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    Mai, Julia; Riedl, Sophie; Reiter, Gregor S.; Lachinov, Dmitrii; Vogl, Wolf-Dieter; Bogunovic, Hrvoje; Schmidt-Erfurth, Ursula

    American journal of ophthalmology, December 2022, 2022-12-00, 20221201, Letnik: 244
    Journal Article

    To perform an optical coherence tomography (OCT)-based analysis of geographic atrophy (GA) progression in patients treated with pegcetacoplan. Post hoc analysis of a phase 2 multicenter, randomized, sham-controlled trial. Manual annotation of retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), ellipsoid zone (EZ), and external limiting membrane (ELM) loss was performed on OCT volumes from baseline and month 12 from the phase 2 FILLY trial of intravitreal pegcetacoplan for the treatment of GA secondary to age-related macular degeneration. Correlation of GA areas measured on fundus autofluorescence and OCT. Difference in square root transformed growth rates of RPE, EZ, and ELM loss between treatment groups (monthly injection AM, injection every other month AEOM, and sham SM). OCT volumes from 113 eyes of 113 patients (38 AM, 36 AEOM, and 39 SM) were included, resulting in 11 074 B-scans. The median growth of RPE loss was significantly slower in the AM group (0.158 0.057-0.296) than the SM group (0.255 0.188-0.359, P = .014). Importantly, the growth of EZ loss was also significantly slower in the AM group (0.127 0.041-0.247) than the SM group (0.232 0.130-0.349, P = .017). There was no significant difference in the growth of ELM loss between the treatment groups (P = .114). OCT imaging provided consistent results for GA growth compared with fundus autofluorescence. In addition to slower RPE atrophy progression in patients treated with pegcetacoplan, a significant reduction in EZ impairment was also identified by OCT, suggesting the use of OCT as a potentially more sensitive monitoring tool in GA therapy.