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ArticleGraefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie2026

Racial and ethnic disparities in faricimab injections: a propensity matched cohort study.

Abhimanyu S Ahuja, Pranav Vasu, Isabella V Wagner, Thomas S Hwang, Syril K Dorairaj, Benjamin K Young

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Abhimanyu S AhujaCasey Eye Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, 515 SW Campus Dr, Portland, OR, 97239, USA.
Pranav VasuDepartment of Medicine, Creighton University School of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
Isabella V WagnerDepartment of Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA.
Thomas S HwangCasey Eye Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, 515 SW Campus Dr, Portland, OR, 97239, USA.
Syril K DorairajDepartment of Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA.
Benjamin K YoungCasey Eye Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, 515 SW Campus Dr, Portland, OR, 97239, USA. youngbe@ohsu.edu.

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purposeTo evaluate potential racial and ethnic disparities in the utilization of faricimab-svoa in the management of macular edema (ME) and neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD).

methodsA retrospective cohort study using the TriNetX database analyzed patients diagnosed with nAMD, type 2 diabetes with diabetic macular edema (DME), or retinal vein occlusion macular edema (RVO ME), grouped by Hispanic ethnicity, African American (AA) race, and non-Hispanic, non-AA controls. Propensity score matching was conducted for age, gender, diabetes mellitus, essential hypertension, obesity, ischemic heart disease, and atherosclerotic heart disease. The primary outcome was faricimab-svoa injection incidence at any time point after diagnosis. Odds ratios (ORs) were calculated between cohorts.

resultsOf 49,568 AA patients (mean [SD] age at injection, 68.3 [14.4] years; 58.5% women) with a diagnosis of nAMD or ME, 55 received faricimab injection (OR 0.162; 95% CI, 0.122-0.215) compared to 338 in the control group of the same size. A similar relationship was noted for Hispanic patients (mean [SD] age at injection, 66.6 [13.5] years; 50.1% women) who received the injection (25 of 13,520) compared to non-Hispanic patients (91 of 13,520) (OR 0.273; 95% CI, 0.176-0.426).

conclusionFaricimab is underutilized in the management of ME and nAMD in patients with AA race and Hispanic ethnicity compared to propensity score matched controls.

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Diabetic macular edemaFaricimab-svoa injectionHealthcare disparityNeovascular age-related macular degenerationRetina vein occlusion macular edema

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