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      Efficacy and Safety of Interferon Alpha 2A and Pegylated Interferon Alpha 2A in Inflammatory Macular Edema.

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          Purpose: The aim of this study was to further explore the efficacy and safety of interferon-α in refractory non-infectious inflammatory macular edema and to compare interferon-α2a and pegylated interferon-α2b.Methods: 34 patients with refractory non-infectious uveitic macular edemaunder interferon-α were retrospectively reviewed.Results: Mean baseline best-corrected visual acuityimproved from 0.55 logMar to 0.37 logMAR (P < 0.001) at month (M) 1 and 0.40 logMAR (P < 0.001) at M6. The mean baseline CMT decreased from 554 µm to 367 µm (P < 0.001) at M1 and 394 µm (P < 0.001) at M6. Clinical adverse effects (AEs) were observed in a third of patients, leading to treatment discontinuation because of frequent mild AEs and few severe AE. No statistically significant difference was found between both molecules.Conclusions: Anatomically and functionally, interferon-α was rapidly effective despite a low dosage regimen and no difference in efficacy and tolerance was observed between interferon-α2a and pegylated interferon-α2b.

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          Journal
          Ocul Immunol Inflamm
          Ocular immunology and inflammation
          Informa UK Limited
          1744-5078
          0927-3948
          2020
          : 28
          : 2
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Department of Ophthalmology, Nantes University Hospital, Nantes, France.
          [2 ] Department of Internal Medicine, Nantes University Hospital, Nantes, France.
          Article
          10.1080/09273948.2019.1604001
          31821064
          03c69924-da20-4fbf-9ef4-98c99de427c5
          History

          interferon,Efficacy and safety,uveitis,refractory macular edema

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