Annual Evidence Update on Age Related Macular Degeneration: 14-18 June 2010

An update of the evidence on this topic from NHS Evidence - eyes and vision.

Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is one of the commonest causes of certifiable visual impairment in the UK. The 2010 Evidence Update focuses on the management of neovascular (wet) AMD and highlights the:

• key evidence base underpinning current interventions (key randomised controlled trials and current guidance);
• new evidence that is likely to inform a change in clinical practice;
• emerging evidence for Lucentis, Avastin and combination treatments from key RCTs that have recently reported at scientific conferences but not yet published in peer reviewed literature;
• current uncertainties in the effectiveness of treatments.

Commentaries have been provided by Robin Hamilton, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon and Praveen Patel, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and by Angela Reidy and Darwin Minassian, EpiVision.

Find out more at www.library.nhs.uk/eyes.