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Ranibizumab and Bevacizumab for Treatment of Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Two-Year Results
Ophthalmology, 05/15/2012
Clinical Article
Martin DF et al. – Ranibizumab and bevacizumab had similar effects on visual acuity over a 2–year period. Treatment as needed resulted in less gain in visual acuity, whether instituted at enrollment or after 1 year of monthly treatment. There were no differences between drugs in rates of death or arteriothrombotic events. The interpretation of the persistence of higher rates of serious adverse events with bevacizumab is uncertain because of the lack of specificity to conditions associated with inhibition of vascular endothelial growth factor.
