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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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Targeted anti-angiogenic therapy in metastatic renal cell carcinoma and methodological improvements in assessment of therapeutic response with imaging biomarkers

Vinayan, Anup January 2018 (has links)
Background: Drugs targeting angiogenic pathway remain the mainstay of treatment for metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors (TKI) as Sunitinib, Pazopanib as single agents and humanised monoclonal antibody bevacizumab (Bev) in combination with Interferon- α2a (IFN) have established as the first-line therapy for mRCC. Despite improvements in treatment, there are multiple questions which remain unanswered. In the combination of Bev and IFN, the respective role of each drug and whether any additional anti-angiogenic activity is gained by adding IFN to Bev remains unknown. As the clinical benefit obtained with these cytostatic agents does not always correlate with the conventional response assessment techniques as RECIST, it is necessary to reconsider the methods by which we assess benefit from these therapies. In this thesis, I report three studies aiming to answer these questions. Methods: With the clinical trial reported here, I explore whether Bev induced changes in vascular parameters measured by Dynamic Contrast Enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) is significantly enhanced by the addition of IFN. In a phase II, randomised, open labelled, multicentre trial, treatment naïve mRCC patients were randomised to receive Bev on its own or in combination with a low dose (3MU) or standard dose (9MU) IFN. DCE-MRI was used to assess the changes in vascularity with the primary endpoint being, changes in transfer coefficient (Ktrans) after six weeks of treatment. I also report two retrospective imaging-based studies, using contrast-enhanced CT scans, performed to improve the methodology of response assessment for these antiangiogenic therapeutics. Here I explore the use of a) combining changes in size and arterial phase contrast enhancement measured using CT scan and b) changes in CT texture as methods of therapeutic response assessment in mRCC patients treated with TKI. Results: With the phase 2 clinical trial, we faced significant difficulty in recruitment as a result of restrictions in access to treatment in NHS, other competing studies and restrictions proposed by the DCE-MRI inclusion criteria. With slow recruitment, an unplanned analysis was performed after 21 patients were recruited. Analysis of primary endpoint showed no trend in the difference between arms with no correlation found between change in Ktrans and addition of IFN to bevacizumab. Effect size analysis performed due to the small numbers recruited failed to show any significance in the observed difference in Ktrans. Change in Ktrans and Kep may identify a group of patients likely to have PFS > 6 months, but this observation needs to evaluation in a larger sample size. Measuring size and change in arterial phase enhancement retrospectively using CT, a new criterion "modified" Choi, which prerequisite a combination of a decrease in arterial phase density by 15% and a decrease in size by 10% for response was proposed. Response assessment was measured with RECIST, Choi and modified Choi individually in 20 evaluable patients retrospectively and clinical benefit compared with Kaplan-Meier statistics and Log-Rank test. Response assessment as defined by the modified Choi criteria successfully identified patients who received clinical benefit from the treatment. Time to progression (TTP) was 448 days for the partial response and 89 days for stable disease as per the new criteria which were statistically significant with a p-value of 0.002. The second retrospective analysis explored the textural changes in enhanced CT scan. Performed in collaboration with researchers from Brighton University who developed the software algorithm used to assess changes in entropy and uniformity, 87 metastases from 39 patients with mRCC were analysed at baseline and after two cycles of TKI treatment. Textural parameters and response assessment criteria were correlated with TTP. After two cycles of TKI, the decrease in tumour entropy was 3%-45%, and increase in uniformity was 5%-21%. At a threshold change of -2% with uniformity, on a coarse scale of 2.5, the textural change was able to separate responders from non-responders. With Kaplan-Meier analysis comparing all four criteria, the percentage change in uniformity was statistically more significant than for RECIST, Choi, and Modified Choi criteria. Cox regression analysis showed that texture uniformity was an independent predictor of time to progression. Discussion: With the studies reported here, I was able to demonstrate the importance of improving the methodology in assessment of therapeutic response to targeted anti-angiogenic therapy in metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Even though the clinical trial, terminated early due to slow recruitment, did not reach its primary endpoint, changes in other vascular parameters as Kep combined with changes Ktrans showed tendency towards identifying a group of patients who derived clinical benefit of >6months with these therapies. This is particularly exciting as given the vascular stabilisation effect proposed for bevacizumab, the effusion parameter Kep may be a better tool in assessing response rather than Ktrans and warrants further assessment in a larger cohort. Modified choi criterion and textural analysis are two important methodological improvements in response assessment of cytostatic anti-angiogenic therapy. In the analyses reported here, both techniques have shown superiority over RECIST in response assessment and differentiating mRCC patients who is likely to gain clinical benefit by TKI therapy. Validation of these criteria on a larger patient cohort is important. As these criterions are assessed on standard enhanced CT scans, incorporating these criteria, especially modified choi criterion, as part of standard CT assessment could be performed and will provide a real world validation. Retrospective assessment using larger cohort of patients from previous phase 3 trials or inclusion of these parameters prospectively in phase 3 trials would also help us in evaluating these modalities further.
