Abstract
Aims: To analyse the incidence and baseline clinical characteristics of patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) treated with intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) injections in a defined UK region. Methods: A standardised dataset was collected prospectively using an electronic medical record (EMR) system from 1 January 2008 to 21 June 2012 for all patients living in Gloucestershire who received intravitreal anti-VEGF injections for nAMD. Results: Over the study period, 1207 eyes from 1033 patients began intravitreal anti-VEGF injections for nAMD. The annual incidence in the years after National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) technology appraisal 155 implementation was stable at 120 (95% CI 110 to 138) eyes or 100 (89 to 115) people per 100 000 population. The most common indication was occult choroidal neovascularisation (51%). Median baseline visual acuity (VA) was significantly higher for second treated than first treated eyes (66 and 56 letters, respectively; p
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1168-1172 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | British Journal Of Ophthalmology |
Volume | 97 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Sept 2013 |