scholarly journals Infant and toddlers with Severe Hemophilia A with Inhibitor on Prophylaxis with Emicizumab

Author(s):  
Jessica Garcia ◽  
Ayesha Zia

Emicizumab is a recombinant, humanized, and bispecific monoclonal antibody that bridges activated factor (F) IX and FX in place of FVIII to restore hemostasis in persons with hemophilia A (PHA). Data on the efficacy and safety of emicizumab in young children is limited. Immunologic naivety, physiologically decreased production of vitamin K dependent proteins, specifically FIX, and enhanced clearance of emicizumab in infants may support decreased emicizumab effectiveness. We report on the facilitation of care rendered by using emicizumab in young PHA with inhibitors and extend data on the efficacy and safety in PHA < 3 years.

2021 ◽  
Vol 100 (6) ◽  
pp. 154-161
Author(s):  
M.A. Timofeeva ◽  
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V.V. Lebedev ◽  
O.I. Plaksina ◽  
N.I. Zozulya ◽  
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The purpose of the study was to assess the efficacy, safety and pharmacokinetics of the moroctocog alfa (Octofactor) in children aged 2-6 with haemophilia A. Materials and methods of research : six patients between 2 and 6 years of age (average age 4.3±0.8 years) were included in the open multicenter prospective clinical trial. The efficacy of the drug was assessed against the background of the introduction of 30±10 IU/kg every 2–3 days, the safety was assessed by the frequency and causality of adverse reactions. Results: 7 post-traumatic bleeding was registered. The average prophylactic dose of the drug is 37.84±7.13 IU/kg. The dose of the drug for stopping bleeding was 1000 IU. 2 adverse events have been reported that are not related to moroсtocog alfa. Conclusion: the obtained data indicate the efficacy and safety of moroсtocog alfa in the study group of patients.


Blood ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 124 (21) ◽  
pp. 2845-2845
Author(s):  
Natalie L Smith ◽  
Abimbola Onasoga ◽  
Linda Jacobson ◽  
Elizabeth Villalobos-Menuey ◽  
Katherine A. Ruegg ◽  
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Abstract Background: Pediatric severe hemophilia A patients with high titer inhibitors are often reported to have inadequate control of acute bleeding episodes because they do not respond to bypassing agents as predictably as with FVIII therapy for non-inhibitor patients. Thromboelastography (TEG) is a global assay of hemostasis that has promising benefits for use in clinical care for hemophilia patients. Aims: This study was performed to determine in pediatric inhibitor patients: 1) if baseline TEG, specifically R or reaction time that corresponds to time to thrombin generation and clot formation, is stable over time in individual inhibitor patients; 2) if there are any predictors of baseline TEG R time; 3) to determine response to recombinant activated factor VII (rFVIIa, NovoSeven, NovoNordisk, Copenhagen, Denmark); and 4) to determine predictors of TEG R time following rFVIIa. Methods: This analysis was conducted within a consented single institution prospective inceptional cohort study. Clinical data regarding healthy volunteers with no personal or family history of a bleeding or clotting disorder and pediatric hemophilia patients with and without inhibitors (assayed by Nijmegen modification of the Bethesda assay (BU)) were extracted from research records and electronic medical records. For this study, TEGs were performed in kaolin citrated samples with added TPA (final concentration 450 ng/mL). Descriptive data were presented as mean and SD. This report analyzed TEG R times, indicating time to clot formation and initial thrombin generation. Baseline TEGs were obtained at least five half-lives after the last infusion of each clotting factor or bypassing agent received. Post treatment TEGs were performed on patients 1 hour following a therapeutic treatment with rFVIIa. Results: R times on TEGs were obtained on 24 healthy adults, 23 healthy children, 15 children with severe hemophilia A without an inhibitor, and 12 children with severe hemophilia A and an inhibitor. 32 samples were obtained in the 12 children with inhibitors, with 1 to 11 samples from each child. Paired samples were obtained at baseline prior to and 1 hour following a dose (90-270 mg/kg) of rFVIIa. Mean TEG R times were 8.3 minutes (SD 1.4) for healthy adults, 7.7 minutes (SD 1.5) for healthy children, 20.2 minutes (SD 9.4) for children with severe hemophilia A and 102.1 minutes (SD 44.4) for children with severe hemophilia A and inhibitors. Healthy children did not differ from healthy adults (p=0.43), but children with hemophilia with inhibitors differed from healthy controls (p=0.046) and trended toward differences from children with hemophilia without inhibitors (p=0.08, however limited in sample number). Baseline R values in children with inhibitors did not correlate with age (r=-0.19) or inhibitor titer (r=0.23). Children studied on multiple occasions showed variability over time. TEG 1 hour following rFVIIa in a baseline state showed a mean R time of 25.1 minutes (SD 7.1). Post rFVIIa R time did not correlate with age (r=0.21) or inhibitor titer (r=-0.14), but showed considerable correlation with baseline TEG R time (Figure 1, r =0.65, p=0.013). Following infusion of rFVIIa, TEG R times of children with inhibitors never achieved the normal range. However, when rFVIIa was studied following multiple infusions without a washout, the mean TEG R was moderately, but non-significantly shorter at 20.6 minutes (SD 5.6). Conclusions: TEG R times in young children with severe hemophilia A with inhibitors are greatly prolonged compared to healthy children or adults, and moderately longer than that in children with severe hemophilia A without inhibitors. Baseline TEG R varies over time and cannot be predicted by age or inhibitor titer. Baseline TEG R time may be an important predictor of response to bypassing therapy and serial monitoring over time may be clinically useful to guide therapy. During the course of multiple infusions, moderately improved TEG R responses were determined compared with first infusions. This may, in part, explain our previously reported observation of longer duration of rFVIIa dosing in young children with inhibitors. Future studies employing TEG to help optimize response to bypassing agents are needed. Figure 1 Figure 1. Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.