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BEVACIZUMABE INTRA-VÍTREO: ANÁLISE DA TOXICIDADE RETINIANA APÓS 3 MESES EM OLHOS DE COELHOS NÃO ALBINOS / Bevacizumab INTRA-VITREOUS: ANALYSIS OF RETINAL TOXICITY AFTER 3 MONTHS IN EYES OF RABBITS NOT ALBINO

ARRAES, João Carlos Diniz 19 June 2009 (has links)
Made available in DSpace on 2014-07-29T15:25:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 tese joao arraes ciencias saude.pdf: 3252483 bytes, checksum: be116024cf6d2b2b6cef094fc736420d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-06-19 / Antiangiogenesis therapy has become a first-line treatment for neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Bevacizumab has proven to be efficient and cost effective, however its use in AMD is still off-label. PURPOSES: Evaluating the histological toxicity of bevacizumab on the neurosensorial retina (NSR) and the retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE) in pigmented rabbit eyes; evaluating if a fast increase in vitreous volume after a 0.1 ml balanced saline solution (BSS) intravitreal injection (IVI) in a rabbit eye will lead to histological damages in the NSR and RPE; and evaluating postoperative clinical complications after an IVI in rabbits eyes. METHODS: Eighteen pigmented rabbits (36 eyes) were divided into 4 groups a Control Group (3 rabbits - 6 eyes), which did not receive any IVI; the rabbits were sacrificed at the beginning of the study. Thirty eyes of the fifteen remaining rabbits were distributed to three groups: a sham group (S), that received a 0.1 ml balanced saline solution (BSS) IVI (ten eyes); group 1, that received a 1.25 mg (0.1 ml) bevacizumab IVI (ten eyes); and group 2, that received a 2.5 mg (0.1 ml) bevacizumab IVI (ten eyes). Postoperative clinical evaluation included inspection of the anterior segment and indirect binocular ophthalmoscopy. The rabbits were sacrificed 90 days after the procedure and both eyes of all the rabbits were enucleated. Histological examination of the NSR and RPE were performed and their morphological features and layer thickness were analyzed. RESULTS: No significant postoperative clinical complications were observed either in the neurossensorial retina or in the RPE. Histological morphology and thickness of the NSR and RPE layers did not differ significantly between BBS-injected eyes and bevacizumab-injected eyes. CONCLUSIONS: A rapid increase in vitreous volume, after 0.1 ml BSS IVI did not lead to any histological damage in the NSR and RPE in rabbit eyes. After a 90-day follow-up period, a single Bevacizumab 1.25 and 2.5 mg intravitreal injection did not lead any toxic damage in the NSR and RPE. No important postoperative complications in pigmented rabbit eyes were observed and it appears to be a safe procedure for the treatment of retinal neovascular diseases / A terapia anti-angiogênica tornou-se o tratamento de primeira linha para a forma neovascular da degeneração macular relacionada à idade. O Bevacizumabe é uma droga com boa eficácia e custo-efetividade, porém seu uso nesta doença ainda é considerado off-label. OBJETIVOS: Avaliar a toxicidade sobre a retina neurossensorial (RNS) e epitélio pigmentado da retina (EPR) da injeção intra-vítrea (IV) de bevacizumabe em olhos de coelhos não albinos; avaliar se o aumento súbito do volume vítreo após a injeção IV de 0,1ml de solução salina balanceada (SSB) no olho do coelho leva a danos histológicos na RNS e EPR; e avaliar as complicações clínicas pós-operatórias após a injeção IV em olhos de coelhos. MÉTODOS: 18 coelhos não albinos (36 olhos) foram distribuídos em 4 grupos. O grupo controle (3 coelhos 6 olhos), o qual não recebeu injeção IV, foi sacrificado no início do estudo. Os trinta olhos dos 15 coelhos restantes foram distribuídos em 3 grupos (1:1:1): Grupo Placebo (injeção IV de 0,1ml de SSB); Grupo 1 (injeção IV de 1,25mg/0,1ml de bevacizumabe); e Grupo 2 (injeção IV de 2,5mg/0,1ml de bevacizumabe). Os coelhos foram acompanhados por um período de 90 dias após o procedimento, quando então foram submetidos a eutanásia. Todos os coelhos tiveram seus olhos enucleados e avaliados histologicamente. Foram realizadas avaliação clínica pós-operatória (inspeção do segmento anterior e oftalmoscopia binocular indireta) e avaliação histológica da morfologia e da espessura das camadas da RNS e EPR. RESULTADOS: Não foram observadas complicações clínicas pós-operatórias significantes. A morfologia histológica e espessura das camadas da RNS e EPR não apresentou diferença significante entre os grupos controle e placebo, grupo placebo e grupo 1 e grupo placebo e grupo 2. CONCLUSÕES: A injeção IV de 1,25mg/0,1ml e 2,5mg/0,1ml bevacizumabe não leva a alterações histológicas tóxicas na RNS e EPR, nem a complicações clínicas pós-operatórias importantes em olhos de coelhos não albinos. A injeção IV de 0,1ml de SSB não leva a danos histológicos ao RNS e ao EPR em olhos de coelhos não albinos
