Assessment of three successive treatments of ranibizumab on neovascular macular degeneration by OCT angiography

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    • Juming Zhu
    • Qing Peng
    • Tu Su
    • Minli Wang
    • Fang Wang
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  • Published online on: November 19, 2020     https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2020.9491
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Abstract

In the present study, the efficacy of three consecutive anti‑VEGF treatments in patients with neovascular macular degeneration (nAMD) was assessed by optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT‑A). A total of 23 eyes with nAMD were treated with intravitreal injections (IVIs) of ranibizumab once a month for three consecutive months. There were eight follow‑up time‑points: Prior to the initial IVI and on days 1, 3, 7, 14, 30, 60 and 90 after the first IVI. The follow‑up examinations consisted of measurements of the best‑corrected visual acuity (BCVA), the height of retinal pigmented epithelium detachment (RPED), the greatest linear dimension (GLD), choroidal neovascularization (CNV) flow area, whole retinal thickness and four‑quadrant retinal thickness. The results indicated that, when compared with the baseline, the BCVA gradually improved after IVI and improved significantly on days 60 and 90 (P<0.05); the RPED and GLD improved after IVI, with a significant improvement on days 30, 60 and 90 (all, P<0.05); the CNV flow area was gradually shortened in the early stage after IVI but rebounded on day 30, while the difference was statistically significant on day 14 (P<0.05). The temporal retinal thickness was statistically significant on day 30 (P<0.05) and there were statistically significant differences in nasal and inferior retinal thickness on days 14 and 30 compared with prior to IVI (all, P<0.05). The BCVA was positively correlated with the RPED, GLD, CNV flow area and nasal retinal thickness (all, P<0.05). In conclusion, OCT‑A may provide an effective reference to guide the evaluation, treatment and monitoring of nAMD. The present study was registered in the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (CChiTR; no. ChiCTR1900023607; http://www.chictr.org.cn/listbycreater.aspx).

Introduction

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the primary cause of irreversible visual impairment in elderly individuals (1). Patients with AMD are generally >50 years of age and present with progressive degeneration in both eyes. AMD is roughly divided into two categories: Dry AMD and wet AMD (2). Wet AMD, also known as exudative AMD or neovascular AMD (nAMD), is the most severe form of visual impairment (3,4). The pathological features of nAMD mainly include progressive atrophy of the retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE), Bruch's membrane and choroidal capillaries, resulting in the formation of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) (5,6). The formation and development of CNV have a crucial role in the whole process of nAMD. Therefore, in recent years, anti-VEGF drugs to inhibit CNV have been used for the clinical treatment of nAMD.

Fundus fluorescein angiography (FFA) and indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) are thought to be the gold standard in terms of unambiguous diagnosis, classification, positioning and active monitoring of nAMD, but the invasiveness of the examination-due to requiring intravenous dye-may rarely cause nausea, vomiting and severe allergic reactions. In the past 20 years, optical coherence tomography (OCT), particularly spectral domain OCT, has fundamentally changed the methods of diagnosis of macular disease, providing a non-invasive imaging method that is sensitive to the recognition of retinal and subretinal lesions. However, as both drusen and subretinal hemorrhage are characterized by high reflection, OCT has numerous limitations in differentiating between angiogenesis and dry AMD. OCT angiography (OCT-A) is one of the most significant advances in fundus imaging. It is able to display 3D retinal and choroidal vessels without any dye injection, so it is entirely non-invasive (7,8). In the past three years, a large number of studies, both in clinical and experimental environments, have been conducted on the surface of the eye to evaluate the depth resolution of retinal and choroidal blood flow through the qualitative and quantitative analysis of OCT-A measurements (9,10). In addition, it may be used to observe the activity or the resting state of CNV (11-13).

In the present study, nAMD cases treated with ranibizumab were prospectively enrolled and the treatment outcomes were evaluated following OCT-A-based analyses.

