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. 2022 Jul 28;8:51. doi: 10.1186/s40942-022-00401-4

Table 6.

The total mean score of the ocular adverse events per injection observed in each group

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.