The da VINCI study: Phase 2 primary results of VEGF trap-eye in patients with diabetic macular edema

Ophthalmology

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1819-1826

  Do, Diana V ^a   Schmidt Erfurth, Ursula ^b   Gonzalez, Victor H ^c   Gordon, Carmelina M ^d   Tolentino, Michael ^e   Berliner, Alyson J ^f   Vitti, Robert ^e   Rückert, Rene ^g   Sandbrink, Rupert ^g,h   Stein, David ^f   Yang, Ke ^f   Beckmann, Karola ^g   Heier, Jeff S ⁱ  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Valley Retina Institute   (United States)

^d TLC Eyecare and Laser Centers   (United States)

^e Center for Retina and Macular Disease   (United States)

^f REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^g BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

^h HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁱ OPHTHALMIC CONSULTANTS OF BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLIBERCEPT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL RETINAL THICKNESS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ABRASION; CORNEA DISEASE; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE DISEASE; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; LASER COAGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCULAR HYPEREMIA; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA EDEMA; RETINA TEAR; SIDE EFFECT; THROMBOEMBOLISM; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; VITREOUS FLOATERS; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAVITREAL INJECTIONS; LASER COAGULATION; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RETINA; RETREATMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 80052514329     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2011.02.018     Document Type: Article

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