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. 2025 Apr 10;263(7):1885–1897. doi: 10.1007/s00417-025-06812-x

Table 2.

ARIES Algorithm results for Experiments 1, 2, and 3

EXPERIMENT 1a
AUC Accuracy Sensitivity Specificity

Patients in Group Ab

(< 3 extension decisions taken at Visits 4, 5, 6, and 7)

Patients in Group Bb

(3 or 4 extension decisions taken at Visits 4, 5, 6, and 7)

Training from scratch 0.77 64% 91% (66/72) 38% (14/36) 72 36
Following transfer learning 0.87 77% 83% (60/72) 71% (26/36) 72 36
EXPERIMENT 2a
AUC Accuracy Sensitivity Specificity Patients with high IVT-AFL needc Patients with low IVT-AFL needc
YEAR 1
Training from scratch 0.77 63% 84% (54/64) 41% (18/44) 64 44
Following transfer learning 0.84 75% 81% (52/64) 70% (31/44) 64 44
YEAR 2
Training from scratch 0.78 71% 82% (86/105) 59% (68/116) 105 116
Following transfer learning 0.79 73% 75% (79/105) 71% (82/116) 105 116
EXPERIMENT 3a
AUC Accuracy Sensitivity Specificity Patients with short intervals (< 12 weeks) at end of Year 2 Patients with long intervals (≥ 12 weeks) at end of Year 2
Training from scratch 0.74 67% 83% (96/116) 52% (55/105) 116 105
Following transfer learning 0.74 71% 80% (93/116) 63% (66/105)  116 105

aThe numerator and the denominator of the fractions for sensitivity and specificity are mean values of the fivefold cross-validation; as such, the result of division may not correspond exactly to the percentage value specified

bGroup A: predicted ‘short’ interval at Visit 7; Group B: predicted ‘long’ interval at Visit 7

cHigh IVT-AFL need was defined as ≥ 8 and ≥ 5 IVT-AFL injections per year for Year 1 and 2, respectively; low IVT-AFL need was defined as < 8 and < 5 IVT-AFL injections per year for Year 1 and 2, respectively

AUC, area under the curve; IVT-AFL, intravitreal aflibercept