aflibercept
Sign in to saveAlso known as VEGF Trap, VEGF Trap-Eye, Ziv-Aflibercept, Ave0005, Eylea
Aflibercept, sold under the brand names Eylea and Zaltrap among others, is a medication used to treat wet macular degeneration and metastatic colorectal cancer. It was developed by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals.
Key facts
- Drug.MedlinePlus
- a612004
- Drug.Verifiedfields
- changed
- Drug.Watchedfields
- changed
- Drug.verifiedrevid
- 477243410
- Drug.image
- Aflibercept.png
- Drug.tradename
- Eylea, Zaltrap
- Drug.DailyMedID
- Aflibercept
- Drug.pregnancy_AU
- D
- Drug.pregnancy_category
- Not recommended
- Drug.routes_of_administration
- Intravenous, intravitreal injection
- Drug.class
- Antineovascularization agent
- Drug.ATC_prefix
- L01
- Drug.ATC_suffix
- XX44
- Drug.biosimilars
- aflibercept-abzv, aflibercept-ayyh, aflibercept-jbvf, aflibercept-mrbb, aflibercept-yszy, Ahzantive, Baiama, Enzeevu, Eydenzelt, Eyluxvi, Opuviz, Pavblu, Yesafili
- Drug.legal_AU
- S4
- Drug.legal_CA
- Rx-only
- Drug.legal_UK
- POM
- Drug.legal_US
- Rx-only
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Research
4,508 papers- Intravitreal aflibercept 8 mg in neovascular age-related macular degeneration (PULSAR): 48-week results from a randomised, double-masked, non-inferiority, phase 3 trial.Lancet (London, England) · 2024
- Intravitreal aflibercept (VEGF trap-eye) in wet age-related macular degeneration.Ophthalmology · 2012
- Evaluation of Intravitreal Aflibercept for the Treatment of Severe Nonproliferative Diabetic Retinopathy: Results From the PANORAMA Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA ophthalmology · 2021
- Aflibercept, bevacizumab or ranibizumab for diabetic macular oedema: recent clinically relevant findings from DRCR.net Protocol T.Current opinion in ophthalmology · 2017
- Anatomic Outcomes with Faricimab vs Aflibercept in Head-to-Head Dosing Phase of the TENAYA/LUCERNE Trials in Neovascular Age-related Macular Degeneration.Ophthalmology · 2025
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Mechanism of action
- Composition
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- Biosimilars
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Aflibercept, sold under the brand names Eylea and Zaltrap among others, is a medication used to treat wet macular degeneration and metastatic colorectal cancer. It was developed by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals.
It is an inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). Aflibercept is a recombinant fusion protein consisting of the extracellular domains of human VEGF receptor 1 and 2 fused to the Fc portion of human IgG1. By acting as a soluble decoy for the natural VEGF receptors, aflibercept inhibits their activation, thereby reducing angiogenesis.
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