• Department of Ophthalmology, Key laboratory of Vision Loss and Restoration, Ministry of Education, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China;
ZhaoMingwei, Email: zhaomingwei@medmail.com.cn
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Objective To compare the efficacy among 30% and 50% dose of verteporfin photodynamic therapy (PDT) and intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) in the treatment of chronic central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC). Methods 138 eyes of 125 patients with chronic CSC, who were treated in our hospital from March 2006 to May 2014, were enrolled in this retrospective study. All patients were confirmed by spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) and best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), which was recorded with logMAR BCVA. And all the patients were divided into three groups by different treatments: 30% dose group (42 eyes of 39 patients); 50% dose group (77 eyes of 67 patients); anti-VEGF group (19 eyes of 19 patients). The differences of age, gender, eyes, courses, mean logMAR BCVA among three groups were not significant. Disappearing of fluid under retina in SD-OCT was considered to be cured and fluid remaining was not cured. If fluid appeared again the eyes were relapsed. We comparatively analyzed the cure rate, relapse rate and changing of BCVA, central macular thickness (CMT) among 3 groups of patients after 1, 3, 6 months. Results The cure rate among 3 groups after 1 month was statistically different (χ2=6.926, P=0.031). The cure rates of 50% dose PDT treatment group after 3 months and 6 months were better than 30% dose PDT treatment group, but the differences were not significant (χ2=2.218, 1.682; P=0.136, 0.195). The relapse rate between 30% dose and 50% dose PDT treatment groups after 3 months and 6 months were not significant (χ2=2.133, 3.366; P=0.144, 0.067). The improvement of BCVA in 50% dose PDT treatment group was the best, but comparing with the other two groups, the differences were not significant in statistics (P > 0.05). The improvement of CMT in 50% dose PDT treatment group was the best. Comparing with anti-VEGF group, the differences was significant (P < 0.05). But comparing with 30% dose PDT treatment group, the differences was not significant (P > 0.05). Logistic regression analysis showed that after treatment, the cure rates after 1 month and 6 months were negatively correlated with the age (regression coefficient=-0.942, -0.979; odds ratio=0.390, 0.375; P < 0.05) and the cure rates after 3 months was positively correlated with the dose of verteporfin (regression coefficient=0.855, odds ratio=2.351, P < 0.05). Conclusion 50% dose verteporfin PDT is recommend for chronic CSC treatment.

Citation: SongDan, ZhaoMingwei, JinEnzhong. Retrospective study of 30% and 50% dose verteporfin photodynamic therapy versus anti-vascular endothelial growth factor for chronic central serous chorioretinopathy. Chinese Journal of Ocular Fundus Diseases, 2015, 31(3): 221-225. doi: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1005-1015.2015.03.003 Copy

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