Research Article

Chinese Herbal Medicine Combined with Intravitreal Antivascular Growth Factor Agents in Treatment of Macular Edema Secondary to Retinal Vein Occlusion: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Characteristics of the included studies.

Study IDRegionRVO typeNo. of patients (T/C)No. of eyes (T/C)Length of follow-up(months)AgeGender (M/F)InterventionDuration of RVO (T/C)The course of treatment (weeks)Outcome
TCTCTC

Su et al. 2021 [19]ChinaCRVO30/3030/30658.76 ± 14.5254.2 ± 9.113/1716/141.25 mg IVB + CHM1.25 mg IVB3.01 ± 3.23/2.85 ± 2.78 (months)12a, b, c, d
Wang et al. 2020 [23]ChinaBRVO46/4646/46653.73 ± 7.1551.45 ± 6.4324/2220/260.5 mg IVR + CHM0.5 mg IVR1.78 ± 0.44/1.89 ± 0.35 (months)12a, b, c, d
Hao 2019 [21]ChinaBRVO50/5050/50657.09 ± 14.3558.83 ± 12.4327/2326/240.5 mg IVC + CHM0.5 mg IVC27.2 ± 12.4/28.6 ± 12.2 (days)24a, b, c, d
Wei et al. 2020 [26]ChinaRVO75/7575/751245.2 ± 3.345.3 ± 3.440/3539/36Anti-VEGF + CHMAnti-VEGF0.8 ± 0.2/0.8 ± 0.1 (months)4a, b, d
Sha and Duan 2018 [25]ChinaRVO21/2121/21640∼7540∼7512/910/110.5 mg IVR + CHM0.5 mg IVR1∼3 (months)3∼6b
Wu et al. 2020 [26]ChinaRVO32/2532/25654.13 ± 11.54260.84 ± 8.97119/1310/15Anti-VEGF + CHMAnti-VEGFNA12a, b, c
Tao et al. 2017 [18]ChinaCRVO30/3030/30655.17 ± 10.6634/260.5 mg IVR + CHM0.5 mg IVR57.3 ± 16.9 (days)12b
Yan 2017 [20]ChinaBRVO32/3032/30656.0 ± 0.9153.9 ± 1.1018/1420/100.5 mg IVR + CHM0.5 mg IVR2.16 ± 0.37/1.89 ± 0.18 (months)4a, b, c
Ming. 2019 [22]ChinaBRVO30/3030/30654.96 ± 13.7052.92 ± 19.0611/1610/150.5 mg IVC + CHM0.5 mg IVCNA12a, b, c
Lu and Wu 2018 [24]ChinaRVO30/3030/30661.80 ± 7.2661.17 ± 7.4715/1514/160.5 mg IVR + CHM0.5 mg IVR1.70 ± 0.63/1.68 ± 0.6924a, b, d

Note: T: treatment group, C: control group, NA: not available, M/F: male/female, CHM: Chinese herbal medicine, anti-VEGF: antivascular endothelial growth factor, BCVA: best corrected visual acuity, CMT: central macular thickness, IVB: intravitreal bevacizumab, IVR: intravitreal ranibizumab, and IVC: intravitreal conbercept. Outcomes: a: BCVA, b: CMT, c: number of injections, and d: total clinical efficacy.