Patient characteristics and treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration in France: the LUEUR1 observational study

Background Age-related macular degeneration is the primary cause of blindness in developed countries. Current treatments of this degenerative disease mainly include laser, photodynamic therapy with verteporfin and administration of anti-vascular endothelial growth factors. The LUEUR (LUcentis® En Utilisation Reelle) study is composed of a cross-sectional part (LUEUR1), which examined the current management of wet AMD in France, and a follow-up part (LUEUR2), which will assess the development of patients treated for wet AMD over 4 years. Here we describe the results of LUEUR1.