Table 3 A selected summary of the current studies using deep learning for secondary analysis of clinical trial data or design of clinical trials in ophthalmology

From: Ophthalmic drug discovery and development using artificial intelligence and digital health technologies

Author name (year)

Study population

Sample size

Treatment

Condition

Imaging

Outcome of interest

Quantify structural changes

Schmidt-Erfurth et al.148

HAWK and HARRIER

1078 and 739

Brolucizumab OR Aflibercept

nAMD

OCT

IRF, SRF, PED

Fu et al.149

FILLY

197

Pegcetacoplan

GA

OCT

GA area, RPE loss, hypertransmission, PR degeneration, and intact macular area

Vogl et al.150

FILLY

312

Pegcetacoplan

GA

OCT

LPR, PR thickness, HRF concentration

Roberts et al.151

DRCR Network

570

Aflibercept, Ranibizumab, OR Bevacizumab

DME

OCT

IRF, SRF

Schmidt-Erfurth et al.152

OAKS and DERBY

897

Pegcetacoplan

GA

OCT

RPE loss and PR degeneration

Predicting functional restoration

Mulyukov et al.153

HAWK and HARRIER

594 + 389

Brolucizumab OR Aflibercept

nAMD

OCT

Disease activity score

Chandra et al.154

CATT

1029

Ranibizumab OR Bevacizumab

nAMD

OCT

BCVA

Kikuchi et al.155

AVENUE

273

Faricimab

nAMD

OCT

BCVA and CST

Maunz et al.156

HARBOR

432

Ranibizumab

nAMD

OCT

BCVA

Predicting treatment frequency

Bogunovic ́ et al.157

HARBOR

317

Ranibizumab

nAMD

OCT

Low (≤5 injection), High (≥16)

Chandra et al. 158

CATT

493

Ranibizumab OR Bevacizumab

nAMD

OCT

Low (≤8), High (≥19)

  1. nAMD neovascular age-related macular degeneration, GA geographical atrophy, DME diabetic macular edema, OCT optical coherence tomography, IRF intraretinal fluid, SRF subretinal fluid, PED pigment epithelial detachment, RPE retinal pigment epithelium, PR photoreceptor, LPR local progression rate, HRF hyperreflective foci, BCVA best corrected visual acuity, CST central subfield thickness.