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- Title
Multiphasic changes in systemic VEGF following intravitreal injections of ranibizumab in a child.
- Authors
Shao, E H; Sivagnanavel, V; Dabbagh, A; Dave, R; Tempest-Roe, S; Tam, F W K; Taylor, S R
- Abstract
PurposeTo investigate whether intravitreal ranibizumab injections administered to a child alter systemic plasma levels of total and free VEGF 165.MethodsA 9-year-old child sustained a choroidal rupture from blunt trauma. He subsequently developed a secondary choroidal neovascular membrane, which was treated with five ranibizumab injections over a period of 8 months. Peripheral venous blood samples were taken at each visit over a period of 12 months and plasma was extracted. Plasma VEGF 165 levels were determined using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and were assayed both pre- and post-immunodepletion to remove complexed VEGF.ResultsPlasma VEGF 165 levels proved labile following intravitreal injection of ranibizumab. Levels increased by 30% above baseline following the first intravitreal ranibizumab injection, but then returned to baseline despite two subsequent injections. There was then a rebound increase of 67% in total plasma VEGF levels following a further injection, which remained above baseline for 12 weeks despite two further intravitreal ranibizumab injections. Baseline levels were re-attained 26 weeks after the final injection.ConclusionsThese results suggest intravitreal ranibizumab injections can cause significant, multiphasic changes in systemic VEGF levels. This may be of particular clinical significance in children as VEGF is known to be vital in the development of major organs, in addition to its role in the maintenance of normal organ function in adults.
- Subjects
THYROID eye disease; RANIBIZUMAB; ENZYME-linked immunosorbent assay; INJECTIONS; JUVENILE diseases
- Publication
Eye, 2015, Vol 29, Issue 4, p569
- ISSN
0950-222X
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1038/eye.2014.343