Research lines of Age-related Macular Degeneration

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AMD research is carried out mainly through the August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS) and in collaboration with other national and international research groups and institutes. 

There are international studies that analyze the most advanced treatments in which, if the eye specialist (ophthalmologist), after a thorough examination, considers that a particular case meets the required criteria, the patient could be included it (premarketing phase) and benefit from the state-of-the-art therapies.

In recent years, studies have been carried out on intravitreal treatments in real life conditions. Their results have provided very valuable information on:

  • the features of the lesions treated
  • the number of injections given
  • the visual results obtained 

These data are important to improve patient care.

An example of this type of study is the national registry, Fight Retinal Blindness (FRB) Spain, coordinated from the Hospital Clinic with the participation of numerous professionals from the Ophthalmology Clínic Institute (Institut Clínic de Oftalmologia, ICOF).

Substantiated information by:

Javier Zarranz Ventura
Mª Socorro Alforja  Castiella
Ricardo P Casaroli Marano

Published: 20 February 2018
Updated: 11 July 2025

The donations that can be done through this webpage are exclusively for the benefit of Hospital Clínic of Barcelona through Fundació Clínic per a la Recerca Biomèdica and not for BBVA Foundation, entity that collaborates with the project of PortalClínic.

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