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May 26, 2006
Wet AMD patients treated with Lucentis show improved visual acuity with five to six doses
INDUSTRY NEWS
Researchers at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute earlier this month released one-year results from an open-label study designed to evaluate the use of optical coherence tomography to determine when patients needed an injection of Lucentis. The average patient in this study received five or six injections over a one-year period. Overall, average vision improved in the treated eye almost two lines after one year. While 82 percent of patients had the same or better vision after one year and 35 percent of patients experienced a two-fold improvement in vision as defined by gaining three lines of vision on a standardized visual acuity chart. The improvement in vision was associated with a decrease in the leakage of fluid from the abnormal blood vessels in these eyes.
Posted by kjalali at May 26, 2006 09:57 AM