Ramin Khoramnia (University Eye Clinic Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany) discusses imitations of current treatment options for neovascular age-related macular degeneration, gives an overview of faricimab, its dosing regimen and its mechanism of action and discusses the major efficacy and safety findings of the STAIRWAY study, which were presented at WOC 2020.
1. What are the limitations of current treatment options for neovascular age-related macular degeneration? (0:05)
2. Could you give us an overview of faricimab, its dosing regimen and its mechanism of action? (1:07)
3. What were the aims and design of the STAIRWAY study? (2:07)
4. What were the major efficacy and safety findings of this study? (2:54)
5. What is the potential for combining faricimab with angiopoietin-2 and vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitors and what future studies are planned? (3:33)
Disclosures: Ramin Khoramnia has received grant support from: Alimera, Bayer, Chengdu Kanghong, Novartis, and Roche; travel support from: Alimera, Allergan, Bayer, Novartis, and Roche; and lecture fees from: Alimera, Allergan, Bayer, Novartis, and Roche.
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Published: 31 July 2020
