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Researcher challenges universal use of AREDS2 formulation
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SAN DIEGO — Optimal treatment for 65% of AREDS2 study patients is something other than the AREDS formulation, Carl C. Awh, MD, told colleagues at the American Society of Retina Specialists annual meeting.
Carl C. Awh
In an outcomes analysis of AREDS patients and AREDS data, Awh said patients with high complement factor H (CFH) risk and no ARMS2 risk treated with the AREDS formulation had a 135% increased AMD progression compared with those treated with placebo — that is, 13% of patients in the study.
“Our subgroup analysis suggests that genotype-directed nutritional therapy could result in improved outcomes for patients with moderate AMD,” Awh said.
Patients with low CFH risk and high ARMS2 risk had 37% decreased AMD progression if treated with the AREDS formulation rather than placebo.
“These were 35% of our study patients,” Awh said. “We think it is this genotype group that drives the overall benefit of the AREDS formulation.”
Disclosure:Awh is a consultant for and has equity interest in ArcticDx.