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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Subthreshold nanosecond laser intervention in age-related macular degeneration: the LEAD randomized controlled clinical trial |
Author: | Guymer, R.H. Wu, Z. Hodgson, L.A.B. Caruso, E. Brassington, K.H. Tindill, N. Aung, K.Z. McGuinness, M.B. Fletcher, E.L. Chen, F.K. Chakravarthy, U. Arnold, J.J. Heriot, W.J. Durkin, S.R. Lek, J.J. Harper, C.A. Wickremasinghe, S.S. Sandhu, S.S. Baglin, E.K. Sharangan, P. et al. |
Citation: | Ophthalmology, 2019; 126(6):829-838 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Issue Date: | 2019 |
ISSN: | 0161-6420 1549-4713 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Robyn H. Guymer, Zhichao Wu, Lauren A.B. Hodgson, Emily Caruso, Kate H. Brassington, Nicole Tindill, Khin Zaw Aung, Myra B. McGuinness, Erica L. Fletcher, Fred K. Chen, Usha Chakravarthy, Jennifer J. Arnold, Wilson J. Heriot, Shane R. Durkin, Jia Jia Lek, Colin A. Harper, Sanjeewa S. Wickremasinghe, Sukhpal S. Sandhu, Elizabeth K. Baglin, Pyrawy Sharangan, Sabine Braat, Chi D. Luu, for the Laser Intervention in Early Stages of Age-Related Macular Degeneration Study Group |
Abstract: | Purpose: There is an urgent need for a more effective intervention to slow or prevent progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) from its early stages to vision-threatening late complications. Subthreshold nanosecond laser (SNL) treatment has shown promise in preclinical studies and a pilot study in intermediate AMD (iAMD) as a potential treatment. We aimed to evaluate the safety of SNL treatment in iAMD and its efficacy for slowing progression to late AMD. Design: The Laser Intervention in Early Stages of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (LEAD) study is a 36-month, multicenter, randomized, sham-controlled trial. Participants: Two hundred ninety-two participants with bilateral large drusen and without OCT signs of atrophy. Methods: Participants were assigned randomly to receive Retinal Rejuvenation Therapy (2RT®; Ellex Pty Ltd, Adelaide, Australia) SNL or sham treatment to the study eye at 6-monthly intervals. Main Outcome Measures: The primary efficacy outcome was the time to development of late AMD defined by multimodal imaging (MMI). Safety was assessed by adverse events. Results: Overall, progression to late AMD was not slowed significantly with SNL treatment compared with sham treatment (adjusted hazard ratio [HR], 0.61; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.33-1.14; P = 0.122). However, a post hoc analysis showed evidence of effect modification based on the coexistence of reticular pseudodrusen (RPD; adjusted interaction P = 0.002), where progression was slowed for the 222 participants (76.0%) without coexistent RPD at baseline (adjusted HR, 0.23; 95% CI, 0.09-0.59; P = 0.002), whereas an increased progression rate (adjusted HR, 2.56; 95% CI, 0.80-8.18; P = 0.112) was observed for the 70 participants (24.0%) with RPD with SNL treatment. Differences between the groups in serious adverse events were not significant. Conclusion: In participants with iAMD without MMI-detected signs of late AMD, no significant difference in the overall progression rate to late AMD between those receiving SNL and sham treatment were observed. However, SNL treatment may have a role in slowing progression for those without coexistent RPD and may be inappropriate in those with RPD, warranting caution when considering treatment in clinical phenotypes with RPD. Our findings provide compelling evidence for further trials of the 2RT® laser, but they should not be extrapolated to other short-pulse lasers. |
Keywords: | Laser Intervention in Early Stages of Age-Related Macular Degeneration Study Group |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.ophtha.2018.09.015 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1027624 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1103013 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1104985 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1054712 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1142962 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ophtha.2018.09.015 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 8 Opthalmology & Visual Sciences publications |
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