Anti-macular degeneration agents

Ophthalmol Clin North Am. 2005 Dec;18(4):561-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ohc.2005.07.009.

Abstract

Anti-VEGF therapy is a promising new avenue for the treatment of ocular neovascular diseases. Early preclinical data and recent clinical data support the efficacy and safety of several novel anti-VEGF for NVAMD. Whether these novel biologics are used on their own, in combination with previously available therapies, or with newly developing therapies, they represent a new avenue in treatment. These agents are highly selective in their targeted approaches, and when administered appropriately , offer treatment with minimal damage to retinal tissue. In the future, biotherapeutic agents will certainly play a powerful role in the treatment of human choroidal neovascular membrane formation.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Macular Degeneration / drug therapy*
  • Macular Degeneration / metabolism
  • Macular Degeneration / pathology
  • Photochemotherapy / methods*
  • Photosensitizing Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / metabolism

Substances

  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors
  • Photosensitizing Agents
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A