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BRITISH JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
卷 105, 期 2, 页码 271-278出版社
BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2020-316028
关键词
degeneration; retina; vision; genetics; clinical trial
资金
- Yale School of Medicine Medical Student Research Fellowship
The study revealed a two-phase linear decline in BCVA of eyes with CHM with a transition age of approximately 39 years. Future trials enrolling young patients may need to consider additional disease biomarkers as auxiliary endpoints, especially for those under the age of 39.
Background/aims Best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) is the most common primary endpoint in treatment trials for choroideremia (CHM) but the long-term natural history of BCVA is unclear. Methods We searched in seven databases to identify studies that reported BCVA of untreated eyes with CHM. We sought individual-level data and performed segmented regression between BCVA and age. For eyes followed longitudinally, we introduced a horizontal translation factor to each dataset to account for different ages at onset of a rapid BCVA decline. Results We included 1004 eyes from 23 studies. BCVA of the right and left eyes was moderately correlated (r=0.60). BCVA as a function of age followed a 2-phase decline (slow followed by rapid decline), with an estimated transition age of 39.1 years (95% CI 33.5 to 44.7). After the introduction of horizontal translation factors to longitudinal datasets, BCVA followed a 2-phase decline until it reached 0 letters (r(2)=0.90). The BCVA decline rate was 0.33 letters/year (95% CI -0.38 to 1.05) before 39 years, and 1.23 letters/year (95% CI 0.55 to 1.92) after 39 years (p=0.004). Conclusion BCVA in eyes with CHM follows a 2-phase linear decline with a transition age of approximately 39 years. Future trials enrolling young patients may not be able to use BCVA as a primary or sole endpoint, but rather, may need to employ additional disease biomarkers that change before age 39. BCVA may still have utility as a primary endpoint for patients older than 39 years who have measurable BCVA decline rates.
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