Recurrent Macular Edema Associated With Belzutifan Therapy for Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma

<b>Purpose:</b> To report a case of rapidly reversible cystoid macular edema (ME) associated with belzutifan therapy. <b>Methods:</b> A single case was reviewed. <b>Results:</b> A 70-year-old man with sporadic metastatic renal cell carcinoma developed acute symptomatic cystoid macular edema (CME) within 2 weeks of initiating belzutifan therapy. The CME began to improve within 1 week after treatment cessation and resolved completely thereafter. Belzutifan was subsequently restarted at a lower dose, following which CME recurred within 2 weeks. <b>Conclusions:</b> This is the first reported instance of rapidly reversible CME associated with the use of belzutifan in a real-world clinical setting, highlighting the need for ophthalmic monitoring in patients receiving hypoxia-inducible factor-2α inhibitors.

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Journal of VitreoRetinal Diseases
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2026-02-01
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https://doi.org/10.1177/24741264261418516
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Drug-Induced Ocular Toxicity
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Recurrent Macular Edema Associated With Belzutifan Therapy for Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma

Megan E. Chung, Karen M. Wai
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Journal of VitreoRetinal Diseases
Drug-Induced Ocular Toxicity
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Recurrent Macular Edema Associated With Belzutifan Therapy for Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma

Megan E. Chung, Karen M. Wai
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Abstract

<b>Purpose:</b> To report a case of rapidly reversible cystoid macular edema (ME) associated with belzutifan therapy. <b>Methods:</b> A single case was reviewed. <b>Results:</b> A 70-year-old man with sporadic metastatic renal cell carcinoma developed acute symptomatic cystoid macular edema (CME) within 2 weeks of initiating belzutifan therapy. The CME began to improve within 1 week after treatment cessation and resolved completely thereafter. Belzutifan was subsequently restarted at a lower dose, following which CME recurred within 2 weeks. <b>Conclusions:</b> This is the first reported instance of rapidly reversible CME associated with the use of belzutifan in a real-world clinical setting, highlighting the need for ophthalmic monitoring in patients receiving hypoxia-inducible factor-2α inhibitors.

Journal of VitreoRetinal Diseases
Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute (US), Stanford University (US)
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Drug-Induced Ocular Toxicity
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