Intravitreal aflibercept for choroidal neovascularization secondary to angioid streaks in a non-responder to intravitreal ranibizumab

Olga E Makri, Foteini N Tsapardoni, Panagiotis Plotas, Athina Pallikari, Constantine D Georgakopoulos Department of Ophthalmology, University of Patras, Patras, Greece Purpose: To report the 12-month outcomes of a patient switching from intravitreal ranibizumab to aflibercept for choroidal neovascularization (CNV) associated with angioid streaks (AS).Results: A 42-year-old Caucasian female with CNV associated with AS underwent intensive treatment with ranibizumab without significant functional or anatomic change. Treatment was then switched to aflibercept and the patient received the proposed age-related macular degeneration treatment regimen. After 3 loading doses of aflibercept, best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) improved from 3/10 to 6/10, while optical coherence tomography (OCT) demonstrated resolution of the subretinal fluid with a reduction of the intraretinal fluid. After 12 months and 7 intravitreal injections of aflibercept, BCVA returned to 3/10, while OCT had demonstrated further morphologic improvement.Conclusion: Our case shows that aflibercept may be an alternative treatment for advanced cases of CNV associated with AS that respond insufficiently to ranibizumab injections. Prospective studies are required to further evaluate the effect of aflibercept and to propose a standardized treatment protocol for this entity. Keywords: aflibercept, ranibizumab, angioid streaks, choroidal neovascularization, intravitrea