Ranibizumab in treating age-related macular degeneration

Conclusions1. Monthly treatment with ranibizumab has a substantial inhibitory effect on the course of disease compared to photodynamic therapy or sham injection in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration - in followup ≤2 years.2. Monthly treatment improves vision to a substantiall...

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Corporate Author: Statens beredning för medicinsk utvärdering (Sweden)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Stockholm Swedish Council on Health Technology Assessment (SBU) May 21, 2008, 2008
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520 |a Conclusions1. Monthly treatment with ranibizumab has a substantial inhibitory effect on the course of disease compared to photodynamic therapy or sham injection in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration - in followup ≤2 years.2. Monthly treatment improves vision to a substantially higher degree in patients treated with ranibizumab compared to those who received photodynamic therapy or sham injection - in followup ≤2 years.3. Scientific evidence is insufficient regarding the effects of treatment when delivered less frequently than once per month, or for periods exceeding 2 years.4. It is unclear whether treatment can be discontinued, or if further treatments are necessary to maintain the effects.5. Scientific evidence is insufficient to assess the cost-effectiveness of the method