Table 2 Comparison of treatment outcomes between baseline and month 12.

From: Comparison of one-year outcomes between aflibercept and brolucizumab for treatment-naïve pachychoroid neovasculopathy

 

Aflibercept group (n = 28)

Brolucizumab group (n = 17)

Baseline

12 months

p value

Baseline

12 months

p value

Best-corrected visual acuity (logMAR)

0.24 ± 0.21

0.14 ± 0.12

0.020

0.29 ± 0.25

0.16 ± 0.14

0.030

Central macular thickness (µm)

334.2 ± 78.3

231.4 ± 48.6

0.010

342.9 ± 84.8

227.8 ± 46.2

0.012

Subfoveal choroidal thickness (µm)

293.4 ± 91.5

231.7 ± 57.9

0.001

298.6 ± 79.4

221.7 ± 64.8

0.001

Choriocapillaris/Sattler layer (µm)

81.4 ± 23.2

70.5 ± 16.1

0.077

82.8 ± 30.9

67.2 ± 14.8

0.130

Haller layer (µm)

211.2 ± 46.9

167.8 ± 21.5

0.024

215.0 ± 47.5

152.4 ± 26.1

0.030

Choroidal vascularity index (%)

68.3 ± 3.4

69.8 ± 3.2

0.574

69.2 ± 3.2

75.4 ± 3.5

0.026

Choroidal neovascularization lesion area (mm2)

3.7 ± 2.1

2.9 ± 2.0

0.041

3.6 ± 1.9

2.4 ± 1.6

0.024

Choriocapillaris flow density (%)

45.2 ± 8.4

43.7 ± 6.7

0.225

46.4 ± 9.1

44.9 ± 8.2

0.154