Visual and Morphologic Outcomes in Eyes with Hard Exudate in the Comparison of Age-Related Macular Degeneration Treatments Trials.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To compare baseline characteristics, visual acuity (VA) and morphological outcomes between eyes with baseline hard exudates (HE) and all other eyes among patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (NVAMD) treated with anti-vascular endothelial growth factors (anti-VEGF).

Design

Prospective cohort study within the Comparison of Age-Related Macular Degeneration Treatments Trials (CATT).

Participants

Patients with NVAMD.

Methods

Readers evaluated baseline and follow-up morphology on digital color images, fluorescein angiography (FA), and optical coherence tomography (OCT) in eyes with NVAMD that were randomly assigned to treatment with either ranibizumab or bevacizumab. Ophthalmologists identified HE on color images in the study eye.

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SUBMITTER: Daniel E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5467458 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature