Comparison of Optical Coherence Tomography Assessments in the Comparison of Age-Related Macular Degeneration Treatments Trials

Objective To determine agreement between spectral-domain (SD) and time-domain (TD) optical coherence tomography (OCT) image assessments by certified readers in eyes treated for neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Design Cross-sectional study within the Comparison of AMD Treatments Trials (CATT). Participants During year 2 of CATT, 1213 pairs of SD OCT and TD OCT scans were compared from a subset of 384 eyes. Methods Masked readers independently graded OCT scans for presence of intraretinal fluid (IRF), subretinal fluid (SRF), and sub-retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) fluid and performed manual measurements of retinal, SRF, and subretinal tissue complex thicknesses at the foveal center. Main Outcome Measures Presence of fluid was evaluated with percent agreement, κ coefficients with 95% confidence intervals (CIs), and McNemar tests. Thickness measurements were evaluated with mean difference (Δ) ±95% limits of agreement and intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) with 95% CIs. Results Between SD OCT and TD OCT, agreement on presence of any fluid was 82% (κ = 0.46; 95% CI, 0.40–0.52), with 5% more SD OCT scans demonstrating fluid ( P