Guidelines for the Management of Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Recommendations from a Panel of Greek Experts.

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Published in Adv Ther on April 26, 2016

Authors

Sofia Androudi1, Anna Dastiridou2, Nikolaos Pharmakakis3, Maria Stefaniotou4, Christos Kalogeropoulos4, Chrysanthos Symeonidis5, Alexandros Charonis6, Miltiadis Tsilimbaris7

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece. androudi@otenet.gr.
2: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.
3: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Patras, Rion, Patras, Greece.
4: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Ioannina, Epirus, Greece.
5: 2nd Department of Ophthalmology, Aristotle University, Thessaloníki, Greece.
6: Athens Vision, Athens, Greece.
7: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece.

Associated clinical trials:

Comparison of Age-related Macular Degeneration Treatments Trials: Lucentis-Avastin Trial | NCT00593450

A Study to Evaluate rhuFab V2 in Subjects With Minimally Classic or Occult Subfoveal Neovascular Macular Degeneration | NCT00056836

A Study to Compare rhuFab V2 With Verteporfin Photodynamic in Treating Subfoveal Neovascular Macular Degeneration | NCT00061594

A Study of rhuFab V2 (Ranibizumab) in Subjects With Subfoveal Choroidal Neovascularization Secondary to Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) | NCT00090623

Prospective OCT Study With Lucentis for Neovascular AMD (PrONTO Study) | NCT00344227

A Study of Ranibizumab Administered Monthly or on an As-needed Basis in Patients With Subfoveal Neovascular Age-related Macular Degeneration (HARBOR) (HARBOR) | NCT00891735

Safety and Tolerability of Ranibizumab in Patients With Subfoveal Choroidal Neovascularization Secondary to Age-related Macular Degeneration | NCT00504959

Macular Photocoagulation Study (MPS) | NCT00000158

Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Existing Anti vascUlar Endothelial Growth Factor (Anti VEGF) in Patients With Wet Age-related Macular Degeneration (wAMD) (AURA) (AURA) | NCT01447043

Safety and Efficacy of Repeated Intravitreal Administration of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) Trap in Patients With Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) | NCT00320788

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