Materials and methods

Patient selection and study design

The present study was a prospective analysis of patients undergoing individualized treatment for nAMD recruited at the Department of Ophthalmology at Shanghai 10th People's Hospital (Shanghai, China) and was performed in compliance with the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was obtained from the Ethics Committee of Shanghai 10th People's Hospital (Shanghai, China; no. SHSY-IEC-4.0/19-41/01). All patients signed an informed consent form prior to inclusion. In this prospective study, 23 eyes of 18 patients with nAMD were examined. The patients first received three consecutive monthly injections of ranibizumab between April 2018 and November 2018.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

All patients with nAMD underwent comprehensive ophthalmic examination, including best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), slit lamp biomicroscopy, color fundus photography, fluorescein angiography, FFA/ICGA using a fundus camera (Spectralis; Heidelberg Engineering, Inc.) and OCT-A with an RTVue XR AngioVue Version 2017 (Optovue, Inc.). Furthermore, the diagnosis of nAMD in all patients was obtained from FFA/ICGA. To establish the presence of active CNV, patients must exhibit fluorescence leakage, as seen on FFA/ICGA, and hemorrhage, as seen on OCT-A, located either within or below the retina or below the RPE. The inclusion criteria for patients with nAMD in the present study were as follows: i) aged between 55 and 75 years; ii) nAMD with no previous treatment by methods including intravitreal injection (IVI) of drugs, photodynamic therapy and systemic or topical use of steroids. The exclusion criteria were a history of retinal diseases other than nAMD, glaucoma, uveitis, diabetes mellitus, rubeosis iridis, ocular infection, laser photocoagulation and intraocular surgery. Eyes that could not be imaged clearly by OCT-A were also excluded.

Study procedures

Patients with nAMD were scheduled to receive three doses of intravitreal anti-VEGF injection (ranibizumab; IVI of 0.5 mg in 0.05 ml; Lucentis; Genentech, Inc.) monthly.

The patients with nAMD were examined prior to the first IVI and on days 1, 3, 7, 14, 30, 60 and 90 after the first IVI. The second injection was administered after the follow-up examination on day 30 and the third injection was given after the follow-up on day 60. Follow-up examination included BCVA, slit-lamp biomicroscopy, color fundus photography and OCT-A.

OCT-A imaging

OCT-A scans of a 6x6 mm2 area centered on the fovea were acquired using an RT Vue-XR Avanti system (Optovue, Inc.) with AngioVue software (RTVue-XR version 2017.1.0.155; Optovue Inc.). This device uses a light source centered on a wavelength of 840 nm with a full-width at half-maximum bandwidth of 45 nm and an A-scan rate of 70,000 scans per second. At each location on the retina, the RTVue system captured two consecutive B-scans, each containing 304 A-scans. OCT-A evaluates the height of RPE detachment (RPED), the greatest linear dimension (GLD), CNV flow area, whole retinal thickness and four-quadrant retinal thickness (Fig. 1).

Fig. 1 displays representative measurements of the macula in an eye with nAMD by using OCT-A on a 6x6 mm scan. The inner ring and outer ring were subdivided into four sectors (superior, nasal, inferior and temporal). In Fig. 1A and B, the superficial and deep retinal thicknesses were measured in the fovea (1 mm), inner ring (3 mm) and outer ring (6 mm) following the Early Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy Study grid. The OCT scan (horizontal B-scan) provides segmentation of individual retinal layers, and on this diagram, the GLD and RPED may be measured. Furthermore, the CNV flow area was measured by AngioVue software (Fig. 1D and E). The OCT-A images were graded by two observers.

Statistical analysis

The parameters were presented and analyzed using typical methods for descriptive statistics. The mean and standard deviation were calculated for quantitative parameters. Repeated-measures ANOVA with Bonferroni adjustment was performed to make comparisons between each follow-up time-point with the baseline. Pearson's correlation test was used to study the correlation between BCVA and quantified OCT-A measurements in patients with nAMD at the baseline prior to the first IVI. P<0.05 was considered to indicate statistical significance. All statistical analyses were performed using the IBM SPSS Statistics (version 21.0; IBM Corp.).

Results

Patient characteristics

A total of 23 eyes from 18 patients (12 males and 6 females; age, 65.61±4.88 years) with CNV were included in the present study and all eyes had type II CNV. The baseline and follow-up results of the 23 eyes with nAMD are presented in Table I.

Table I

BCVA and optical coherence tomography angiography quantitative analysis of patients with neovascular macular degeneration at the eight follow-up points.

Table I

BCVA and optical coherence tomography angiography quantitative analysis of patients with neovascular macular degeneration at the eight follow-up points.

