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ArticleDie Ophthalmologie2024

[Aflibercept in a real-world setting: the AURIGA study : 24-month results of the German cohort of treatment-naïve patients with macular edema following retinal vein occlusion receiving intravitreal aflibercept].

Joachim Wachtlin, Hakan Kaymak, Hans Hoerauf, Helmut Allmeier, Tobias Machewitz, Paula Scholz, Markus Schürks, Nicolas Feltgen

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Joachim WachtlinSankt Gertrauden Krankenhaus, Paretzer Str. 12, 10713, Berlin, Deutschland. Joachim.Wachtlin@sankt-gertrauden.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5355-5729
Hakan KaymakInternationale Innovative Ophthalmochirurgie GbR, Düsseldorf, Deutschland.
Hans HoeraufAugenklinik, Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Göttingen, Deutschland.
Helmut AllmeierBayer Consumer Care AG, Basel, Schweiz.
Tobias MachewitzBayer AG, Berlin, Deutschland.
Paula ScholzBayer Vital GmbH, Leverkusen, Deutschland.
Markus SchürksBayer Vital GmbH, Leverkusen, Deutschland.
Nicolas FeltgenAugenklinik, Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Göttingen, Deutschland.

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backgroundAURIGA is the largest prospective real-world study to evaluate intravitreal aflibercept 2 mg (IVT-AFL) treatment of macular edema (ME) secondary to retinal vein occlusion (RVO) and diabetic macular edema. Here we present the 24-month data from the German cohort of treatment-naïve patients with ME due to RVO.

methodsTreatment-naïve patients with ME secondary to RVO were treated with IVT-AFL 2 mg in the routine clinical practice. The primary endpoint was mean change in visual acuity (VA, early treatment diabetic retinopathy, ETDRS, letters) at month 12 compared to baseline. Analyses were descriptive.

resultsAnalysis included 130 patients with RVO (n = 61, 46.9% with central RVO, n = 69, 53.1% with branch RVO). The mean (± SD) time the RVO patients remained in the study was 18.4 ± 7.4 months. The mean VA gain (95% confidence interval) in the overall cohort was +10.9 (7.5-14.2) letters at month 12 and +9.7 (6.1-13.3) at month 24 (baseline VA 56.5 ± 18.9 letters). At 24 months, 67% of RVO patients gained ≥5 letters and 40% gained ≥15 letters. The mean number of injections was 4.4 ± 1.3 up to month 6, 6.2 ± 2.7 up to month 12 and 8.2 ± 4.5 up to month 24. The mean central retinal thickness (CRT) reduction was -206µm (-252 to -160µm) at 12 months and -219µm (-263 to -175µm) at 24 months (baseline CRT 507 ± 177 µm). The safety profile was consistent with that of previous studies. DISCUSSION: In the German AURIGA cohort of treatment-naïve patients with ME secondary to RVO, IVT-AFL 2 mg treatment in clinical practice resulted in rapid and clinically relevant VA gains and a reduction in CRT. These results were largely maintained over 24 months despite the low injection frequency from month 6.

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Intravitreal InjectionsMacular EdemaReceptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth FactorRecombinant Fusion ProteinsRetinal Vein OcclusionVisual AcuityAgedAngiogenesis InhibitorsFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGermanyHumansMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesTomography, Optical CoherenceafliberceptAngiogenesis InhibitorsReceptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth FactorRecombinant Fusion ProteinsIntravitreal afliberceptMacular edemaReal worldRetinal vein occlusionTreatment naïve

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