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Análise comparativa da acuidade visual em pacientes com oclusão de ramo de veia central da retina antes e após tratamento combinado de bevacizumabe intravítreo com fotocoagulação a laser

Gomes, Renato Vieira January 2012 (has links)
Submitted by Ana Lúcia Torres (bfmhuap@gmail.com) on 2017-09-29T23:29:42Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) DISSERTAÇAO RENATO GOMES.pdf: 1085453 bytes, checksum: 52c34bec90105d63a6d951a99405c02d (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Ana Lúcia Torres (bfmhuap@gmail.com) on 2017-09-29T23:31:18Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) DISSERTAÇAO RENATO GOMES.pdf: 1085453 bytes, checksum: 52c34bec90105d63a6d951a99405c02d (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-09-29T23:31:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) DISSERTAÇAO RENATO GOMES.pdf: 1085453 bytes, checksum: 52c34bec90105d63a6d951a99405c02d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Vitória. Escola Superior de Ciências / Objetivo: Comparar a acuidade visual em pacientes com oclusão de ramo de veia central da retina (ORVCR), antes e após tratamento combinado de injeção intravítrea de bevacizumabe com fotocoagulação a laser. Método: Uma análise retrospectiva de pacientes com ORVCR que foram tratados com injeção intravítrea de bevacizumabe (1,25mg/0,05ml) seguida de fotocoagulação a laser na área afetada. Os pacientes passaram por avaliação oftalmológica completa, incluindo medida da acuidade visual (AV) com tabela de Snellen no momento do diagnóstico e nas visitas de acompanhamento. Foram excluídos prontuários incompletos ou com erros de preenchimentos e prontuários de pacientes com outras alterações oculares que pudessem interferir nas medidas da acuidade visual. Resultados: Foram analisados 26 prontuários (11 homens e 15 mulheres) de pacientes com diagnóstico de ORCVR no Serviço de Oftalmologia da Santa Casa de Vitória durante todo o ano de 2010. Todos os pacientes foram acompanhados por 6 meses. O tempo médio de baixa da acuidade visual antes do diagnóstico foi de 21,2 dias (1-140 dias). Com acuidade visual inicial média de 0.74 LogMAR (p<0.001) e com melhora média após 6 meses do início do tratamento para 0.32 LogMAR (p<0.001), representando assim um ganho médio de 0.42 LogMAR (p<0.001) ou 19.4 letras de ETDSR (p<0.001). Foram utilizados testes não paramétricos a fim de permitir mais generalização aos resultados evitando a premissa de normalidade. O teste de Wilcoxon foi utilizado para verificar a variação da acuidade visual inicial e final. Não foram observadas complicações oculares ou sistêmicas durante o acompanhamento. Conclusão: Houve melhora da acuidade visual comparando pré o pós tratamento combinado de injeção intravítrea de bevacizumabe com fotocoagulação a laser. A estabilidade do ganho obtido no tratamento combinado com a ausência de complicações demonstra o potencial do uso combinado de injeção intravítrea de bevacizumabe com fotocoagulação a laser no tratamento de ORVCR / Purpose: Compare the visual acuity (VA) in patients with branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO), before and after been treated with a combination of intravitreal injection of bevacizumab followed by laser photocoagulation. Method: A retrospective analyses of patients with BRVO that underwent a treatment of intravitreal injection of bevacizumab (1,25mg/ 0,05ml) followed by laser photocoagulation on the affected area. Patients went through complete eye examination, including visual acuity measure with Snellen chart on the diagnostic visit and on the follow-ups. Uncompleted and miswritten charts ware excluded as well as charts of patients with others ocular affections that could interfere in visual acuity measure Results: 26 charts (11 male and 15 female) of patients with BRVO from the Ophthalmological Department of Santa Casa de Misericórdia Hospital during 2010 were analyzed. All patients underwent a 6 months follow-up. The average VA loss before diagnostics was 21.2 days (1-140). The average VA was 0.74 LogMAR (p<0,001) with improvement after 6 month of treatment to 0.32 LogMAR (p<0,001), representing a average gain of 0.42 LogMAR (p<0,001) or 19.4 ETDRS letters (p<0,001). Non parametric tests ware used to allow more generalization of the results avoiding normality assumption. The Wilcoxon was applied to verify de VA variation during de study. No eye or systemic complications ware observed during the study. Conclusions: Visual acuity gain occur comparing before and after treatment with bevacizumab intravitreal injection followed by laser photocoagulation. The stability of the gain combined with a absences of complications demonstrate de potential of combined intravitreal bevacizumab and laser photocoagulation in patients with BRVO
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Docosahexaenoate Oxidation in the Progression of Glioblastoma: Mechanistic Studies and Evaluation of a Therapeutic Antibody

Tomko, Nicholas Daniel 01 February 2019 (has links)
No description available.
