J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.  2024 Jan;65(1):27-34. 10.3341/jkos.2024.65.1.27.

Clinical Outcomes of Topical Bromfenac Combined with Intravitreal Aflibercept Injection for Exudative Age-related Macular Degeneration

• Kwon MS
• Kim JY
• Kim YM
• Do JR
• Kang YK
• Shin JP
• Park DH

• KMID: 2550473
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3341/jkos.2024.65.1.27

Abstract

Purpose
To evaluate the efficacy of topical bromfenac combined with intravitreal aflibercept (IVA) injection in the treatment of exudative age-related macular degeneration over a 2-year period.
Methods
We retrospectively studied 43 patients (43 eyes) with exudative age-related macular degeneration. Patients were included if they received IVA injections under an as-needed protocol and had > 2 years of follow-up. Among the 43 eyes, 25 received only IVA (IVA group), whereas 18 received a combination of IVA and topical bromfenac (bromfenac group). The primary outcome measure was the total number of IVA injections administered over 2 years from the initial injection compared between groups. We also compared changes in best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and central retinal thickness (CRT) between groups.
Results
The bromfenac group received a significantly lower number of IVA injections over 2 years (7.4 ± 1.0), compared with the IVA group (9.0 ± 1.9) (p < 0.01). Both groups showed improvements in BCVA and CRT after 2 years compared with their baseline values. However, changes in BCVA and CRT at 2 years did not significantly differ between groups (p = 0.786 and p = 0.905, respectively).
Conclusions
Among patients with exudative age-related macular degeneration, the total number of IVA injections over 2 years was lower in the bromfenac group than in the IVA group. More studies are needed to confirm the efficacy of topical bromfenac in a combined treatment regimen.

Keyword

Aflibercept, Age-related macular degeneration, Bromfenac