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Motevasseli T, Mohammadi S, Abdi F, Freeman WR. Side Effects of Brolucizumab. JOVR [Internet]. 2021Oct.25 [cited 2024Apr.19];16(4):670–675. Available from: https://knepublishing.com/index.php/JOVR/article/view/9757
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Tahmineh Motevasseli
Tahmineh Motevasseli
Department of Ophthalmology, Shiley Eye Institute, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Saeed Mohammadi
Saeed Mohammadi
Farabi Eye Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Fatemeh Abdi
Fatemeh Abdi
Eye Research Center, The Five Senses Institute, Rassoul Akram Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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William R. Freeman
William R. Freeman
Department of Ophthalmology, Shiley Eye Institute, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Oct 25, 2021
Side Effects of Brolucizumab
Abstract
Age-related macular degeneration and its complication, subretinal neovascularization, are common causes of progressive, irreversible impairment of central vision. Antivascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) therapy has improved the visual outcome and provided an evolution in the treatment of retinal disease. The current four anti- VEGF drugs – pegaptanib, ranibizumab, aflibercept, and bevacizumab – have been administered for many years. A new anti-VEGF agent, brolucizumab, was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in late 2019 for the treatment of wet agerelated macular degeneration. Brolucizumab is a novel single-chain fragment variable antibody that inhibits all isoforms of VEGF-A and has been suggested to have more tissue penetration. Despite all the benefits, there are some reports of serious side effects that need to be understood in managing patients. Brolucizumab has been reported to cause occlusive retinal vasculitis in the setting of intraocular inflammation, which has not been seen in other anti-VEGF medications. A PubMed and Scopus search was performed and all article types were included. In the present article, we have reviewed the reported side effects of brolucizumab.
Keywords:
Anti-vascular Endothelial Growth Factor, Brolucizumab, Wet Age-related Macular Degeneration
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2. Gragoudas ES, Adamis AP, Cunningham ET, Jr, Feinsod M, Guyer DR, Group VISiONCT. Pegaptanib for neovascular age-related macular degeneration. N Engl J Med 2004;351:2805–2816.
3. Comparison of Age-related Macular Degeneration Treatments Trials Research G, Writing C, Martin DF, Maguire MG, Fine SL, Ying GS, et al. Ranibizumab and bevacizumab for treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration: two-year results. Ophthalmology 2020;127:S135–S145.
4. Heier JS, Brown DM, Chong V, Korobelnik JF, Kaiser PK, Nguyen QD, et al. Intravitreal aflibercept (VEGF trap-eye) in wet age-related macular degeneration. Ophthalmology 2012;119:2537–2548.
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9. Gaudreault J, Gunde T, Floyd HS, Ellis J, Tietz J, Binggeli D, et al. Preclinical pharmacology and safety of ESBA1008, a single-chain antibody fragment, investigated as potential treatment for age-related macular degeneration. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2012;53:3025.
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17. Jain A, Chea S, Matsumiya W, Halim MS, Yasar C, Kuang G, et al. Severe vision loss secondary to retinal arteriolar occlusions after multiple intravitreal brolucizumab administrations. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep 2020;18:100687.
18. Baumal CR, Spaide RF, Vajzovic L, Freund KB, Walter SD, John V, et al. Retinal vasculitis and intraocular inflammation after intravitreal injection of brolucizumab. Ophthalmology 2020;127:1345–1359.
19. Witkin AJ, Hahn P, Murray TG, Arevalo JF, Blinder KJ, Choudhry N, et al. Occlusive retinal vasculitis following intravitreal brolucizumab. J Vitreoretin Dis 2020;4:269– 279.
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21. Rajan K. Safety review committee releases report on inflammation events due to brolucizumab [Internet]. American Academy of Ophthalmology; 2020 [cited 2021 Mar 1]. Available from: https://www.aao.org/headline/ safety-review-committee-releases-report-on-inflamm
22. Mones J, Srivastava SK, Jaffe GJ, Tadayoni R, Albini TA, Kaiser PK, et al. Risk of inflammation, retinal vasculitis, and retinal occlusion-related events with brolucizumab: post hoc review of HAWK and HARRIER. Ophthalmology 2020;128:1050–1059.
23. Sharma A, Kumar N, Parachuri N, Sadda SR, Corradetti G, Heier J, et al. Brolucizumab-early real-world experience: BREW study. Eye 2020;35:1045–1047.
24. Narayanan R, Tyagi M, Gupta SR, Nayaka A, Jayadev C. Immediate onset of sterile endophthalmitis with hypopyon after intravitreal Brolucizumab in a case of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy. Indian J Ophthalmol 2021;69:469–470.
25. Iyer PG, Peden MC, Suner IJ, Patel N, Dubovy SR, Albini TA. Brolucizumab-related retinal vasculitis with exacerbation following ranibizumab retreatment: a clinicopathologic case study. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep 2020;20:100989.
26. Kondapalli SSA. Retinal vasculitis after administration of brolucizumab resulting in severe loss of visual acuity. JAMA Ophthalmol 2020;138:1103–1104.
27. Dugel PU, Jaffe GJ, Sallstig P, Warburton J, Weichselberger A, Wieland M, et al. Brolucizumab versus aflibercept in participants with neovascular age-related macular degeneration: a randomized trial. Ophthalmology 2017;124:1296–1304.
28. Beovu® (brolucizumab). Dafety of Beovu® (brolucizumab) [Internet]. Novartis; n.d. [cited 2021 Mar 19]. Available from: https://www.brolucizumab.info/
29. Gonzalez S, Rosenfeld PJ, Stewart MW, Brown J, Murphy SP. Avastin doesn’t blind people, people blind people. Am J Ophthalmol 2012;153:196–203.e1.
30. Cox JT, Eliott D, Sobrin L. Inflammatory complications of intravitreal anti-VEGF injections. J Clin Med 2021;10:981. 31. Greenberg JP, Belin P, Butler J, Feiler D, Mueller C, Tye A, et al. Aflibercept-related sterile intraocular inflammation outcomes. Ophthalmol Retina 2019;3:753–759.
32. Sharma A, Kumar N, Parachuri N, Singh S, Bandello F, Kuppermann BD, et al. Brolucizumab-related retinal vasculitis: emerging disconnect between clinical trials and real world. Eye 2020;35:1292–1294.