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Table 2 VA change from baseline at 12 and 18 months after switching to brolucizumab

From: Switching to brolucizumab: injection intervals and visual, anatomical and safety outcomes at 12 and 18 months in real-world eyes with neovascular age-related macular degeneration

Cohort

VA change from baseline

mean (95% CI) ETDRS letters

P-value

12-month brolucizumab cohort (N = 174 eyes)*

− 1.1 (− 3.7, 1.6)

0.42

Baseline injection interval sub-groups

  < 8 weeks ( n = 120 eyes)

− 1.7 (− 4.9, 1.5)

0.30

  ≥ 8 weeks (n = 54 eyes)

0.3 (− 4.4, 4.9)

0.90

Baseline VA sub-groups (ETDRS letter range)

 Eyes with the best baseline VA (74.1–85.0 letters; n = 43 eyes)

− 3.7 (− 7.3, − 0.1)

0.04

 Eyes with better baseline VA (65.1–74.2 letters; n = 40 eyes)

− 2.0 (− 6.7, 2.7)

0.39

 Eyes with worse baseline VA (53.9–65.1 letters; n = 48 eyes)

− 1.6 (− 4.9, 1.8)

0.37

 Eyes with the worst baseline VA (19.9–53.9 letters; n = 43 eyes)

 + 3.0 (− 3.3, 9.2)

0.35

ETDRS letter vision change from baseline at Month 12

n (%)

 

  ≥ 30 letters gained

3 (1.7)

  ≥ 15 to < 30 letters gained

13 (7.5)

  ≥ 5 to < 15 letters gained

26 (14.9)

  < 5 letters lost to < 5 letters gained

94 (54.0)

  ≥ 5 to < 15 letters lost

19 (10.9)

  ≥ 15 to < 30 letters lost

7 (4.0)

  ≥ 30 letters lost

10 (5.7)

 

VA change from baseline

mean (95% CI) ETDRS letters

P-value

18-month brolucizumab cohort (N = 95 eyes)**

0.0 (− 3.1, 3.1)

0.98

Baseline injection interval sub-groups

  < 8 weeks (n = 69 eyes)

− 0.1 (− 3.3, 3.0)

0.94

  ≥ 8 weeks (n = 26 eyes)

0.2 (− 8.0, 8.3)

0.97

Baseline VA sub-groups (ETDRS letter range)

 Eyes with the best baseline VA (76.2–85.0 letters; n = 21 eyes)

− 5.5 (− 10.0, -0.9)

0.02

 Eyes with better baseline VA (67.1–76.2 letters; n = 27 eyes)

− 2.6 (− 5.6, 0.4)

0.08

 Eyes with worse baseline VA (58.8–67.1 letters; n = 23 eyes)

1.8 (− 1.6, 5.1)

0.29

 Eyes with the worst baseline VA (19.9–58.8 letters; n = 24 eyes)

5.9 (− 3.0, 14.8)

0.18

ETDRS letter vision change from baseline at Month 18

n (%)

 

  ≥ 30 letters gained

2 (2.1)

  ≥ 15 to < 30 letters gained

8 (8.4)

  ≥ 5 to < 15 letters gained

12 (12.6)

  < 5 letters lost to < 5 letters gained

47 (49.5)

  ≥ 5 to < 15 letters lost

20 (21.1)

  ≥ 15 to < 30 letters lost

3 (3.2)

  ≥ 30 letters lost

3 (3.2)

  1. CI confidence interval, ETDRS Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study, VA visual acuity
  2. *all nAMD patients who switched to brolucizumab from other anti-VEGFs, had at least 12 months of follow-up after the first brolucizumab injection and received ≥ 3 brolucizumab injections and no other anti-VEGF agent within the first 12 months of therapy
  3. **all nAMD patients who switched to brolucizumab from other anti-VEGFs, had at least 18 months of follow-up after the first brolucizumab injection and received ≥ 3 brolucizumab injections and no other anti-VEGF agent within the first 18 months of therapy