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Análise imunocitoquímica e de expressão gênica de efeitos do bevacizumabe em explantes de retina de ratos lister e em linhagem celular de glia de Müller humana / Immunocytochemistry and gene expression effects of bevacizumab on retinal explants of rats lister and glial cell line of human Müller analysis

Krempel, Paloma Gava 09 June 2015 (has links)
INTRODUÇÃO: As doenças retinianas associadas à neovascularização, tais como a degeneração macular relacionada à idade e as retinopatias diabética e da prematuridade são as principais e mais importantes causas da cegueira em todo o mundo. Nos últimos anos, injeções intravítreas de fármacos com ação antiangiogênica, como o bevacizumabe (BVZ), têm sido de grande valia tanto em pacientes na fase adulta quanto nos recém-natos. Todavia, estudos experimentais in vitro e in vivo sugerem que essas drogas promovam efeitos adversos sobre alguns processos celulares, interferindo diretamente em mecanismos fisiológicos que mantém a homeostase do tecido retiniano, incluindo os mecanismos de proliferação, diferenciação e morte celular. OBJETIVO: investigar o efeito do BVZ nos processos de transcrição e tradução de marcadores da gliose: GFAP e vimentina, de morte celular, caspase-3 e beclina-1, e dos proteoglicanos relacionados à manutenção e desenvolvimento de tecido retiniano: neurocam, fosfacam e sindecam-3. MÉTODOS: Dois modelos experimentais foram usados nesse estudo: 1) linhagem celular de Müller de Glia humana adulta (MIO-M1), cultivada em meio de cultura D-MEM na presença e ausência de BVZ por 12 e 24 horas nas concentrações de 0,25 mg/mL e 0,50 mg/mL e 2) explantes de retinas de ratos 2 dias pós-nascidos submetidos à 0,50 mg/mL da droga por 48 horas. Durante este período foram mantidos a 5% de dióxido de carbono à temperatura de 37°C. A análise de proteínas foi realizada por imunocitohistoquímica e Western Blotting e a expressão de RNAm, pela reação em cadeia da polimerase em tempo real (PCR Real Time). Foi utilizado o Teste de ANOVA - fator único para a comparação entre os grupos controle e tratados com BVZ de um mesmo período (12h ou 24h) e o teste t de Student para a comparação entre as mesmas concentrações de 12h e 24h, e para a comparação entre os grupos controle e tratado com BVZ dos explantes (p < 0,05). RESULTADOS: Nas células MIO-M1, o BVZ, aumentou a expressão gênica e diminui a tradução de VEGF na concentração de 0,50 mg/mL em 24h comparado a 12h. Para o GFAP, houve um aumento da transcrição em 0,50 mg/mL em 24h comparado a 12h e aos outros grupos em 24h. Entretanto, houve diminuição da tradução para estes mesmos períodos e condições. Para a vimentina, houve aumento na transcrição em 0,50 mg/mL após 24h. Os achados de beclina-1 revelaram uma diminuição da transcrição e tradução em 0,25 mg/mL em 24h comparado a 12h. A transcrição entre os grupos do mesmo período aumentou nos grupos tratados com BVZ tanto em 12h quanto em 24h. A tradução da beclina-1 diminuiu em 0,25 mg/mL, mas aumentou em 0,50 mg/mL em 24h em relação à 12h. A comparação entre os grupos de 24h revelou aumento da tradução em 0,50 mg/mL. Para a caspase-3, houve diminuição da transcrição em 0,25 mg/mL e 0,50 mg/mL em 24h em relação a 12h e entre nos grupos tratados com BVZ em 24h. A tradução revelou um aumento em 0,50 mg/mL em 24h em relação a 12h. No fosfacam, houve diminuição da transcrição em 0,50 mg/mL em 24h comparado a 12h e entre os grupos tratados com BVZ e controles para 12h e 24h. A transcrição de neurocam diminuiu em 0,25 mg/mL e 0,50 mg/mL em 24h comparado a 12h e entre os grupos tratados com BVZ e controles em 12h e 24h. A tradução aumentou em 0,50 mg/mL em 24h em relação a 12h, mas diminuiu entre os grupos em 24h. Nos explantes, a transcrição e tradução de VEGF diminuiram no grupo tratado com BVZ após 48h. CONCLUSÃO: Nossos resultados relacionados às células MIO-M1 e ao explante de ratos, in vitro, nos permitem aventar o possível comprometimento ocasionado pela depleção do VEGF pelo BVZ na homeostase do tecido retiniano, in vivo, interferindo nas moléculas envolvidas na morte e diferenciação celular e na neuroproteção em indivíduos em fase adulta e recém-nato / Backgraound: Vasoproliferative retinal disorders such as age-related macular, degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and retinopathy of prematurity are major causes of blindness in the world. In recent years, intravitreal injections of drugs with antiangiogenic action, as bevacizumab, have been very useful for both patients in adulthood and in newborns. However, experimental studies, in vivo and in vitro, suggest that antiangiogenic drugs may promote side effects in cellular proceedings, interfering directly in physiological mechanisms of cellular proliferation, differentiation and death. POURPOSE: Investigate the bevacizumab effects in transcription and translation processes of gliosis, GFAP and vimentin, cellular death markers, caspase-3 and beclin-1, and proteoglycans involved in retinal tissue maintenance and development, neurocan, phosphacan and syndecan-3. METHODS: Two experimental models were used on this research: cellular lineage of adult and human Müller glial cell(MIO-M1) were cultivated on D-MEM medium with 0,25 and 0,50 mg/mL bevacizumab for 12 and 24 hours, and two days old rat retinal explants submitted to 0,50 mg/mL for 48 hours. During this period were stored in laboratory ovens at 5% carbon dioxide pressure and 37 °C average temperature. Molecular techniques were used to evaluate gene expression and protein content. Protein assessments were performed by immunocytochemistry and western blotting