Research Article

Safety of Intravitreal Injection of Biosimilar of Aflibercept in Rabbit Eyes

Table 1

Comparison of the amplitudes and latent times of rod responses from the aflibercept-treated rabbits and saline-treated rabbits and Eylea-treated rabbits.

Groupsa-wave amplitudeb-wave amplitudea-wave latent timeb-wave latent time

48 hours
 Saline−43.5 ± 8.8139.4 ± 19.214.7 ± 0.735.6 ± 1.2
 Eylea−44.7 ± 5.9120.8 ± 13.613.7 ± 0.636.1 ± 1
 Aflibercept−48.9 ± 20.3158.6 ± 64.514.6 ± 0.637.7 ± 1.7

value
 Aflibercept/saline0.600.320.770.82
 Aflibercept/Eylea0.730.620.810.86

1 week
 Saline−44 ± 8.1149.9 ± 27.214.1 ± 0.635.1 ± 1.6
 Eylea−38.3 ± 5.8116.5 ± 11.713.9 ± 0.132.7 ± 1.5
 Aflibercept−46.4 ± 9.9151.4 ± 32.714.3 ± 0.836 ± 1.3

value
 Aflibercept/saline0.850.890.840.63
 Aflibercept/Eylea0.760.270.820.47

2 weeks
 NS−33.6 ± 8.4125 ± 28.314.3 ± 0.735.9 ± 1.5
 Eylea−44.5 ± 1.7131.5 ± 22.113.2 ± 0.533.1 ± 1.5
 Aflibercept−37.8 ± 10.1133.2 ± 40.214.4 ± 1.135.8 ± 1.4

value
 Aflibercept/saline0.290.440.970.96
 Aflibercept/Eylea0.260.830.790.71

4 weeks
 NS−41.6 ± 13.3140.3 ± 20.514.4 ± 0.637.2 ± 2.3
 Eylea−32.9 ± 8.5105.4 ± 11.714.1 ± 0.134.3 ± 1.8
 Aflibercept−38.4 ± 20.5140.9 ± 89.615.4 ± 1.140.2 ± 2.2

value
 Aflibercept/saline0.230.980.450.55
 Aflibercept/Eylea0.690.210.620.38

Data are mean ± SD Mann–Whitney U-test.