A new study reports that close monitoring of patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) can improve the ability to detect choroidal neovascularization (CNV) while it is still outside the fovea and vision is still good. Bilateral involvement is common in neovascular AMD, with approximately 10% of second eyes developing CNV each year...

New data published by the Complications of Age-related Macular Degeneration Prevention Trial (CAPT) has shed additional light on the risk factors for progression of AMD. They report that only increasing age and the presence of retinal pigments clumps where significantly associated with both the development of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) and...

Researchers report that close monitoring of patients with drusen can lead to earlier detection of choroidal neovascularization (CNV), when vision is still good and treatment results are best. Patients recruited for the Complications of Age-related Macular Degeneration Prevention Trial (CAPT) multicenter, randomized clinical trial had bilateral...