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A Single Intravitreal Injection of Ranibizumab Provides No Neuroprotection in a Nonhuman Primate Model of Moderate-to-Severe Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy.

AbstractPURPOSE:
Ranibizumab, a vascular endothelial growth factor-antagonist, is said to be neuroprotective when injected intravitreally in patients with nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION). We evaluated the efficacy of a single intravitreal (IVT) injection of ranibizumab in a nonhuman primate model of NAION (pNAION).
METHODS:
We induced pNAION in one eye of four adult male rhesus monkeys using a laser-activated rose Bengal induction method. We then immediately injected the eye with either ranibizumab or normal saline (NS) intravitreally. We performed a clinical assessment, optical coherence tomography, electrophysiological testing, fundus photography, and fluorescein angiography in three of the animals (one animal developed significant retinal hemorrhages and, therefore, could not be analyzed completely) prior to induction, 1 day and 1, 2, and 4 weeks thereafter. Following the 4-week analysis of the first eye, we induced pNAION in the contralateral eye and then injected either ranibizumab or NS, whichever substance had not been injected in the first eye. We euthanized all animals 5 to 12 weeks after the final assessment of the second eye and performed both immunohistochemical and light and electron microscopic analyses of the retina and optic nerves of both eyes.
RESULTS:
A single IVT dose of ranibizumab administered immediately after induction of pNAION resulted in no significant reduction of clinical, electrophysiological, or histologic damage compared with vehicle-injected eyes.
CONCLUSIONS:
A single IVT dose of ranibizumab is not neuroprotective when administered immediately after induction of pNAION.
AuthorsNeil R Miller, Mary A Johnson, Theresa Nolan, Yan Guo, Steven L Bernstein
JournalInvestigative ophthalmology & visual science (Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci) Vol. 56 Issue 13 Pg. 7679-86 (Dec 2015) ISSN: 1552-5783 [Electronic] United States
PMID26624498 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural)
Chemical References
  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors
  • Delayed-Action Preparations
  • Rose Bengal
  • Ranibizumab
Topics
  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors (administration & dosage, pharmacology)
  • Animals
  • Delayed-Action Preparations (pharmacology)
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Electrophysiological Phenomena
  • Evoked Potentials, Visual (drug effects)
  • Fluorescein Angiography
  • Intravitreal Injections
  • Macaca mulatta
  • Male
  • Neovascularization, Pathologic
  • Optic Nerve (drug effects, pathology)
  • Optic Neuropathy, Ischemic (pathology)
  • Ranibizumab (administration & dosage, pharmacology)
  • Retina (pathology)
  • Retinal Ganglion Cells (pathology)
  • Rose Bengal (pharmacology)
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence

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