Table 1.
Demographic Data.
No. of patients | 49 eyes of 45 patients (1 bilateral case) |
Sex | 29 female (64%), 16 male (36%) |
Age, y | Mean 76 (range, 56-90) |
Eye | 23 right, 23 left, 3 unlisted |
Race | All White |
Location | All in the United States: 15 Northeast, 9 West, 14 South, 7 Midwest |
Autoimmune history 11 (24%) total 4 (13%) excluding hypothyroid |
7 hypothyroid 1 uveitis in fellow eye 1 MS 1 Crohn disease 1 inflammatory liver disease |
Drug allergies | No pattern (49% had no allergies) |
Lens | 20 phakic (41%) 29 pseudophakic (59%) |
Length of NVAMD diagnosis prior to brolucizumab, mo | 4 treatment naive (8%) Mean 34 (range, 0-92) |
No. of prior anti-VEGF (before brolucizumab) | Mean 26.4 injections (range, 0-62 injections) Total 1265 injections |
Type of injections prior to brolucizumab (in total) | 344 (27%) ranibizumab 195 (15%) bevacizumab 726 (57%) aflibercept |
Most recent injection prior to brolucizumab | 10 ranibizumab (20%) 5 bevacizumab (10%) 29 aflibercept (59%) |
Reason to switch to brolucizumab | Extend treatment interval: 32 eyes (65%) Improve efficacy: 29 eyes (59%) Treatment naive: 4 eyes (8%) |
Abbreviations: MS, multiple sclerosis; NVAMD, neovascular age-related macular degeneration; VEGF, vascular endothelial growth factor.