{"id":552509,"date":"2026-03-20T00:58:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T00:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elza-institute.com\/?p=552509"},"modified":"2026-03-20T14:48:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T14:48:46","slug":"high-dose-riboflavin-and-sunlight-cxl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elza-institute.com\/pt\/high-dose-riboflavin-and-sunlight-cxl\/","title":{"rendered":"Dose elevada de riboflavina e luz solar CXL?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"552509\" class=\"elementor elementor-552509\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c940dd5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7c940dd5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66e38cdb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66e38cdb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\" data-section-id=\"1b2yvj8\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"89\">A luz solar e a riboflavina (vitamina B2) podem tratar o ceratocone? ELZA faz perguntas\u2026<\/h2>\n<p style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\" data-start=\"91\" data-end=\"353\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbojournal.org\/en\/article\/letter-to-corneal-collagen-cross-linking-by-sun-exposure-and-high-dose-oral-riboflavin-a-multicentric-longitudinal-observational-study\/\">publica\u00e7\u00e3o recente<\/a> no <em data-start=\"119\" data-end=\"155\">Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia<\/em> aborda uma quest\u00e3o que circula cada vez mais online e entre os doentes: se o ceratocone pode ser tratado atrav\u00e9s de <span data-start=\"278\" data-end=\"352\">riboflavina oral em alta dose (vitamina B2) combinada com exposi\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e0 luz solar<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\" data-start=\"355\" data-end=\"580\">O artigo \u00e9 uma Carta ao Editor em resposta a um estudo publicado anteriormente que sugeria que tal abordagem \u201cparece ser eficaz na estabiliza\u00e7\u00e3o da progress\u00e3o do ceratocone\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\" data-start=\"582\" data-end=\"797\">Foi redigido por uma equipa do Instituto ELZA, em Zurique, incluindo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elza-institute.com\/pt\/sobre\/emilio-torres\/\">Dr. Emilio A. Torres-Netto, MD, PhD, FEBO<\/a>, FWCRS e <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elza-institute.com\/pt\/sobre\/farhad-hafezi\/\">Farhad Hafezi, MD, PhD, FARVO<\/a> e <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elza-institute.com\/pt\/about-elza-2\/mark-hillen\/\">Dr. Mark Hillen, PhD<\/a>, que questionou algumas das premissas na <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbojournal.org\/en\/article\/corneal-collagen-cross-linking-by-sun-exposure-and-high-dose-oral-riboflavin-a-multicentric-longitudinal-observational-study\/\">artigo original<\/a> a carta pergunta sobre.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\" data-start=\"799\" data-end=\"1019\">O artigo original pode ser acedido <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbojournal.org\/en\/article\/letter-to-corneal-collagen-cross-linking-by-sun-exposure-and-high-dose-oral-riboflavin-a-multicentric-longitudinal-observational-study\/\">aqui<\/a>:<\/p>\n<h2>O que estava a ser afirmado<\/h2>\n<p>O estudo original prop\u00f4s que a combina\u00e7\u00e3o de riboflavina oral com exposi\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e0 luz solar pode estabilizar o ceratocone, efetuando, na pr\u00e1tica, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elza-institute.com\/pt\/corneal-cross-linking\/\">reticula\u00e7\u00e3o da c\u00f3rnea<\/a>. Esta ideia tem ganho aten\u00e7\u00e3o porque parece simples e acess\u00edvel, particularmente quando comparada a procedimentos cl\u00ednicos de reticula\u00e7\u00e3o.<\/p>\n<h2>Limita\u00e7\u00f5es do desenho do estudo<\/h2>\n<p>A resposta real\u00e7a que o estudo foi retrospetivo, n\u00e3o controlado e envolveu um n\u00famero relativamente pequeno de pacientes, com desist\u00eancias num curto per\u00edodo de acompanhamento. Crucialmente, n\u00e3o existia a exig\u00eancia de que o ceratocone estivesse ativamente a progredir na linha de base.<\/p>\n<p>Neste contexto, a estabilidade observada n\u00e3o pode ser interpretada como um efeito do tratamento. Como afirmam os autores, \u201cestas n\u00e3o s\u00e3o limita\u00e7\u00f5es menores, mas barreiras fundamentais para estabelecer a efic\u00e1cia causal\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Fatores de confus\u00e3o<\/h2>\n<p>A interpreta\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e9 ainda mais complicada por medidas adicionais aplicadas durante o estudo. Os pacientes foram instru\u00eddos a evitar esfregar os olhos e receberam terapia antial\u00e9rgica. Ambos s\u00e3o conhecidos por reduzir a progress\u00e3o do ceratocone de forma independente.<\/p>\n<p>Estes efeitos n\u00e3o foram separados da influ\u00eancia proposta da riboflavina e da luz solar, tornando dif\u00edcil atribuir quaisquer altera\u00e7\u00f5es observadas \u00e0 interven\u00e7\u00e3o em si.<\/p>\n<h2>Plausibilidade biol\u00f3gica do tratamento do ceratocone com riboflavina e luz solar<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elza-institute.com\/pt\/corneal-cross-linking\/\">Reticula\u00e7\u00e3o da c\u00f3rnea<\/a> depende de se atingir uma concentra\u00e7\u00e3o de riboflavina suficiente na c\u00f3rnea e de se administrar uma quantidade definida de energia ultravioleta.