Three-Year Outcomes of Intravitreal Aflibercept versus Laser Therapy for Retinopathy of Prematurity: Interim Analysis of the Efficacy and Safety Outcomes in the FIREFLEYE next Trial
Descriptive analyses of the 3-year outcomes confirm long-term, stable disease control following aflibercept 0.4 mg treatment of severe acute-phase ROP, with age-appropriate visual function, less frequent/severe myopia compared with laser, and no ocular or systemic safety concerns.
Authors
- Katja Brandau
- Alistair R. Fielder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0756-8929)
- Tobias Niesen
- Robert Vitti
- Sarah Schlief
- Aditya Athanikar
- Karen Chu
- Wei-Chi Wu
- Evra Köfüncü
- Thomas Miller
- Carlos Jacas
- Andreas Stahl
- On behalf of the Dutch Hepatocellular & Cholangiocarcinoma Group (DHCG)
- Domenico Lepore
- Hidehiko Nakanishi
- Sergio Leal
- Pablo Iveli
- Fei Zhao
Institutions
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (IT)
- Bayer (United States) (US)
- St George's, University of London (GB)
- Chang Gung University (TW)
- City, University of London (GB)
- Regeneron (United States) (US)
- Universitätsmedizin Greifswald (DE)
- Bayer (Canada) (CA)
- Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (TW)
- Bayer (Switzerland) (CH)
- Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari (ES)
- Kitasato University (JP)
- Bayer (Germany) (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neonatology
- Published
- 2026-01-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000549717
- Primary Topic
- Retinopathy of Prematurity Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00