analysis, while Real Time PCR was used to measure mRNA content. ANOVA tests one factor were applied to compare the control and BVZ groups of the same period (12h or 24h) and t test from Student to compare the same conditions of 12h and 24h, and to compare the control and BVZ retinal explants groups (p<0.05). RESULTS: At MIO-M1 cells, BVZ increased the gene expression and reduced the translation of VEGF at concentration of 0.50 mg / mL in 24 hours compared to 12 hours. For GFAP, there was an increase of transcription at 0.50 mg / mL in 24 hours compared to 12 hours and to the other groups at 24 hours. However, there was a decrease in translation for these same periods and conditions. For vimentin, there was an increase in transcription at 0.50 mg / mL after 24 hours. The beclin-1 findings revealed a decrease of transcription and translation at 0.25 mg / ml compared at 24 h compared to 12h. Transcription among groups increased in BVZ treated groups at 12h and 24h. The translation of beclin-1 decreased at 0.25 mg / ml, but increased at 0.50 mg / mL at 24 hours compared to 12 hours. The comparison between the groups at 24h revealed an increased in translation at 0.50 mg / mL. For caspase-3, there was a decrease in transcription at 0.25 mg / ml and 0.50 mg / ml at 24 compared to 12 hours and among BVZ treated groups at 24h. Translation revealed an increase at 0.50 mg / mL at 24 hours compared to 12 hours. For fosfacam, there was a decreased in transcription at 0.50 mg / mL in 24 hours compared to 12 hours and among BVZ treated groups and controls at 12h and 24h. The transcription of neurocam decreased at 0.25 mg / ml and 0.50 mg / ml at 24 hours compared to 12 hours and among BVZ treated groups and controls at 12h and 24h. Translation increased at 0.50 mg / mL at 24 compared to 12 hours, but decreased among the groups at 24 hours. For explants, transcription and translation of VEGF decreased in the BVZ group treated after 48h. CONCLUSION: Our results related to the MIO-M1 cells and explants of rats,in vitro, allow us to suggest the possible impairment caused by depletion of VEGF by BVZ in the homeostasis of retinal tissue, in vivo, interfering in the molecules involved in cell death and cell differentiation and neuroprotection in individuals in adulthood and newborns
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Avaliação estrutural e funcional da mácula nos pacientes com retinopatia diabética proliferativa submetidos à panfotocoagulação associada a injeções intravítreas de bevacizumabe / Structural and functional assessment of the macula in patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy submitted to panretinal photocoagulation associated with intravitreal injections of bevacizumab

Preti, Rony Carlos 23 November 2012 (has links)
INTRODUÇÃO: O presente estudo avaliou o tratamento com injeções intravítreas de Bevacizumabe (IVB) associadas à panfotocoagulação (PFC) da retina na retinopatia diabética proliferativa (RDP) de alto risco com ou sem edema macular (EM). MÉTODOS: Ensaio clínico randomizado, prospectivo, aberto e mascarado composto por pacientes com Diabetes melitos (DM) tipo 2. A acuidade visual (AV) foi medida com a tabela Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study e a sensibilidade ao contraste (SC) pela da tabela Vistech Consultants Incorporation 6500. Os pacientes foram submetidos a exame de angiofluoresceinografia para observação de neovascularização retiniana e isquemia macular e à tomografia de coerência óptica (OCT), para se obter a espessura foveal (EF) e o volume macular (VM). Após os exames, um dos olhos do mesmo paciente foi randomizado para realizar somente PFC, grupo controle (GC), e o outro para PFC associado a injeções IVB, grupo de estudo (GE). A hemorragia vítrea (HV) e a presença de complicações também foram avaliadas. RESULTADOS: Dos 42 pacientes incluídos, 35 completaram o estudo. A média de idade foi de 56±8 anos, com predominância do gênero masculino 21 (60%). Vinte e seis (74%) pacientes eram portadores de Hipertensão Arterial Sistêmica com média de duração de 9±10 anos. A média de duração do DM foi de 18±9 anos sendo 23 (66%) usuários de insulina e 21 (68,5%), fácicos. A AV e a SC não demonstraram diferença entre os grupos no total da amostra. O GE demonstrou melhora em comparação ao GC na EF no 1º mês, e no VM nos 1° e 3º meses de seguimento. Quanto aos 12 pacientes com EM bilateral somente a EF demonstrou redução no GE no 1º mês de seguimento. Ao se avaliar os grupos separadamente, o GC apresentou agravamento da AV e SC durante todo seguimento. Houve também aumento da EF nos 1º e 6º meses e VM nos 1º , 3º e 6º meses de seguimento. O GE demonstrou estabilização da AV, SC, EF e VM. Correlacionado às funções visuais, AV com a SC, toda vez que houve piora da AV esta foi acompanhada pelo agravamento da SC em todos os momentos no GC e GE. Quando correlacionadas as AV e SC com as EF e VM, toda vez que a espessura macular aumentava, havia piora da função visual. Dos sete pacientes excluídos do estudo por apresentarem HV, cinco integravam o GC e dois o GE. Não houve aparecimento de catarata, endoftalmite e/ou aumento significativo da pressão ocular. CONCLUSÃO: Na RDP de alto risco, o uso adjuvante de injeções intravítreas de Bevacizumabe associadas à panfotocoagulação da retina pode estabilizar a AV, SC, EF e VM, diminuir a incidência de HV e reduzir a da espessura macular. Em relação à correlação entre as variáveis, quando houve piora da AV, esta foi acompanhada da piora da SC e o aumento da EF e VM causaram piora da AV e SC / INTRODUCTION: This study evaluated the treatment with intravitreal injections