VIDEO: Patients with early detection of wet AMD have better long-term acuity
SAN DIEGO — Patients whose conversion to wet age-related macular degeneration was detected early with ForeseeHome monitoring maintained their vision long term, Mohammad Rafieetary, OD, FAAO, said at Academy 2022.
The Analysis of the Long-term Visual Outcomes of ForeseeHome Remote Telemonitoring (ALOFT) study evaluated 3,334 eyes of 2,123 patients with dry AMD who used Notal Vision’s ForeseeHome monitoring over a 10-year period.
“In the real world, the average visual acuity of a patient who converts from dry to wet macular degeneration and is seen in retinal practices is 20/80 or more, so one-third or less have functional 20/40 or better vision,” Rafieetary, of Charles Retina Institute, said. “When you capture these patients at 20/80 or 20/100, patients have already lost some degree of functionality.”
Fifty-three percent of patients in the study who converted were captured, “and they were near 20/40 when they were captured,” he said. “When they looked at long-term outcome of these patients, 82% maintained that visual acuity of 20/40 or better.”
Rafieetary added, “It’s much better to have a safeguard for these patients who traditionally use something like an Amsler grid.”
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