Wykoff CC, Ou WC, Brown DM, Croft DE, Wang R, Payne JF, Clark WL, Abdelfattah NS, Sadda SR. Randomized Trial of Treat-and-Extend versus Monthly Dosing for Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration: 2-Year Results of the TREX-AMD Study.
Ophthalmol Retina 2017;
1:314-321. [PMID:
31047517 DOI:
10.1016/j.oret.2016.12.004]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2016] [Revised: 12/05/2016] [Accepted: 12/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
PURPOSE
To evaluate a prospective treat-and-extend (TREX) management strategy compared with monthly dosing with intravitreal ranibizumab (Lucentis) in neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
DESIGN
Prospective, randomized, multicenter clinical trial.
PARTICIPANTS
Sixty patients with treatment-naïve neovascular AMD randomized 1:2 to monthly or TREX cohorts.
METHODS
Patients with Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) of 20/32 to 20/500 (Snellen equivalent) were randomized to receive intravitreal 0.5 mg ranibizumab monthly or, according to a TREX protocol, no less frequently than every 12 weeks. After interval extension, if recurrent exudative disease was identified, this maximum interval between treatments was rechallenged according to a strict prospective protocol.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE
Change in ETDRS BCVA from baseline.
RESULTS
Sixty patients were enrolled and 50 completed month 24, at which point mean ETDRS BCVA letter gains were similar: 10.5 and 8.7 for the monthly and TREX cohorts, respectively (P = 0.64). At month 24, 4 patients (20%) and 12 patients (30%) in the monthly and TREX cohorts, respectively, gained at least 15 letters (P = 0.41). No monthly cohort patient lost more than 2 letters, whereas 5 TREX cohort patients (13%) lost at least 15 letters. Anatomic improvements were similar between the cohorts. Through month 24, the mean number of injections administered was 25.5 (range, 22-27) and 18.6 (range, 10-25) for the monthly and TREX cohorts, respectively (P < 0.001). Among TREX patients completing month 24, 14 (47%) were at an extension interval of 8 weeks or more, and the mean maximum tolerated extension was 8.5 weeks over the course of 2 years. Of the 26 TREX patients (65%) who demonstrated recurrent exudation upon interval extension, the first maximum extension interval was consistent in most eyes (n = 19 [73%]).
CONCLUSIONS
The TREX neovascular AMD management protocol used with ranibizumab in the Treat-and-Extend Protocol in Patients with Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration (TREX-AMD) study resulted in visual and anatomic gains comparable with those obtained with monthly dosing, and most patients randomized to TREX therapy demonstrated a relatively consistent maximum extension interval.
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