of Bevacizumab (IVB) associated with panretinal photocoagulation (PRP) in high-risk proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) with or without diabetic macular edema (DME). METHODS: Prospective, open and masked, randomized clinical trial, composed of patients with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM). The visual acuity (VA) was measured with the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study charts and the contrast sensitivity (CS) through the chart of Vistech Consultants Incorporation 6500. Patients were submitted to a fluorescein angiography examination to observe retinal neovascularization and macular ischemia and to an optical coherence tomography (OCT) to obtain the foveal thickness (FT) and macular volume (MV). After the tests, one of the eyes from the same patient was randomized to realize only the PRP, the control group (CG), and the other for PRP associated to IVB injections, the study group (SG). Vitreous hemorrhage (VH) and presence of complications were also evaluated. RESULTS: Thirty-five of the forty-two patients included, completed the study. The mean age was 56±8 years, with a predominance of 21 (60%) males. Twenty-six (74%) patients had systemic hypertension with a mean duration of 9±10 years. The mean duration of DM was 18±9 years, of which 23 (66%) were insulin users and 21 (68.5%) were phakic. The VA and CS showed no difference between groups in the total sample. The SG showed improvement compared to the CG in FT for the 1st month, and in MV for the 1st and 3rd month of follow-up. As for the 12 patients with bilateral ME, only the FT showed a reduction in the SG for the 1st month of follow-up. When evaluating the groups separately, the CG showed worsening of VA and CS at all times. There was also an increase of FT for the 1st and 6th months and of MV for the 1st, 3rd and 6th month follow-up. The SG showed stabilization of VA, CS, FT and MV. When correlated to visual functions, VA and CS, a worsening of the VA was accompanied every time by a worsening of the CS in both the CG and SG. When VA and CS are correlated to FT and MV, there was worsening of visual function whenever macular thickness increased. Of the seven patients excluded from the study by presenting VH, 5 belonged to the CG and the 2 to the SG. There was no incidence of cataracts, endophthalmitis and/or significant increase in intraocular pressure. CONCLUSION: In high-risk PDR, intraocular injections of Bevacizumab as an adjuvant treatment to PRP, can stabilize VA, CS, FT and MV, reduce of the incidence of VH and decrease the macular thickness. Regarding the correlation between variables, when there was a worsening of VA, this was accompanied by a worsening of the CS, and an increase in FT and MV caused the worsening of the VA and CS
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Avaliação estrutural e funcional da mácula nos pacientes com retinopatia diabética proliferativa submetidos à panfotocoagulação associada a injeções intravítreas de bevacizumabe / Structural and functional assessment of the macula in patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy submitted to panretinal photocoagulation associated with intravitreal injections of bevacizumab

Rony Carlos Preti 23 November 2012 (has links)
INTRODUÇÃO: O presente estudo avaliou o tratamento com injeções intravítreas de Bevacizumabe (IVB) associadas à panfotocoagulação (PFC) da retina na retinopatia diabética proliferativa (RDP) de alto risco com ou sem edema macular (EM). MÉTODOS: Ensaio clínico randomizado, prospectivo, aberto e mascarado composto por pacientes com Diabetes melitos (DM) tipo 2. A acuidade visual (AV) foi medida com a tabela Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study e a sensibilidade ao contraste (SC) pela da tabela Vistech Consultants Incorporation 6500. Os pacientes foram submetidos a exame de angiofluoresceinografia para observação de neovascularização retiniana e isquemia macular e à tomografia de coerência óptica (OCT), para se obter a espessura foveal (EF) e o volume macular (VM). Após os exames, um dos olhos do mesmo paciente foi randomizado para realizar somente PFC, grupo controle (GC), e o outro para PFC associado a injeções IVB, grupo de estudo (GE). A hemorragia vítrea (HV) e a presença de complicações também foram avaliadas. RESULTADOS: Dos 42 pacientes incluídos, 35 completaram o estudo. A média de idade foi de 56±8 anos, com predominância do gênero masculino 21 (60%). Vinte e seis (74%) pacientes eram portadores de Hipertensão Arterial Sistêmica com média de duração de 9±10 anos. A média de duração do DM foi de 18±9 anos sendo 23 (66%) usuários de insulina e 21 (68,5%), fácicos. A AV e a SC não demonstraram diferença entre os grupos no total da amostra. O GE demonstrou melhora em comparação ao GC na EF no 1º mês, e no VM nos 1° e 3º meses de seguimento. Quanto aos 12 pacientes com EM bilateral somente a EF demonstrou redução no GE no 1º mês de seguimento. Ao se avaliar os grupos separadamente, o GC apresentou agravamento da AV e SC durante todo seguimento. Houve também aumento da EF nos 1º e 6º meses e VM nos 1º , 3º e 6º meses de seguimento. O GE demonstrou estabilização da AV, SC, EF e VM. Correlacionado às funções visuais, AV com a SC, toda vez que houve piora da AV esta foi acompanhada pelo agravamento da SC em todos os momentos no GC e GE. Quando correlacionadas as AV e SC com as EF e VM, toda vez que a espessura macular aumentava, havia piora da função visual. Dos sete pacientes excluídos do estudo por apresentarem HV, cinco integravam o GC e dois o GE. Não houve aparecimento de catarata, endoftalmite e/ou aumento