<\/p>\n<p>Os autores relatam que a riboflavina sist\u00e9mica produz concentra\u00e7\u00f5es estromais \u201cmais de 400 vezes inferiores \u00e0 concentra\u00e7\u00e3o tipicamente alcan\u00e7ada com instila\u00e7\u00e3o t\u00f3pica na CXL cl\u00ednica\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ao mesmo tempo, a exposi\u00e7\u00e3o ultravioleta da luz solar \u00e9 muito menor do que a utilizada em protocolos cl\u00ednicos, com energia absorvida \u201ctr\u00eas ordens de magnitude abaixo da fornecida no protocolo de Dresden\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sob estas condi\u00e7\u00f5es, os requisitos para uma reticula\u00e7\u00e3o eficaz n\u00e3o s\u00e3o cumpridos.<\/p>\n<h2>Evid\u00eancia experimental<\/h2>\n<p>A publica\u00e7\u00e3o refere dados experimentais controlados nos quais a riboflavina oral e a exposi\u00e7\u00e3o solar n\u00e3o aumentaram a rigidez da c\u00f3rnea. Testes biomec\u00e2nicos n\u00e3o demonstraram efeito de fortalecimento, e algumas descobertas foram consistentes com a redu\u00e7\u00e3o da rigidez.<\/p>\n<p>Estes resultados contradizem diretamente o resultado esperado de reticula\u00e7\u00e3o bem-sucedida.<\/p>\n<h2>Variabilidade da exposi\u00e7\u00e3o solar<\/h2>\n<p>A luz solar natural \u00e9 intrinsecamente vari\u00e1vel. A exposi\u00e7\u00e3o depende da localiza\u00e7\u00e3o geogr\u00e1fica, hora do dia, esta\u00e7\u00e3o do ano, condi\u00e7\u00f5es meteorol\u00f3gicas e comportamento individual.<\/p>\n<p>Sem uma medi\u00e7\u00e3o precisa da dose de ultravioleta, n\u00e3o \u00e9 poss\u00edvel normalizar o tratamento ou atribuir de forma fi\u00e1vel quaisquer efeitos observados a um processo fotoqu\u00edmico. Os autores descrevem tal atribui\u00e7\u00e3o como especulativa.<\/p>\n<h2>Implica\u00e7\u00f5es cl\u00ednicas<\/h2>\n<p>Os autores manifestam a preocupa\u00e7\u00e3o de que a promo\u00e7\u00e3o desta abordagem possa atrasar o acesso a tratamentos comprovados. O cross-linking da c\u00f3rnea realizado em ambiente cl\u00ednico continua a ser a \u00fanica interven\u00e7\u00e3o com efic\u00e1cia estabelecida na interrup\u00e7\u00e3o da progress\u00e3o do ceratocone.<\/p>\n<p>Como assinalado na publica\u00e7\u00e3o, \u201co potencial de dano \u00e9 consider\u00e1vel se os pacientes renunciarem ao CXL atempado com base em alega\u00e7\u00f5es sem fundamento.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Conclus\u00e3o<\/h2>\n<p>Esta publica\u00e7\u00e3o n\u00e3o apoia o conceito de reticula\u00e7\u00e3o ativada pela luz solar usando riboflavina oral. Em vez disso, fornece uma cr\u00edtica estruturada da evid\u00eancia dispon\u00edvel e explica por que \u00e9 improv\u00e1vel que o mecanismo proposto produza um efeito clinicamente significativo.<\/p>\n<p>Para os pacientes, a mensagem principal \u00e9 que o cross-linking da c\u00f3rnea realizado em condi\u00e7\u00f5es cl\u00ednicas controladas continua a ser o padr\u00e3o de tratamento para deter a progress\u00e3o do ceratocono.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\" data-start=\"2186\" data-end=\"2915\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Refer\u00eancias<\/span><\/strong><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><br \/>Almodin EM, Almodin F, Almodin J. Reticula\u00e7\u00e3o do colag\u00e9nio da c\u00f3rnea por exposi\u00e7\u00e3o solar e riboflavina oral em alta dose: um estudo observacional longitudinal multic\u00eantrico. Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia. 2025;84:e0036.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3982\" data-end=\"4434\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Torres EA, Aydemir ME, Lu NJ, et al. Carta para: Cross-linking do col\u00e1geno da c\u00f3rnea por exposi\u00e7\u00e3o solar e riboflavina oral em altas doses: um estudo observacional longitudinal multic\u00eantrico. Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia. 2026;85:e0020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b2aefb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7b2aefb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61fcdd3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"61fcdd3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15787a2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"15787a2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a927e8d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a927e8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbojournal.org\/en\/article\/letter-to-corneal-collagen-cross-linking-by-sun-exposure-and-high-dose-oral-riboflavin-a-multicentric-longitudinal-observational-study\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"777\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elza-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RBO-2025-0157-LE-1-777x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-552515\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elza-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RBO-2025-0157-LE-1-777x1024.jpg 777w, https:\/\/www.elza-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RBO-2025-0157-LE-1-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/www.elza-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RBO-2025-0157-LE-1-768x1012.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.elza-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RBO-2025-0157-LE-1-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/www.elza-institute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RBO-2025-0157-LE-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Carta de Torres-Netto et al. ao Editor<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23ee4ce e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"23ee4ce\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A luz solar e a riboflavina (vitamina B2) podem tratar o ceratocone? 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