Predicting the immediate impact of national lockdown on neovascular age-related macular degeneration and associated visual morbidity: an INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub for Eye Health report

CONCLUSIONS: Here, we demonstrate how combining data from a recently founded national digital health data repository with historical industry-funded clinical trial data can enhance predictive modelling in nAMD. The demonstrated detrimental effects of prolonged treatment delay should incentivise healthcare providers to support nAMD patients accessing care in safe environments.TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT00056836.PMID:34518162 | DOI:10.1136/bjophthalmol-2021-319383

Source: The British Journal of Ophthalmology - September 14, 2021 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Susan P Mollan Dun Jack Fu Ching-Yi Chuo Jacqueline G Gannon Wen Hwa Lee J Jill Hopkins Cian Hughes Alastair K Denniston Pearse A Keane Ronald Cantrell Source Type: research