significativo da pressão ocular. CONCLUSÃO: Na RDP de alto risco, o uso adjuvante de injeções intravítreas de Bevacizumabe associadas à panfotocoagulação da retina pode estabilizar a AV, SC, EF e VM, diminuir a incidência de HV e reduzir a da espessura macular. Em relação à correlação entre as variáveis, quando houve piora da AV, esta foi acompanhada da piora da SC e o aumento da EF e VM causaram piora da AV e SC / INTRODUCTION: This study evaluated the treatment with intravitreal injections of Bevacizumab (IVB) associated with panretinal photocoagulation (PRP) in high-risk proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) with or without diabetic macular edema (DME). METHODS: Prospective, open and masked, randomized clinical trial, composed of patients with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM). The visual acuity (VA) was measured with the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study charts and the contrast sensitivity (CS) through the chart of Vistech Consultants Incorporation 6500. Patients were submitted to a fluorescein angiography examination to observe retinal neovascularization and macular ischemia and to an optical coherence tomography (OCT) to obtain the foveal thickness (FT) and macular volume (MV). After the tests, one of the eyes from the same patient was randomized to realize only the PRP, the control group (CG), and the other for PRP associated to IVB injections, the study group (SG). Vitreous hemorrhage (VH) and presence of complications were also evaluated. RESULTS: Thirty-five of the forty-two patients included, completed the study. The mean age was 56±8 years, with a predominance of 21 (60%) males. Twenty-six (74%) patients had systemic hypertension with a mean duration of 9±10 years. The mean duration of DM was 18±9 years, of which 23 (66%) were insulin users and 21 (68.5%) were phakic. The VA and CS showed no difference between groups in the total sample. The SG showed improvement compared to the CG in FT for the 1st month, and in MV for the 1st and 3rd month of follow-up. As for the 12 patients with bilateral ME, only the FT showed a reduction in the SG for the 1st month of follow-up. When evaluating the groups separately, the CG showed worsening of VA and CS at all times. There was also an increase of FT for the 1st and 6th months and of MV for the 1st, 3rd and 6th month follow-up. The SG showed stabilization of VA, CS, FT and MV. When correlated to visual functions, VA and CS, a worsening of the VA was accompanied every time by a worsening of the CS in both the CG and SG. When VA and CS are correlated to FT and MV, there was worsening of visual function whenever macular thickness increased. Of the seven patients excluded from the study by presenting VH, 5 belonged to the CG and the 2 to the SG. There was no incidence of cataracts, endophthalmitis and/or significant increase in intraocular pressure. CONCLUSION: In high-risk PDR, intraocular injections of Bevacizumab as an adjuvant treatment to PRP, can stabilize VA, CS, FT and MV, reduce of the incidence of VH and decrease the macular thickness. Regarding the correlation between variables, when there was a worsening of VA, this was accompanied by a worsening of the CS, and an increase in FT and MV caused the worsening of the VA and CS
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Análise imunocitoquímica e de expressão gênica de efeitos do bevacizumabe em explantes de retina de ratos lister e em linhagem celular de glia de Müller humana / Immunocytochemistry and gene expression effects of bevacizumab on retinal explants of rats lister and glial cell line of human Müller analysis

Paloma Gava Krempel 09 June 2015 (has links)
INTRODUÇÃO: As doenças retinianas associadas à neovascularização, tais como a degeneração macular relacionada à idade e as retinopatias diabética e da prematuridade são as principais e mais importantes causas da cegueira em todo o mundo. Nos últimos anos, injeções intravítreas de fármacos com ação antiangiogênica, como o bevacizumabe (BVZ), têm sido de grande valia tanto em pacientes na fase adulta quanto nos recém-natos. Todavia, estudos experimentais in vitro e in vivo sugerem que essas drogas promovam efeitos adversos sobre alguns processos celulares, interferindo diretamente em mecanismos fisiológicos que mantém a homeostase do tecido retiniano, incluindo os mecanismos de proliferação, diferenciação e morte celular. OBJETIVO: investigar o efeito do BVZ nos processos de transcrição e tradução de marcadores da gliose: GFAP e vimentina, de morte celular, caspase-3 e beclina-1, e dos proteoglicanos relacionados à manutenção e desenvolvimento de tecido retiniano: neurocam, fosfacam e sindecam-3. MÉTODOS: Dois modelos experimentais foram usados nesse estudo: 1) linhagem celular de Müller de Glia humana adulta (MIO-M1), cultivada em meio de cultura D-MEM na presença e ausência de BVZ por 12 e 24 horas nas concentrações de 0,25 mg/mL e 0,50 mg/mL e 2) explantes de retinas de ratos 2 dias pós-nascidos submetidos à 0,50 mg/mL da droga por 48 horas. Durante este período foram mantidos a 5% de dióxido de carbono à temperatura de 37°C. A análise de proteínas foi realizada por imunocitohistoquímica e Western Blotting e a expressão de RNAm, pela reação em cadeia da polimerase em tempo real (PCR Real Time). Foi utilizado o Teste de ANOVA - fator único para a comparação entre os grupos controle e tratados com BVZ de um mesmo período (12h ou 24h) e o teste t de Student para a comparação entre as mesmas concentrações de 12h e 24h, e para a comparação entre os grupos controle e tratado com BVZ dos explantes (p < 0,05). RESULTADOS: Nas