Research Article

Six-Year Real-World Outcomes of Antivascular Endothelial Growth Factor Monotherapy and Combination Therapy for Various Subtypes of Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy

Table 2

Mean (standard deviation) number of anti-VEGF therapy and PDT in the regimen of anti-VEGF monotherapy and the regimen of combination therapy for various subtypes of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy during the 6-year period.

ā€‰Subtype 1Subtype 2
Anti-VEGF monotherapyCombination therapyAnti-VEGF monotherapyCombination therapy
Anti-VEGF therapyPDTAnti-VEGF therapyPDT

Year 12.73 (1.10)4.62 (3.10)1.00 (0)2.62 (2.57)2.40 (1.84)1.00 (0)
Year 21.09 (1.14)1.77 (1.88)0 (0)0.62 (1.19)1.10 (1.10)0.20 (0.42)
Year 31.82 (1.94)1.54 (1.76)0.15 (0.38)0.69 (1.55)0.40 (0.70)0.10 (0.32)
Year 41.27 (2.00)1.46 (1.56)0 (0)0.23 (0.60)1.60 (2.91)0.20 (0.42)
Year 50.91 (1.22)1.00 (1.08)0 (0)0 (0)0.90 (0.99)0 (0)
Year 60.91 (1.38)0.62 (0.51)0 (0)0.15 (0.38)0.70 (1.06)0 (0)
Total8.73 (6.17)11.00 (4.24)1.15 (0.38)4.31 (3.71)7.10 (5.97)1.50 (0.71)

PDT, photodynamic therapy; VEGF, vascular endothelial growth factor.