Systemic safety of bevacizumab versus ranibizumab for neovascular age-related macular degeneration

Moja, Lorenzo, Lucenteforte, Ersilia, Kwag, Koren H, Bertele, Vittorio, Campomori, Annalisa, Chakravarthy, Usha, D'Amico, Roberto, Dickersin, Kay, Kodjikian, Laurent, Lindsley, Kristina, Loke, Yoon, Maguire, Maureen, Martin, Daniel F, Mugelli, Alessandro, Mühlbauer, Bernd, Püntmann, Isabel, Reeves, Barnaby, Rogers, Chris, Schmucker, Christine, Subramanian, Manju L and Virgili, Gianni (2014) Systemic safety of bevacizumab versus ranibizumab for neovascular age-related macular degeneration. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 9. ISSN 1465-1858

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Abstract

Neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of legal blindness in elderly populations of industrialised countries. Bevacizumab (Avastin®) and ranibizumab (Lucentis®) are targeted biological drugs (a monoclonal antibody) that inhibit vascular endothelial growth factor, an angiogenic cytokine that promotes vascular leakage and growth, thereby preventing its pathological angiogenesis. Ranibizumab is approved for intravitreal use to treat neovascular AMD, while bevacizumab is approved for intravenous use as a cancer therapy. However, due to the biological similarity of the two drugs, bevacizumab is widely used off-label to treat neovascular AMD.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Health Services and Primary Care Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Norwich Epidemiology Centre Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Norwich Epidemiology Centre Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Population Health Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Lifespan Health
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	09 Oct 2014 16:10
Last Modified:	06 Jun 2024 14:50
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/50486
DOI:	10.1002/14651858.CD011230.pub2

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