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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 5.

Pathologic Changes From Baseline at 12 Months in Patients Receiving Encapsulated Cell Intraocular Implants for Retinitis Pigmentosa

Endpoint CNTF3
CNTF4
Low-Dose Implant/Sham High-Dose Implant/Sham Low-Dose Implant/Sham High-Dose Implant/Sham
Change in macular edema total 18/18 36/36 19/19 47/47
 No 15 (83%)/15 (83%) 25 (69%)/26 (72%) 10 (53%)/9 (47%) 17 (36%)/16 (34%)
 Yes 3 (17%)/3 (17%) 11 (31%)/10 (28%) 9 (47%)/10 (53%) 30 (64%)/31 (66%)
Change in epiretinal membrane total 18/19 41/39 19/19 47/46
 No 7 (39%)/5 (26%) 6 (15%)/10 (26%) 11 (58%)/10 (53%) 21 (45%)/23 (50%)
 Yes 11 (61%)/14 (74%) 35 (85%)/29 (74%) 8 (42%)/9 (47%) 26 (55%)/23 (50%)
Change in vitreomacular attachment total 17/18 36/37 19/19 47/45
 No 15 (88%)/18 (100%) 32 (89%)/33 (89%) 18 (95%)/16 (84%) 45 (96%)/42 (93%)
 Yes 2 (12%)/0 (0%) 4 (11%)/4 (11%) 1 (5%)/3 (16%) 2 (4%)/3 (7%)

CNTF3 = ciliary neurotrophic factor for late-stage retinitis pigmentosa study 3; CNTF4 = ciliary neurotrophic factor for early-stage retinitis pigmentosa study 4.