Article ; Online: Age-related macular degeneration: a review of current therapies and new treatments.
Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia
2020 Volume 83, Issue 6, Page(s) 552–561
Abstract: Age-related macular degeneration is the leading cause of vision loss in elderly individuals, as well as a medical and socio-economic challenge. The treatment of dry age-related macular degeneration is based on vitamin supplementation. New treatment ... ...
Abstract | Age-related macular degeneration is the leading cause of vision loss in elderly individuals, as well as a medical and socio-economic challenge. The treatment of dry age-related macular degeneration is based on vitamin supplementation. New treatment studies are focused on preventing the progression of degeneration and repopulating the atrophic macula. Recently, research on the treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration experienced a breakthrough with the advent of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitors. Nevertheless, despite the fact that ranibizumab, aflibercept, and bevacizumab are effective in reducing severe visual impairment, patients usually lose some vision over time. Therefore, the search for new therapies and diagnostic methods is fundamentally important. Current studies are focused on new anti-vascular endothelial growth factor drugs, nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, antibody against sphingosine-1-phosphate, anti-platelet-derived growth factor, gene therapy, and RNA interference. The results of ongoing clinical studies may improve the therapy of age-related macular degeneration. |
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MeSH term(s) | Aged ; Angiogenesis Inhibitors/therapeutic use ; Bevacizumab/therapeutic use ; Humans ; Intravitreal Injections ; Macular Degeneration/drug therapy ; Ranibizumab/therapeutic use ; Receptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor/therapeutic use ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/therapeutic use ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A ; Visual Acuity |
Chemical Substances | Angiogenesis Inhibitors ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A ; Bevacizumab (2S9ZZM9Q9V) ; Receptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (EC 2.7.10.1) ; Ranibizumab (ZL1R02VT79) |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2020-08-12 |
Publishing country | Brazil |
Document type | Journal Article ; Review |
ZDB-ID | 603915-7 |
ISSN | 1678-2925 ; 0004-2749 |
ISSN (online) | 1678-2925 |
ISSN | 0004-2749 |
DOI | 10.5935/0004-2749.20200082 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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