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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Ophthalmol. 2013 May 10;156(2):283–292.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2013.03.021

TABLE 1.

Baseline Characteristics of Patients Receiving Encapsulated Cell Intraocular Implants for Retinitis Pigmentosa

CNTF3
CNTF4
Low Dose High Dose Low Dose High Dose
Sex
 Male 14 (63.3%) 20 (46.5%) 10 (50.0%) 23 (47.9%)
 Female 8 (36.4%) 23 (53.5%) 10 (50.0%) 25 (52.1%)
Race
 White 18 (81.8%) 37 (86.0%) 18 (90.0%) 47 (97.9%)
Ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic/Latino 19 (86.4%) 41 (95.3%) 20 (100.0%) 44 (91.7%)
Age
 Mean (SD) 41.1 (10.5) 42.0 (11) 34.9 (12) 40.2 (11.8)
 Median 41.0 43.0 36.0 41.5
 Range 24–59 18–67 18–58 18–59
Implant/Sham Implant/Sham Implant/Sham Implant/Sham
BCVA
 Mean (SD) 45.5 (11.2)/44.8 (10.4) 45.0 (10.4)/46.7 (9.1) 79.2 (7.5)/78.9 (7.2) 78.9 (6.9)/78.7 (6.4)
 Median 45.9/46.1 44.9/46.8 81.0/78.8 79.5/79.5
 Range 25–64/24–65 25–65/26–62 63–91/63–91 59–90/66–92
Total mac vol (mm3)
 Mean (SD) 6.0 (0.8)/6.0 (0.7) 6.2 (1.0)/6.3 (1.1) 6.3 (1.3)/6.4 (1.4) 6.3 (0.8)/6.3 (0.8)
 Median 6.1/6.0 6.0/6.1 6.1/6.4 6.2/6.2
 Range 4.7–8.2/4.7–7.9 4.3–9.1/4.5–9.3 4.5–10.6/4.7–11.2 5.1–8.3/4.9–8.4
Electroretinogram (μV)a
 Mean (SD) 8.32 (2.8)/8.26 (3.1) 14.3 (3.0)/12.7 (3.0) 15.4 (2.3)/17.2 (2.4) 22.2 (2.4)/22.4 (2.5)
 Median 8.2/8.0 13.8/10.9 15.0/21.0 21.5/21.9
 Range 2.6–65.3/1.8–58.3 3.0–84.0/3.3–88.2 3.6–65/3.7–52 5.4–149/3.9–157
Visual field sensitivity (dB)
 Mean (SD) 332 (502)/323 (494) 423 (488)/444 (496) 1142 (446)/1136 (424) 1007 (429)/998 (466)
 Median 202/175 210/209 1053/1095 965/966
 Range 31–2307/17–2247 5–1996/2–1940 538–1885/526–1875 340–2176/220–2276

BCVA = best-corrected visual acuity (letters read by Electronic Visual Acuity); CNTF3 = ciliary neurotrophic factor for late-stage retinitis pigmentosa study 3; CNTF4 = ciliary neurotrophic factor for early-stage retinitis pigmentosa study 4; Mac vol = macular volume.

a

White flash – Amplitude.