IndexBaselineDay 1Day 3Day 7Day 14Day 30Day 60Day 90
BCVA (LogMAR)0.67±0.450.6±0.440.6±0.480.56±0.450.56±0.420.51±0.43 0.46±0.43a 0.36±0.30a
RPED (µm)211.70±127.61208.17±128.13197.78±116.75170.83±103.08177.22±92.49156.52±88.18 a 142.64±80.47a 148.52±83.53a
GLD (mm)2.82±1.202.72±1.242.59±1.222.33±1.222.36±1.12 2,22±1.14a 2.26±1.13a 2.25±1.11a
CNV (mm2)2.08±2.182.18±2.171.92±1.761.84±1.97 1.69±1.90a1.44±1.221.33±1.181.38±1.17
Whole retinal thickness (µm)310.09±57.99296.91±43.63284.74±24.20278.83±22.06274.91±18.90275.65±21.11271.59±16.93271.26±16.61
Temporal retinal thickness (µm)346.13±83.16334.78±75.78315.78±47.19308.48±39.56298.57±30.73 297.43±37.09a295.09±31.46295.74±30.89
Superior retinal thickness (µm)342.61±72.36328.78±57.60312.74±30.23304.87±26.11297.78±18.17297.43±37.09298±21.41298±20.92
Nasal retinal thickness (µm)338.09±48.35324.96±43.59314.17±32.37306.70±28.20 300.70±24.97a 297±21.90a301.64±26.39302.17±25.92
Inferior retinal thickness (µm)354.78±94.83339.39±58.49330.13±63.12320.78±56.81 305.48±34.78a 302.83±23.97a307.45±42.15310.04±43.01

[i] aP<0.05 vs. baseline. CNV, choroidal neovascularization; GLD, greatest linear dimension; RPED, retinal pigmented epithelium detachment; IVI, intravitreal injection.

OCT-A results in nAMD patients Changes in BCVA

The BCVA gradually improved after IVI and improved significantly on days 60 and 90 in comparison to the baseline (each, P<0.05; Table I).

Changes in CNV

In Table I, the RPED also improved after IVI with a significant improvement on days 30 and 60 relative to the baseline (each, P<0.05), but it was slightly increased on day 90 compared with the baseline (P<0.05). The follow-up observations also indicated that the length of the GLD was gradually shortened after IVI and the difference was statistically significant from day 30 to day 90 (all, P<0.05). In addition, the flow area of the CNV exhibited a trend of improvement after IVI, which also became slightly elevated again on day 90; however, the difference was statistically significant only on day 14 after IVI (P<0.05).

Fig. 2 presents examination images of a 66-year-old male with nAMD. Fundus color photographs revealed a yellow-white disc-shaped lesion in the macula, surrounded by small pieces indicative of bleeding. The bleeding was gradually absorbed after IVI and there was no obvious bleeding in the macula at day 60. OCT-A suggested that the CNV had dense vascular branches prior to IVI, with secondary branches and an abnormal vascular arch. With the gradual improvement of the disease after treatment, the CNV presented with a gradually reduced blood flow density, the vascular branches became more sparse and the surrounding vascular arch was interrupted. These abnormal new blood vessels gradually became thick, straight and stiff in appearance and lacked capillaries.

Changes in retinal thickness

The whole retinal thickness and the retinal thickness in the four quadrants exhibited a slow thinning on day 30, followed by a slight thickening, with the thickness stabilizing on days 60-90. At the 7 follow-up time-points, there was no statistically significant difference in the whole retinal thickness and superior retinal thickness from that at the baseline. However, the temporal retinal thickness was significantly different on day 30 (P<0.05), and there were statistically significant differences in nasal retinal thickness and inferior retinal thickness on day 14 and day 30 compared with the baseline (all, P<0.05; Table I).

Correlations between BCVA and the quantified OCT-A measurements

Finally, the correlations between the quantified OCT-A measurements and BCVA were analyzed prior to the first time of IVI by Pearson correlation tests (Table II). The results suggested that the BCVA was positively correlated with RPED (r=0.26, P=0.001), GLD (r=0.26, P=0.001), CNV flow area (r=0.24, P=0.002) and nasal retinal thickness (r=-0.18, P=0.021).

Table II

Correlations of best-corrected visual acuity with quantified optical coherence tomography angiography measurements in patients with neovascular macular degeneration prior to the first intravitreal injection.

Table II

Correlations of best-corrected visual acuity with quantified optical coherence tomography angiography measurements in patients with neovascular macular degeneration prior to the first intravitreal injection.

