Informing endpoints for clinical trials of geographic atrophy

EM Lad, M Fleckenstein, FG Holz… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Geographic atrophy (GA), the non-neovascular advanced form of age-related macular
degeneration, remains an important disease area in which treatment needs are currently …

Association of complement C3 inhibitor pegcetacoplan with reduced photoreceptor degeneration beyond areas of geographic atrophy

M Pfau, S Schmitz-Valckenberg, R Ribeiro, R Safaei… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Preservation of photoreceptors beyond areas of retinal pigment epithelium atrophy is a
critical treatment goal in eyes with geographic atrophy (GA) to prevent vision loss. Thus, we …

Perspectives from clinical trials: is geographic atrophy one disease?

S Sivaprasad, S Chandra, J Kwon, N Khalid, V Chong - Eye, 2023 - nature.com
Geographic atrophy (GA) is currently an untreatable condition. Emerging evidence from
recent clinical trials show that anti-complement therapy may be a successful treatment …

[HTML][HTML] Relationship of topographic distribution of macular atrophy secondary to neovascular AMD and reading performance

F Ricardi, E Borrelli, G Boscia… - … & Visual Science, 2024 - jov.arvojournals.org
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to provide a topographical assessment of macular
atrophy in successfully treated neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) eyes …

The issue of end point discordance in dry age-related macular degeneration: how might clinical trials demonstrate a functional benefit?

EM Lad, U Chakravarthy - Ophthalmology, 2023 - aaojournal.org
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a disorder of the macula characterized in its
early and intermediate stages by the presence of drusen and pigmentary abnormalities in …

[HTML][HTML] Progression of geographic atrophy: retrospective analysis of patients from the IRIS® Registry (Intelligent Research in Sight)

E Rahimy, MA Khan, AC Ho, M Hatfield… - Ophthalmology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose To evaluate disease progression and associated vision changes in patients with
geographic atrophy (GA) secondary to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in 1 eye …

Retinal OCT biomarkers associated with reading performance in patients with persistent vs. resolved diabetic macular edema

F Ricardi, I Reccalenda, G Boscia… - European Journal …, 2025 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Recent advancements in imaging technologies, particularly structural optical
coherence tomography (OCT), have improved the understanding of diabetic macular edema …

Toward an internationally accepted standard for reading charts

W Radner - Progress in Retinal and Eye Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Patients who suffer from sight-threatening eye diseases share a desire to regain a
comfortable reading ability. In light of the modern advances achieved in ophthalmic …

Efficacy οf Wet Age-related Macular Degeneration Treatment οn Reading: A Pilot Study Using Eye-movement Analysis

E Ktistakis, P Simos, MK Tsilimbaris… - Optometry and Vision …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
PURPOSE This study aimed to evaluate silent reading performance by means of eye fixation
analysis before and after anti-VEGF treatment in wAMD patients. METHODS Sixteen wAMD …

Prosthetic Visual Acuity with the PRIMA System in Patients with Atrophic Age-related Macular Degeneration at 4 years follow-up

MMK Muqit, Y Le Mer, LO de Koo, FG Holz… - medRxiv, 2023 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective: To assess the efficacy and safety of the PRIMA subretinal neurostimulation
system 48-months post-implantation for improving visual acuity (VA) in patients with …