Clinical

Key opinion leaders discuss drivers in health care utilization for patients diagnosed with HoFH.

While the current therapies are effective for treating branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO) and central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO), they are inadequate for long-term treatment in clinical practice, according to an analysis of real-world data.

Two studies looking at a higher dose of aflibercept found that an 8-mg dose can be maintained at longer dosing intervals with similar benefits and no additional safety signals compared with the 2-mg dose.

Much of the evidence that has been used to base current standard of care for diabetic eye diseases stems from studies performed by the DRCR Retina Network over the years.

The BUTTERFLEYE trial sought to determine if aflibercept, an anti–vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) therapy, was equivalent to laser photocoagulation, the gold standard to treat retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in preterm babies.

Patients with wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) who are responsive to anti–vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) therapy experienced visual gains with no additional injections in the 6 months after treatment with the gene therapy.

Home optical coherence tomography (OCT) has shown there is a wide degree of heterogeneity in fluid dynamics and treatment response that may not be clear during regular office visits and scans. Presenters reviewed the latest data in home OCT to manage wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

A review of data on 2 mitochondrial membrane stabilizers—risuteganib and elamipretide—has highlighted the potential to not just slow disease progression but actually reverse vision loss in patients with intermediate dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

For patients with geographic atrophy (GA) taking pegcetacoplan, the drug’s effect to slow disease progression increases over time as patients take the drug, said Eleonora Lad, MD, PhD, associate professor of ophthalmology, Duke University.

In his closing thoughts, Dr De Castro provides a final overview of the ASH conference, highlighting updates in PNH treatment.

Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy brexucabtagene autoleucel showed a rate of complete remission of 71% and a rate of complete remission with incomplete hematologic recovery of 56%, according to 3-year follow-up results.

Joseph Coney, MD, FASRS, FACS, discusses the difference between population groups in age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic macular edema (DME)

Jim Kenney, RPh, MBA, opens a discussion surrounding wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic macular edema (DME).

The Angiogenesis, Exudation, and Degeneration 2023 meeting will be held virtually with a program focused on understanding and treating neovascular, exudative, and degenerative diseases of the eye.

In the final discussion, expert panelists navigate treatment sequencing in MM treatment strategies.

Dr Nadeem provides community and clinical strategies to treat patients with MM.

Callie Coombs, MD, discusses how pirtobrutinib (LOXO-305), a Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor (BTKi) being investigated in the BRUIN trial, might impact the BTKi landscape.

Brian Koffman, MD, reviews how Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitors are addressing unmet needs in chronic lymphocytic leukemia, mantle cell lymphoma, and small lymphocytic lymphoma, and what unmet needs remain.

The effects of physical activity and exercise have previously been reported, with data pointing to improvements in quality of life as well as such clinical markers as immune response in tumors

The method had high rates of sensitivity and specificity, although its sensitivity was somewhat lower in cases of localized prostate cancer.

Maria Lopes, MD, MS, reviews how to educate providers on the risks and burdens of psoriasis and how to improve early diagnosis and treatment for all skin phototypes and ethnicities.

Bruce Sherman, MD, FCCP, FACOEM, underlines how to support patients financially to afford therapies and maintain adherence.

Data from 2 prospective studies showed correlations between impaired patient health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and disease severity, as well as correlations between the health of caregivers and their HRQOL and caregiver burden.

Dr Brinton provides an overview of guideline-directed therapies in HoFH.

Seth Baum, MD, and Erin Michos, MD, MHS, discuss pediatric diagnosis of homozygous FH.