PURPOSE To examine the quality of evidence and the variability in the off-label use of bevacizumab (Avastin; Genentech Inc, South San Francisco, California, USA) in the treatment of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) and to discuss the implications for the design of future randomized controlled trials. DESIGN Systematic literature review. METHODS A systematic review of the literature indexed ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the incremental cost and cost-effectiveness of continuous and discontinuous regimens of bevacizumab (Avastin) and ranibizumab (Lucentis) for neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) from a UK National Health Service (NHS) perspective. DESIGN A within-trial cost-utility analysis with a 2-year time horizon, based on a multicentre factorial, non-inferiority randomi...

Bevacizumab is a monoclonal antibody that targets vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and it has shown promise as a clinical agent against metastatic colorectal cancer, and particularly in combination with chemotherapy. Bowel perforation is a known risk that's associated with bevacizumab use, but the etiology is unknown. Here we report on two cases of metastatic colorectal cancer in whic...

PURPOSE To report the change in visual acuity and central retinal thickness by optical coherence tomography (OCT) after intravitreal injections of bevacizumab for the treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD). METHODS A retrospective case series in a university-based practice evaluated patients with subfoveal choroidal neovascularization (CNV) due to AMD. Patients receiv...

This paper demonstrates multiple benefits of intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB) on diabetic retinopathy (DR) including diabetic macular edema (DME) and proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) at 24 months of followup. This is a retrospective multicenter interventional comparative case series of intravitreal injections of 1.25 or 2.5 mg of bevacizumab for DME, PDR without tractional retinal detachm...

INTRODUCTION Bevacizumab (Avastin; Genetech Inc., South San Francisco, CA) and ranibizumab (Lucentis, Genetech Inc.) are two anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) agents used in increasing amounts off-label to treat ocular conditions. To date, no study has quantified how far reaching these therapies have been in treating eye disease and compared their off-label use to the number of cli...

Targeting the blood vessels that feed tumours is not the silver bullet once hoped for, but refinements to the strategy may suggest further ways to treat the disease. Erika Check Hayden reports. Drugs that aim to choke off a tumour's blood supply, known as angiogenesis inhibitors, have been hailed as opening a new era in cancer therapy. But a flurry of animal studies suggests that such drugs may...

PURPOSE To describe a case series of neovascular glaucoma treated with intracameral bevacizumab prior to filtering surgery. DESIGN Descriptive, retrospective case series. METHODS Five eyes of 5 patients with neovascular glaucoma due to any cause candidates to filtering surgery who had previously received an injection of intracameral bevacizumab (1.25 mg/0.05 ml) as treatment for neovascular...

PURPOSE Repetitive intravitreal injections of bevacizumab are a successful treatment option for exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The aim of this study was to evaluate the toxicity of bevacizumab in the adult mammalian neurosensory retina in culture. METHODS Adult porcine neurosensory retinas were cultured adjoined to the retinal pigment epithelium-choroid layer (retina-RPE-ch...