VariableCorrelation parameters
RPEDr=0.26, P=0.001
GLDr=0.26, P=0.001
CNVr=0.24, P=0.002
Whole retinal thicknessr=-0.07, P=0.382
Temporal retinal thicknessr=0.16, P=0.054
Superior retinal thicknessr=0.02, P=0.831
Nasal retinal thicknessr=-0.18, P=0.021
Inferior retinal thicknessr=0.03, P=0.683

[i] r, Pearson correlation coefficient; CNV, choroidal neovascularization; GLD, greatest linear dimension; RPED, retinal pigmented epithelium detachment.

Discussion

In the clinic, injection of anti-VEGF is mainly used to treat nAMD, which is able to effectively reduce the size of the CNV and the severity of vascular leakage. Fauser et al (14) indicated that both BCVA values of patients with nAMD were significantly improved and the expression level of VEGF was significantly decreased after patients were injected with anti-VEGF. However, certain studies indicated that anti-VEGF did not significantly improve the BCVA (15,16). In the present study, the BCVA was gradually improved after treatment and the improvement on days 60 and 90 was statistically significant. Furthermore, the three indicators of RPED, GLD and CNV flow area, were determined in the present study, which exhibited a tendency of improvement in the early stage. The reason for this may be that the patients were treated with ranibizumab for the first time and were sensitive to the drug, and thus, the visual acuity was significantly improved. The present results also suggested that the three indicators were positively correlated with the BCVA, suggesting that these indicators are able to directly reflect the disease. The pathophysiological mechanism of nAMD is complex and known to be associated with oxidative damage (17,18), immune response, aging, metabolic disorders and chronic inflammatory reactions (1,19,20). Therefore, anti-VEGF alone cannot effectively control the development of nAMD for long periods of time and may require to be combined with other therapies at later stages, such as anti-inflammatory therapy.

In 2011, 1-year results of the Comparison of AMD Treatments Trials (CATT) (21) supported that both ranibizumab and bevacizumab reduced retinal and subretinal fluid, but ranibizumab eliminated fluid more. In addition, there were more serious adverse events in patients treated with bevacizumab. Therefore, ranibizumab is widely used for anti-VEGF therapy in patients with nAMD. However, in 2020, one CATT (22) suggested that ranibizumab and bevacizumab had similar effects on visual acuity over a 2-year period, and there were no differences between drugs in rates of death or arteriothrombotic events. Recently, another study indicated a similar systemic safety profile for bevacizumab and ranibizumab as intravitreal pharmacotherapies for common retinal conditions in routine clinical practice (23). In addition, bevacizumab is available at low cost and it may have a greater potential for clinical use. Regrettably, a large number of patients experienced ocular adverse events in Shanghai in September 2010 after treatment with bevacizumab (Avastin; Genentech) (24,25). Therefore, the application of bevacizumab in China is limited by policy implications (26).

The advantage of the present study is that changes in patients with nAMD after anti-VEGF injections were closely observed, but the disadvantages are that the observation time was short, the number of cases was small and changes in the condition of recurrent refractory nAMD were not observed. Therefore, further studies with an increased number of patients will be performed in the future to avoid the inclusion of two eyes from the same patient, thereby making the results more credible.

In conclusion, nAMD is a severe, blinding eye disease and its incidence is increasing year by year, but the available clinical treatments have no significant long-term effect, so it is urgent to develop novel drugs and methods that are efficient alongside these current treatments. OCT-A, a non-invasive imaging technique that allows for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of macular lesions, may provide an effective biomarker and guide the evaluation, treatment and monitoring of patients with nAMD.

Acknowledgements

Not applicable.

Funding

This study was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant no. 81770939).

Availability of data and materials

The datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

Authors' contributions

JZ, QP and FW made substantial contributions to conception and design. JZ, QP and TS acquired the data. JZ and MW analyzed and interpreted the data. JZ and QP involved in drafting the manuscript. FW gave final approval for the version to be published. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

Ethics approval and consent to participate

All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the Ethics Committee of Shanghai 10th People's Hospital (Shanghai, China) and with the Declaration of Helsinki from 1964 and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Approval was obtained from the Ethics Committee of Shanghai 10th People's Hospital (Shanghai, China; no. SHSY-IEC-4.0/19-41/01). Prior written informed consent was obtained from all participants included in the study.

Patient consent for publication

Not applicable.

Competing interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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