Ranibizumab prevents the formation of new blood vessels and reduces blood vessel permeability via inhibiting vascular endothelia growth factor (VEGF). In clinical, it is mainly used to treat wet age-related macular degeneration (wAMD). In this study, the safety, effectiveness and economics of ranibizumab in the treatment of wAMD were evaluated in order to provide an evidence-based basis for clinical rational use.
Databases were systematically searched, including Pubmed, Ovid, the Cochrane Library, CNKI, Wanfang and CMB, according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The literatures were screened, the data were extracted, and then qualitative analysis on the results was conducted by 2 researchers separately.
17 Meta-analyses and 27 pharmacoeconomic studies were included. The results showed that the clinical effectiveness of ranibizumab in the treatment of wAMD was similar to bevacizumab, conbercept and aflibercept. However, compared with the combination of photodynamic therapy (PDT), the single use of ranibizumab had more benefit in improving patients' vision, especially on BCVA. In terms of safety, ranibizumab is safer than bevacizumab. Ranibizumab appeared significantly more cost-effective than the usual treatments, pegaptanib and PDT, while it is not cost-effective compared with bevacizumab, aflibercept and conbercept.
In the treatment of wAMD, ranibizumab has no significant advantage over other clinically available drugs in effectiveness, but higher safety than bevacizumab, and lower economical than bevacizumab, aflibercept and conbercept.
| 科 Family | 属数 Number of genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) | 属 Genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |