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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 18.
Published in final edited form as: Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014 Aug 29;8:CD005139. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005139.pub3

Table 4.

Adverse events up to one year: ranibizumab vs. control

Ocular adverse event* 0.3 mg ranibizumab
n = 196
0.5 mg ranibizumab
n = 201
All doses ranibizumab
n = 397
Control
n = 206
RR [95% CI]
All doses vs. control
Endophthalmitis 0 2 (< 1%) 2 (< 1%) 0 2.60 [0.13, 53.92]
Retinal detachment 1 (< 1%) 0 1 (< 1%) 1 (< 1%) 0.52 [0.03, 8.25]
Traumatic cataract 18 (9%) 22 (11%) 40 (10%) 14 (7%) 1.48 [0.83, 2.66]
Retinal hemorrhage 2 (1%) 0 2 (< 1%) 2 (< 1%) 0.52 [0.07, 3.66]
Vitreous hemorrhage 1 (< 1%) 0 1 (< 1%) 0 1.56 [0.06, 38.13]
Uveitis 0 1 (< 1%) 1 (< 1%) 0 1.56 [0.06, 38.13]
Elevated intraocular pressure (30 mmHg or more increase) 13 (7%) 17 (8%) 30 (8%) 7 (3%) 2.22 [0.99, 4.98]
Ocular inflammation (trace to 4+) 21 (11%) 26 (13%) 47 (12%) 9 (4%) 2.71 [1.36, 5.42]
Non-ocular adverse event* 0.3 mg ranibizumab
n = 196
0.5 mg ranibizumab
n = 201
All doses ranibizumab
n = 397
Control
n = 206
RR [95% CI]
All doses vs. control
Death 3 (2%) 2 (<1%) 5 (1%) 2 (< 1%) 1.30 [0.25, 6.63]
Myocardial infarction 1 (< 1%) 3 (1%) 4 (1%) 1 (< 1%) 2.08 [0.23, 18.45]
Stroke or cerebral infarction 1 (< 1%) 1 (< 1%) 2 (< 1%) 1 (< 1%) 1.04 [0.09, 11.38]
Ischemic cardiomyopathy 0 0 0 1 (< 1%) 0.17 [0.01, 4.24]
Treatment-emergent hypertension 7 (4%) 15 (7%) 22 (6%) 17 (8%) 0.67 [0.36, 1.24]
Non-ocular hemorrhage 9 (5%) 13 (6%) 22 (6%) 6 (3%) 1.90 [0.78, 4.62]

CI: confidence interval

RR: risk ratio

*

Adverse events experienced by 420 participants in the ANCHOR 2006 study and 183 participants in the PIER 2008 study. Adverse events at one-year follow up not reported in MARINA 2006.