Real-world management of treatment-naïve diabetic macular oedema: 2-year visual outcome focusing on the starting year of intervention from STREAT-DMO study
Year: 2020
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: BACKGROUND/AIMS: To investigate the yearly change of real-world outcomes for best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) after 2-year clinical intervention for treatment-naïve diabetic macular oedema (DMO). METHODS: Retrospective analysis of aggregated, longitudinal medical records obtained from 27 retina specialised institutions in Japan from Survey of Treatment for DMO database. A total of 2049 treatment-naïve centre involving DMO eyes of which the initial intervention started between 2010 and 2015, and had been followed for 2 years, were eligible. As interventions, antivascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) agents, local corticosteroids, macular photocoagulation and vitrectomy were defined. In each eye, baseline and final BCVA, the number of each intervention for 2 years was extracted. Each eye was classified by starting year of interventional treatment. RESULTS: Although baseline BCVA did not change by year, 2-year improvement of BCVA had been increased, and reached to +6.5 letters in the latest term. There is little difference among starting year about proportions of eyes which BCVA gained >15 letters, in contrast to those which lost >15 letters were decreased by year. The proportion of eyes receiving anti-VEGF therapy was dramatically increased, while those receiving the other therapies were gradually decreased. The proportion of eyes which maintained socially good vision of BCVA>20/40 has been increased and reached to 59.0% in the latest term. CONCLUSION: For recent years, treatment patterns for DMO have been gradually but certainly changed; as a result, better visual gain, suppression of worsened eyes and better final BCVA have been obtained. Anti-VEGF therapy has become the first-line therapy and its injection frequency has been increasing.
Source: British Journal of Ophthalmology
Authors: Masahiko Shimura, Shigehiko Kitano, Daisuke Muramatsu, Harumi Fukushima, Yoshihiro Takamura, Makiko Matsumoto, Masahide Kokado, Jiro Kogo, Mariko Sasaki, Yuki Morizane, Takuya Utsumi, Takashi Koto, Shozo Sonoda, Takao Hirano, Hiroto Ishikawa, Yoshinori Mitamura, Fumiki Okamoto, Takamasa Kinoshita, Kazuhiro Kimura, Masahiko Sugimoto, Kenji Yamashiro, Yukihiko Suzuki, Taiichi Hikichi, Noriaki Washio, Tomohito Sato, Kishiko Ohkoshi, Hiroki Tsujinaka, Sentaro Kusuhara, Mineo Kondo, Hitoshi Takagi, Toshinori Murata, Taiji Sakamoto
Institutions: Tokyo Medical University Hachioji Medical Center, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo Medical University, University of Fukui, Nagasaki University, Wakayama Medical University, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical Center, Tachikawa Hospital, Okayama University, Kyorin University, Kagoshima University, Shinshu University, Hyogo Medical University, Tokushima University, University of Tsukuba, Sapporo City General Hospital, Yamaguchi University, Mie University, Otsu Red Cross Hospital, Hirosaki University, Showa General Hospital, National Defense Medical College Hospital, National Defense Medical College, St. Luke's International Hospital, Nara Medical University, Kobe University
Language: English
Subfield: Ophthalmology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W3010772587