Visual Acuity

FRANKFURT, Germany — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ESCRS winter meeting, Nic Reus, MD, warns his colleagues about the clinical significance of straylight, particularly in patients with no sign of vision loss.

Opthea Limited has completed enrollment of its COAST phase 3 clinical trial, a study of sozinibercept in combination with Eylea for wet age-related macular degeneration, the company announced in a press release.

Adherence to intravitreal anti-VEGF injections may be challenging for some patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration, putting them at risk for poor vision outcomes, according to research published in Ophthalmology Science.

Vision-related quality of life declined with the presence and severity of diabetic retinopathy, highlighting the importance of interventions to reduce disease progression, according to a study published in JAMA Ophthalmology.

The FDA has agreed to a special protocol assessment agreement modification for Ocular Therapeutix’s phase 3 SOL clinical trial of Axpaxli, an axitinib intravitreal implant for treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration.

Worse best-corrected visual acuity, longer axial length, faster axial length elongation and severe myopic maculopathy were reported risk factors for myopic maculopathy progression in children, according to research in JAMA Ophthalmology.

Tilak Healthcare has released positive data from its TIL002 study of the OdySight mobile app, a vision-monitoring tool for patients with retinal diseases.

WAILEA, Hawaii — In this Healio video perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2024, Sunir J. Garg, MD, FACS, FASRS, discusses 96-week data investigating aflibercept 8 mg for the treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration.

WAILEA, Hawaii — In this Healio video perspective from Retina 2024, Marion R. Munk, MD, PhD, overviews data investigating multiwavelength photobiomodulation for the treatment of dry age-related macular degeneration.

NEW YORK — In a presentation at OSN New York, Marguerite B. McDonald, MD, discusses Epi-Bowman’s keratectomy with the Epi Clear device from Orca Surgical.