MedPage Today November 10, 2023
— No change in visual acuity, office-visit interval almost doubled during 6 months
SAN FRANCISCO — At-home monitoring of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) with optical coherence tomography (OCT) cut office visits in half with no deterioration in visual acuity, a small study showed.
After 6 months of daily evaluations, visual acuity did not differ significantly from in-office evaluations before the study. At the same time, the average treatment interval increased from 8.0 to 15.3 weeks. The at-home imaging schedule detected early disease activity and afforded protection for the non-study eye.
“This study demonstrates for the first time treatment experience with home OCT-guided management,” said Lloyd Clark, MD, of Palmetto Retina Center in West Columbia, South Carolina, during the American Academy...
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