Article Text

Download PDFPDF
Topical bromfenac reduces the frequency of intravitreal bevacizumab in patients with branch retinal vein occlusion
  1. Masahiko Shimura,
  2. Kanako Yasuda
  1. Department of Ophthalmology, NTT East Japan Tohoku Hospital, Sendai, Japan
  1. Correspondence to Dr Masahiko Shimura, Department of Ophthalmology, Tokyo Medical University Hachioji Medical Center, 1163 Tate-machi, Hachioji, Tokyo 193-0998, Japan; masahiko{at}v101.vaio.ne.jp

Abstract

Background/aims To evaluate the effectiveness of topical bromfenac during treatment with intravitreal injections of bevacizumab (IVB) in eyes with macular oedema (ME) secondary to branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO).

Methods Prospective interventional case–control study. 48 eyes of 44 patients with ME-BRVO who received 1.25 mg/0.05 mL of IVB showed temporary regression of ME. Additional IVB were given when ME recurred. 24 eyes received topical bromfenac, and the other 24 eyes received topical saline as control, four times a day during the clinical course of 48 weeks. The clinical course of foveal thickness (FT) as measured by optical coherence tomography, logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution visual acuity (VA), was monitored. The number of IVB was also recorded.

Results There were no significant differences in FT, VA between the bromfenac-treated eyes and the control eyes at the initial and final examinations. The number of injections in bromfenac-treated eyes of 3.8±1.1 times was significantly less than in the control eyes of 4.8±1.2 times.

Conclusions Although topical bromfenac during IVB therapy in eyes with ME secondary to BRVO did not affect the visual prognosis, it had the advantage of reducing the number of injections.

Trial registration number UMIN 14929.

  • Retina
  • Macula
  • Drugs

Statistics from Altmetric.com

Request Permissions

If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways.

Linked Articles

  • At a glance
    Keith Barton James Chodosh Jost Jonas