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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Mar 17.
Published in final edited form as: Ophthalmology. 2015 May 9;122(7):1426–1437. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2015.04.006

Table 5.

Comparison of Visual Outcomes in Patients Treated with Laser plus Ranibizumab versus Ranibizumab Alone

Outcome Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion
Central Retinal Vein Occlusion
Ranibizumab + Laser Ranibizumab Alone P Value Ranibizumab + Laser Ranibizumab Alone P Value
Week 48 completers
 Mean BCVA (letter score) (n = 20) (n = 18) (n = 18) (n = 19)
  Week 24 69.9 ± 3.1 61.3 ± 3.0 0.06 63.1 ± 3.3 62.8 ± 4.5 0.87
  Week 48 62.4 ± 2.7 64.1 ± 3.4 0.70 59.8 ± 4.1 62.8 ± 4.7 0.31
  Change from baseline to week 48 −7.5 ± 1.9 2.8 ± 2.1 <0.001 −3.3 ± 2.7 0.0 ± 2.0 0.34
Week 96 completers
 Mean BCVA (letter score) (n = 17) (n = 18) (n = 16) (n = 17)
  Week 24 73.0 ± 2.9 61.3 ± 3.0 0.01 63.1 ± 3.4 60.8 ± 4.8 0.71
  Week 96 71.0 ± 2.9 66.1 ± 2.8 0.24 63.8 ± 3.7 59.2 ± 5.0 0.89
  Change from baseline to week 96 −2.0 ± 1.9 4.8 ± 2.8 0.03 0.69 ± 3.1 −1.6 ± 3.1 0.60
Week 144 completers
 Mean BCVA (letter score) (n = 17) (n = 16) (n = 15) (n = 15)
  Week 24 73.0 ± 2.9 61.0 ± 3.3 0.01 62.5 ± 3.6 61.7 ± 5.3 0.90
  Week 144 70.4 ± 2.9 64.1 ± 3.9 0.21 62.9 ± 4.3 55.1 ± 6.5 0.69
  Change from baseline to week 144 −2.6 ± 2.2 3.1 ± 3.3 0.19 0.4 ± 4.3 −6.7 ± 3.7 0.22

BCVA = best-corrected visual acuity.