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Basigina/metabolismo , Tratamento Farmacológico da COVID-19 , Receptores de Coronavírus/metabolismo , Glicoproteína da Espícula de Coronavírus/metabolismo , Enzima de Conversão de Angiotensina 2/metabolismo , Anticorpos Monoclonais Humanizados/uso terapêutico , Basigina/antagonistas & inibidores , Basigina/imunologia , COVID-19/imunologia , Ciclofilina A/imunologia , Humanos , Linfopenia/imunologia , SARS-CoV-2 , Linfócitos T/imunologiaRESUMO
PURPOSE: To evaluate the additive effect of triamcinolone to bevacizumab in comparison to standard macular laser photocoagulation versus bevacizumab in the management of diabetic macular edema (DME). METHODS: In a prospective, randomized clinical trial, 130 eyes of 110 patients with type 2 diabetes with DME were included. Eligible eyes were randomly assigned to 1.25 mg intravitreal bevacizumab (42 eyes) (IVB group) or combination of 1.25 mg bevacizumab and 2 mg triamcinolone acetonide (41 eyes) (IVB+IVT group) or macular laser photocoagulation (47 eyes) (MPC). Central macular thickness (CMT) and visual acuity changes at week 6 and 16 were assessed. RESULTS: The mean age of the patients was 57 -/+7 years. Patients were followed 16 weeks. At week 6, all the three groups showed significant reduction in CMT but the reductions for IVB and IVB+IVT were significantly more than MPC (p<0.001). At week 16, the response was not stable for IVB (p<0.001), but IVB+IVT maintained its superior status to MPC (p<0.001). At week 16, visual acuities were essentially unchanged for the two groups of MPC and IVB and improvement for IVB+IVT was marginal and at most was 0.1 log MAR. No patient developed uveitis, endophthalmitis, or thromboembolic event. CONCLUSIONS: Single intravitreal bevacizumab or triamcinolone plus bevacizumab injection brought about significantly greater macular thickness reduction in diabetic patients in comparison to standard laser treatment. However, the response for bevacizumab alone was short-lived. Reduction in macular thickness was only marginally associated with visual acuity improvement in the triamcinolone plus bevacizumab injection group.
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Inibidores da Angiogênese/uso terapêutico , Anticorpos Monoclonais/uso terapêutico , Retinopatia Diabética/terapia , Glucocorticoides/uso terapêutico , Fotocoagulação a Laser/métodos , Edema Macular/terapia , Triancinolona Acetonida/uso terapêutico , Adulto , Idoso , Anticorpos Monoclonais Humanizados , Bevacizumab , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/complicações , Retinopatia Diabética/tratamento farmacológico , Retinopatia Diabética/fisiopatologia , Retinopatia Diabética/cirurgia , Quimioterapia Combinada , Feminino , Seguimentos , Humanos , Injeções , Edema Macular/tratamento farmacológico , Edema Macular/fisiopatologia , Edema Macular/cirurgia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estudos Prospectivos , Retina/patologia , Tomografia de Coerência Óptica , Resultado do Tratamento , Fator A de Crescimento do Endotélio Vascular/antagonistas & inibidores , Acuidade Visual/fisiologia , Corpo VítreoRESUMO
PURPOSE: To evaluate the additional therapeutic effect of single intravitreal bevacizumab injection on standard laser treatment in the management of proliferative diabetic retinopathy. METHODS: A prospective, fellow-eye sham controlled clinical trial was conducted on 80 eyes of 40 high-risk characteristic proliferative diabetic retinopathy type II diabetics. All cases received standard laser treatment according to Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study protocol. Avastin-assigned eyes received 1.25 mg intravitreal bevacizumab (Genentech Inc., San Francisco, CA) on the first session of their laser treatments. Fluorescein angiography was performed at baseline and at weeks 6 and 16, and proliferative diabetic retinopathy regression was evaluated in a masked fashion. RESULTS: The median age was 52 years (range: 39-68) and 30% of the participants were male. All patients were followed for 16 weeks. A total of 87.5% of Avastin-injected eyes and 25% of sham group showed complete regression at week 6 of follow-up (p<0.005). However, at week 16, PDR recurred in a sizable number of the Avastin-treated eyes, and the complete regression rate in the two groups became identical (25%; p=1.000); partial regression rates were 70% vs 65%. In the subgroup of Avastin-treated eyes, multivariate analysis identified hemoglobin A1c as the strongest predictor of proliferative diabetic retinopathy recurrence (p=0.033). CONCLUSIONS: Intravitreal bevacizumab remarkably augmented the short-term response to scatter panretinal laser photocoagulation in high-risk characteristic proliferative diabetic retinopathy but the effect was short-lived, as many of the eyes showed rapid recurrence. Alternative dosing (multiple and/or periodic intravitreal Avastin injections) is recommended for further evaluation.