células MIO-M1, o BVZ, aumentou a expressão gênica e diminui a tradução de VEGF na concentração de 0,50 mg/mL em 24h comparado a 12h. Para o GFAP, houve um aumento da transcrição em 0,50 mg/mL em 24h comparado a 12h e aos outros grupos em 24h. Entretanto, houve diminuição da tradução para estes mesmos períodos e condições. Para a vimentina, houve aumento na transcrição em 0,50 mg/mL após 24h. Os achados de beclina-1 revelaram uma diminuição da transcrição e tradução em 0,25 mg/mL em 24h comparado a 12h. A transcrição entre os grupos do mesmo período aumentou nos grupos tratados com BVZ tanto em 12h quanto em 24h. A tradução da beclina-1 diminuiu em 0,25 mg/mL, mas aumentou em 0,50 mg/mL em 24h em relação à 12h. A comparação entre os grupos de 24h revelou aumento da tradução em 0,50 mg/mL. Para a caspase-3, houve diminuição da transcrição em 0,25 mg/mL e 0,50 mg/mL em 24h em relação a 12h e entre nos grupos tratados com BVZ em 24h. A tradução revelou um aumento em 0,50 mg/mL em 24h em relação a 12h. No fosfacam, houve diminuição da transcrição em 0,50 mg/mL em 24h comparado a 12h e entre os grupos tratados com BVZ e controles para 12h e 24h. A transcrição de neurocam diminuiu em 0,25 mg/mL e 0,50 mg/mL em 24h comparado a 12h e entre os grupos tratados com BVZ e controles em 12h e 24h. A tradução aumentou em 0,50 mg/mL em 24h em relação a 12h, mas diminuiu entre os grupos em 24h. Nos explantes, a transcrição e tradução de VEGF diminuiram no grupo tratado com BVZ após 48h. CONCLUSÃO: Nossos resultados relacionados às células MIO-M1 e ao explante de ratos, in vitro, nos permitem aventar o possível comprometimento ocasionado pela depleção do VEGF pelo BVZ na homeostase do tecido retiniano, in vivo, interferindo nas moléculas envolvidas na morte e diferenciação celular e na neuroproteção em indivíduos em fase adulta e recém-nato / Backgraound: Vasoproliferative retinal disorders such as age-related macular, degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and retinopathy of prematurity are major causes of blindness in the world. In recent years, intravitreal injections of drugs with antiangiogenic action, as bevacizumab, have been very useful for both patients in adulthood and in newborns. However, experimental studies, in vivo and in vitro, suggest that antiangiogenic drugs may promote side effects in cellular proceedings, interfering directly in physiological mechanisms of cellular proliferation, differentiation and death. POURPOSE: Investigate the bevacizumab effects in transcription and translation processes of gliosis, GFAP and vimentin, cellular death markers, caspase-3 and beclin-1, and proteoglycans involved in retinal tissue maintenance and development, neurocan, phosphacan and syndecan-3. METHODS: Two experimental models were used on this research: cellular lineage of adult and human Müller glial cell(MIO-M1) were cultivated on D-MEM medium with 0,25 and 0,50 mg/mL bevacizumab for 12 and 24 hours, and two days old rat retinal explants submitted to 0,50 mg/mL for 48 hours. During this period were stored in laboratory ovens at 5% carbon dioxide pressure and 37 °C average temperature. Molecular techniques were used to evaluate gene expression and protein content. Protein assessments were performed by immunocytochemistry and western blotting analysis, while Real Time PCR was used to measure mRNA content. ANOVA tests one factor were applied to compare the control and BVZ groups of the same period (12h or 24h) and t test from Student to compare the same conditions of 12h and 24h, and to compare the control and BVZ retinal explants groups (p<0.05). RESULTS: At MIO-M1 cells, BVZ increased the gene expression and reduced the translation of VEGF at concentration of 0.50 mg / mL in 24 hours compared to 12 hours. For GFAP, there was an increase of transcription at 0.50 mg / mL in 24 hours compared to 12 hours and to the other groups at 24 hours. However, there was a decrease in translation for these same periods and conditions. For vimentin, there was an increase in transcription at 0.50 mg / mL after 24 hours. The beclin-1 findings revealed a decrease of transcription and translation at 0.25 mg / ml compared at 24 h compared to 12h. Transcription among groups increased in BVZ treated groups at 12h and 24h. The translation of beclin-1 decreased at 0.25 mg / ml, but increased at 0.50 mg / mL at 24 hours compared to 12 hours. The comparison between the groups at 24h revealed an increased in translation at 0.50 mg / mL. For caspase-3, there was a decrease in transcription at 0.25 mg / ml and 0.50 mg / ml at 24 compared to 12 hours and among BVZ treated groups at 24h. Translation revealed an increase at 0.50 mg / mL at 24 hours compared to 12 hours. For fosfacam, there was a decreased in transcription at 0.50 mg / mL in 24 hours compared to 12 hours and among BVZ treated groups and controls at 12h and 24h. The transcription of neurocam decreased at 0.25 mg / ml and 0.50 mg / ml at 24 hours compared to 12 hours and among BVZ treated groups and controls at 12h and 24h. Translation increased at 0.50 mg / mL at 24 compared to 12 hours, but decreased among the groups at 24 hours. For explants, transcription and translation of VEGF decreased in the BVZ group treated after 48h. CONCLUSION: Our results related to the MIO-M1 cells and explants of rats,in vitro, allow us to suggest the possible impairment caused by depletion of VEGF by BVZ in the homeostasis of retinal tissue, in vivo, interfering in the molecules involved in cell death and cell differentiation and neuroprotection in individuals in adulthood and newborns

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