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Wills Eye Hospital Papers

2017

Central retinal vein occlusion

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Integrated Results From The Copernicus And Galileo Studies., Amelie Pielen, W. Lloyd Clark, David S. Boyer, Yuichiro Ogura, Frank G. Holz, Jean-Francois Korobelnik, Brigitte Stemper, Friedrich Asmus, Kay D. Rittenhouse, Christiane Ahlers, Robert Vitti, Namrata Saroj, Oliver Zeitz, Julia A. Haller Aug 2017

Integrated Results From The Copernicus And Galileo Studies., Amelie Pielen, W. Lloyd Clark, David S. Boyer, Yuichiro Ogura, Frank G. Holz, Jean-Francois Korobelnik, Brigitte Stemper, Friedrich Asmus, Kay D. Rittenhouse, Christiane Ahlers, Robert Vitti, Namrata Saroj, Oliver Zeitz, Julia A. Haller

Wills Eye Hospital Papers

OBJECTIVES: To report on the efficacy and safety of intravitreal aflibercept in patients with macular edema secondary to central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) in an integrated analysis of COPERNICUS and GALILEO.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: Patients were randomized to receive intravitreal aflibercept 2 mg every 4 weeks or sham injections until week 24. From week 24 to week 52, all intravitreal aflibercept-treated patients in both studies and sham-treated patients in COPERNICUS were eligible to receive intravitreal aflibercept based on prespecified criteria. In GALILEO, sham-treated patients continued to receive sham treatment through week 52.

RESULTS: At week 24, mean gain in best-corrected …