Table 6.
Week/Visit | Total mean score of the adverse events | p value | |
---|---|---|---|
Brolucizumab arm n = 56 | Aflibercept arm n = 58 | ||
Week 0 | 0.73 ± 0.70 | 0.64 ± 0.58 | 0.44 |
Week 4 | 0.68 ± 0.54 | 0.66 ± 0.61 | 0.83 |
Week 8 | 0.80 ± 0.82 | 0.69 ± 0.71 | 0.43 |
Week 12 | 0.02 ± 0.13 | 0.07 ± 0.26 | 0.18 |
Week 16 | 0.04 ± 0.19 | 0.43 ± 0.62 | < 0.0001* |
Week 20 | 0.18 ± 0.54 | 0.40 ± 0.62 | 0.04* |
Week 24 | 0.40 ± 0.68 | 0.35 ± 0.58 | 0.68 |
Week 28 | 0.26 ± 0.56 | 0.43 ± 0.63 | 0.14 |
Week 32 | 0.33 ± 0.67 | 0.45 ± 0.63 | 0.36 |
Week 36 | 0.24 ± 0.47 | 0.48 ± 0.66 | 0.03* |
Week 40 | 0.20 ± 0.63 | 0.32 ± 0.54 | 0.30 |
Week 44 | 0.20 ± 0.45 | 0.33 ± 0.47 | 0.17 |
Week 48 | 0.07 ± 0.26 | 0.31 ± 0.47 | 0.002* |
Data presented as mean ± standard deviation
*p-value < 0.05 for the t-test considered significant
Score 0: No adverse events; Score 1: Subconjunctival haemorrhage, Pain not requiring oral NSAIDs; Score 2: Anterior chamber (AC) cells and flare less than or equal to two. No circumciliary congestion. Ocular pain requiring oral NSAID; Score 3: AC cells and flare more than two, circumciliary congestion, vitritis grade 1. Patient not requiring oral steroids for management; Score 4: Hypopyon in AC, synechiae formation, vitritis more than grade 2, optic disc oedema/hyperaemia, retinal vascular sheathing/haemorrhages in retina in addition to pre-existing choroidal neovascularization.