DME

Nicole Bajic, MD, and Neel S. Vaidya, MD, MPH, share their insights from when they were at this crossroads. Learn more clinical pearls on topics like this and more at Real World Ophthalmology’s virtual conference, “Top 10 Things I Wish I Knew Sooner,” this Saturday, November 5.

The study is one of the first clinical trials to validate the clinical utility of real-world remote physiologic monitoring using an on-demand vision-as-a-service extension to the specialty retina clinic to enable remote monitoring of patients with chronic diseases such as AMD, diabetic retinopathy, and other retinal conditions.

Lawrence Whittle, Chief Commercial Officer for Verana Health, explains what the significance of imaging data linked with electronic health record data means for patient outcomes.

Replay is launching Eudora, an HSV gene therapy company that will target genetic retinal diseases.

Prevent Blindness offers videos, fact sheets, social media graphics and PowerPoint presentations to help ophthalmologists educate the public on the potential effects diabetes may have on vision.

Scott Walter, MD, an investigator in the TENAYA and LUCERNE trials discusses the year 2 data for the treat-and-extend regimen of faricimab for the treatment of nAMD and DME.

The EyeBuddy app will bring telehealth to eye doctors in the coming months, connecting patients across Bangladesh with ophthalmologists at a major eye-care hospital.

Marc Berger, Chief Operating Officer at Verana Health, highlights what a new initiative with the American Academy of Ophthalmology IRIS Registry will mean for patients and physicians.

Lloyd Paul Aiello, MD, moderated a panel at the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s 2022 annual meeting in Chicago that focused on diabetic retinopathy. He shares some of the highlights of this session.

Murtaza Adam, MD, a vitreoretinal specialist with Colorado Retina Associates, shares a few principles he has found helpful when engaging with industry or trying to execute on your own innovation.

Data from the Phase 4 observational real-world safety study of the intravitreal implant were presented at the annual American Academy of Ophthalmology’s 2022 annual conference in Chicago.

DME showed small significant improvement in study cohort.

The data analysis indicated that patients achieved robust visual gains and central subfield thickness reductions with faricimab dosed every 8 weeks and with PTI dosing up to every 16 weeks. The gains were sustained through year 2 of the trials.

Roger A. Goldberg, MD, MBA, discusses his 2022 AAO poster: "T&E-Based Personalized Treatment Interval Dynamics in the YOSEMITE/RHINE Trials of Faricimab in DME."

Faricimab simultaneously targets and inhibits two disease pathways involving Ang-2 and VEGF-A linked to a number of vision-threatening retinal conditions.

The first stage of the study will evaluate the safety and relative pharmacodynamic effect of different doses of subcutaneously administered D-4517.2 compared to intravitreal injection of aflibercept, an approved therapy, in both wet AMD and DME patients up to 12 weeks.

David A. Eichenbaum, MD, FASRS and Caroline Baumal, MD provide take-home messages to providers treating AMD and DME.

Drs David A. Eichenbaum and Caroline Baumal discuss unmet needs in treating AMD and DME.

Retina specialists discuss how to incorporate faricimab into clinical practice and discuss implacations of the TRUCKEE study.

David A. Eichenbaum, MD, FASRS, and Caroline Baumal, MD, review the dual mechanism of action of faricimab as well as the 2-year update in the TENAYA, LUCERNE, YOSEMITE, and RHINE trials.

Drs David A. Eichenbaum and Caroline Baumal discuss implications of the treat-and-extend approach with faricimab in patients with wet AMD.

Retina specialists discuss which factors impact treatment selection and how to incorporate shared decision-making into treatment selection when treating patients with AMD and DME.

David A. Eichenbaum, MD, FASRS, and Caroline Baumal, MD, discuss how AMD and DME impact a patient’s quality of life.

According to the company, this Phase 1 dose escalations study will evaluate the safety and tolerability of intravitreal injection of IBI324 in subjects with DME.

Retina indications for which ranibizumab-eqrn is interchangeable include neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration; macular edema following retinal vein occlusion; diabetic macular edema; diabetic retinopathy, and myopic choroidal neovascularization.

The doctors will join the Cataract and Primary Eye Care, Glaucoma, and Retina Services.

Treatment and reduces burden of care, providing a treatment option for patients diagnosed with diabetic macular edema.

According to the company, new imaging options presenting opportunity for better outcomes for patients.

The findings could lead to a new understanding of unexplained causes of heritable retinal diseases.

NIH-funded clinical trial finds that starting with a cheaper drug and switching to a more expensive drug as needed leads to good vision outcomes in diabetic macular edema.