreased from 6.86 before SRT to 3.46 afterward, whereas BCVA improved from 0.49 logMAR at baseline to 0.37 logMAR at final follow-up. From...Continue Reading

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