Management of noninfectious posterior uveitis with intravitreal drug therapy

Hui Yi Tan, Aniruddha Agarwal, Cecilia S Lee, Jay Chhablani, Vishali Gupta, Manoj Khatri, Jayabalan Nirmal, Carlos Pavesio, Rupesh Agrawal, Hui Yi Tan, Aniruddha Agarwal, Cecilia S Lee, Jay Chhablani, Vishali Gupta, Manoj Khatri, Jayabalan Nirmal, Carlos Pavesio, Rupesh Agrawal

Abstract

Uveitis is an important cause of vision loss worldwide due to its sight-threatening complications, especially cystoid macular edema, as well as choroidal neovascularization, macular ischemia, cataract, and glaucoma. Systemic corticosteroids are the mainstay of therapy for noninfectious posterior uveitis; however, various systemic side effects can occur. Intravitreal medication achieves a therapeutic level in the vitreous while minimizing systemic complications and is thus used as an exciting alternative. Corticosteroids, antivascular endothelial growth factors, immunomodulators such as methotrexate and sirolimus, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are currently available for intravitreal therapy. This article reviews the existing literature for efficacy and safety of these various options for intravitreal drug therapy for the management of noninfectious uveitis (mainly intermediate, posterior, and panuveitis).

Keywords: intravitreal methotrexate; intravitreal steroids; intravitreal therapy; noninfectious uveitis; posterior uveitis.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.

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