Association of early anti-VEGF Therapy anatomical response with renal function and OCT biomarkers in diabetic macular edema
Huixiang Chen, Yu Shang, Peizhen Yang, Yanping Zhou, Yuanzhi Yuan · 2026
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Huixiang Chen and four colleagues look for signs that predict how well eye injections work in diabetic macular oedema, in a 2026 study. This swelling at the centre of the retina is a top cause of vision loss in type 2 diabetes. Injections that block VEGF are first-line care, yet many patients respond weakly.
Two hundred patients were split by whether retinal thickness fell by at least 20 percent after treatment. Four starting measures predicted response on their own: kidney marker creatinine, starting retinal thickness, the length of a light-sensing layer segment, and the presence of cyst-like swelling. A chart-style model built from the four scored well on accuracy checks and held up in resampling. The authors offer it as a practical aid for setting expectations before treatment.
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| CREATOR | Huixiang Chen, Yu Shang, Peizhen Yang, Yanping Zhou, Yuanzhi Yuan |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 46244 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |