SERUM LEVELS OF VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR BEFORE AND AFTER INTRAVITREAL INJECTION OF RANIBIZUMAB OR CONBERCEPT FOR NEOVASCULAR AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION
SERUM LEVELS OF VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR BEFORE AND AFTER INTRAVITREAL INJECTION OF RANIBIZUMAB OR CONBERCEPT FOR NEOVASCULAR AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION
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玻璃体内注射雷珠单抗或康柏西普治疗新生血管性年龄相关性黄斑变性前后血清血管内皮生长因子水平
DOI:
10.1097/iae.0000000000001274
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发表时间:
2017-05-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Zhao, Mingwei
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作者:
Jin, Enzhong;Bai, Yujing;Zhao, Mingwei
Objective: To investigate the serum levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) before and after intravitreal injection of conbercept or ranibizumab for neovascular age-related macular degeneration and polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy patients.Methods: This study is a prospective, interventional case series and involved 28 patients, 18 treated with 0.5 mg of conbercept and 10 treated with 0.5 mg of ranibizumab. Serum concentrations of VEGF were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay before the injection and at 1 day, 1 week, and 1 month after anti-VEGF treatments.Results: The baseline serum VEGF level of the ranibizumab group was 367.11 +/- 311.87 pg/mL, whereas that of the conbercept group was 315.06 +/- 170.88 pg/mL (P = 0.653). In the conbercept group, VEGF level significantly decreased to 36.32 +/- 72.11 pg/mL at 1 day (P = 0.03) and returned to 136.55 +/- 144.62 pg/mL at 1 week (P = 0.03). At 1 month, the concentration increased to 334.48 +/- 197.41 pg/mL and showed no significant difference compared with the baseline. In the ranibizumab group, the serum VEGF levels were 292.42 +/- 239.80 pg/mL, 282.60 +/- 201.36 pg/mL, and 308.83 +/- 266.89 pg/mL at 1 day, 1 week, and 1 month after intravitreal injection, respectively. There was no significant difference in the ranibizumab group at each detection time point (P = 0.45).Conclusion: Conbercept significantly decreased serum VEGF level 1 day and 1 week after injection, but this effect was not sustained for 1 month. In contrast, ranibizumab had no significant effect on serum VEGF concentration changes. The reduction in serum VEGF by conbercept may affect its systemic safety profile.