In a 64-patient trial, 26percentt of the patients treated with one drug, rhuFab V2, had improved vision of at least three lines on an eye chart after three months, doctors reported at Retina Congress 2002.
Patients had improved vision after treatment in only five cases (36%).
In our series of 16 cases, there were only 5 (36%) in which patients had improved vision after treatment.
At 6-month follow-up, half of the patients had improved vision and were comparable to their best vision post-initial cataract surgery - case 2 final vision was 6/7.5, better than 6/12 post-cataract surgery; and case 4 final vision was 6/6−2, similar to 6/6 post-cataract surgery.
A study in Kenya, Bangladesh and the Philippines, sponsored by ORBIS and partners, found that people who received cataract surgery not only had improved vision, but also had better general health, spent more time on productive activities and showed a significant increase in per capita household expenditure following surgery.
Surgery for CMVR-related RD is associated with good anatomical outcomes with most eyes maintaining or having improved vision.
After the various treatments, 2 eyes (20%) maintained their initial VAs, 3 eyes (30%) had improved vision, and 5 eyes (50%) had poorer VAs compared with their initial VAs.
For the purpose of this analysis, the visual acuity outcomes were (A) change in number of letters read on a Logarithm of the Minimal Angle of Resolution (LogMAR) chart and (B) proportion of eyes that had improved vision by 5 or more LogMAR letters.
LOS ANGELES — A treatment for eye diseases that is derived from human embryonic stem cells might have improved the vision of two patients, bolstering the beleaguered field, researchers reported Monday.
