One-year global study results give reassuring view of real-life intravitreal anti-VEGF treatment

One-year findings of the LUMINOUS study, the first global, large-scale observational study on ranibizumab in routine clinical practice, showed good disease control, with maintained or increased vision and a complication rate comparable to that of clinical trial settings. The study is gradually recruiting a total of 30,000 patients with age-related macular degeneration, diabetic macular edema and retinal vein occlusion over a period of 3 years, with a possible extension to 4 years and an additional 10,000 patients. The United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, China and Russia are involved, and other countries (Read more...)

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