2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 442-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise E Sabatino ◽  
Amy M Lange ◽  
Ekaterina S Altynova ◽  
Rita Sarkar ◽  
Shangzhen Zhou ◽  
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Author(s):  
N. I. Zozulya ◽  
O. I. Yastrubinetskaya ◽  
S. S. Belyaeva ◽  
V. M. Potapkova ◽  
I. L. Davydkin ◽  
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Relevance. In accordance with the guidelines on the clinical investigation of clotting factor VIII products of the European Medicines Agency and guidelines on pharmacovigilance of the Eurasian Economic Union, after registration of a new drug, it is recommended to study its efficacy and safety on a large population of patients in a standard medical practice to clarify and identify new data.Materials and methods. In a prospective, multicenter, open-label, uncontrolled observational study, the efficacy and safety of the domestic recombinant B-domain deleted blood clotting factor FVIII (FVIII) (moroctocog alfa, Octofactor®, JSC “GENERIUM”) in patients with moderate and severe hemophilia A in the context of standard medical practice (study protocol number CI-51/15). Patients received the drug in terms of standard medical practice for the purpose of prophylactic treatment or on demand treatment. For prophylactic treatment Octofactor was administered to patients according to the instructions for medical use in a single dose of 20–40 IU/kg every 2–3 days. In the case of bleeding a single dose of Octofactor was calculated taking into account the severity and localization of bleeding in accordance with the instructions for medical use. The results of the treatment were analyzed for a period of 52 ± 2 weeks. The main parameter for evaluating the efficacy was the frequency of spontaneous bleeding that occurred within 48–72 hours after the administration of the Octofactor. Additional parameters for evaluating the efficacy included: the severity of spontaneous bleeding arising during the prophylactic treatment; the number of injections and the total dose of the Octofactor to stop 1 episode of bleeding; the amount of Octofactor used during the entire observation period (52 ± 2 weeks) and for 1 month both for prophylaxis and for stopping the bleeding that occurred; an indicator of the efficacy of therapy on the scale for determining the response to treatment of acute hemarthrosis (World Federation of Hemophilia, WFH).Results.According to the results of the screening survey 237 male patients aged from 19 to 78 years old (mean age 35.2 ± 11.1 years) with moderate and severe hemophilia A (FAS-population) were included in the study. The efficacy of therapy was evaluated in 202 patients who underwent all the planned procedures during the observation period (PP-population). 193 (95.5 %) patients received prophylactic treatment, 9 (4.5 %) patients received on-demand treatment. Evaluation of the efficacy of treatment was carried out on the basis of basic and additional parameters. The main parameter for evaluating the efficacy – the frequency of spontaneous bleeding that occurred within 48–72 hours after the administration of the Octofactor – was 52 ± 2 weeks within 1.4 ± 2.9 cases. At the same time, the proportion of spontaneous bleeding that occurred within 48–72 hours after administration of the Octofactor preparation was 45.2 % of the total number of spontaneous bleeding and 15.6 % of the total number of all bleeding in patients who received prophylactic treatment. Among 608 spontaneous bleeding that occurred in patients receiving prophylactic treatment, 287 (47.2 %) of the bleeding were mild, 289 (47.5 %) were moderate and 32 (5.3 %) were heavy. Of the 275 spontaneous bleeding that occurred within 48–72 hours after administration of the study drug for prophylactic purposes, 117 (42.5 %) episodes were mild, 146 (53.1 %) were moderate, and 12 (4.4 %) were severe. With prophylactic administration the average single dose of the Octofactor was 2036.3 ± 884.7 IU, or 27.3 ± 11.2 IU/kg, in the treatment of bleeding occured during prophylactic treatment – 2227.7 ± 1087 IU, in the treatment of bleeding in patients receiving the drug only on demand – 2280.7 ± 1037.2 IU. The average monthly intake of the drug by one patient in prophylactic treatment was 19.75 ± 9.75 thousand IU, while the average monthly consumption of the drug for preventing bleeding from one patient was 17.16 ± 9.13 thousand IU for stopping bleeding against the background prevention – 3.87 ± 3.97 thousand IU. One patient who received on-demand treatment had an average monthly average of 13.47 ± 13.46 thousand IU of the Octofactor preparation. For stopping 1 bleeding, on average, 1.7 ± 1.7 injections of the Octofactor preparation were required, in the prophylactic treatment group – 1.8 ± 1.8, and in the on-demand treatment group – 1.5 ± 1.1. In the overwhelming majority of cases, patients of both groups showed excellent and good response to all treatment of acute hemarthrosis on the scale of the WFH on all visits, the reaction was moderate in a few episodes, and only in 1 case of acute hemarthrosis there was no response to the drug administration. The safety of therapy was evaluated in 228 patients who received at least 1 Octofactor administration during the study (mITT-population). There were 66 adverse events in 40 patients, 10 of them were associated with the use of the drug, the most significant of which were the formation of inhibiting antibodies to FVIII in low titer (1.5 U) in 1 patient and the development of allergic reactions in 2 patients.Conclusions.Under the conditions of standard medical practice the efficacy and safety of Octofactor was confirmed for both prophylactic treatment and on-demand bleeding treatment in adult patients with severe and moderate hemophilia A.


Hematology ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy D. Shapiro

Abstract In the past 50 years, the lifespan of an individual affected with severe hemophilia A has increased from a mere 20 years to near that of the general unaffected population. These advances are the result of and parallel advances in the development and manufacture of replacement therapies. We are now poised to witness further technologic leaps with the development of longer-lasting replacement therapies, some of which are likely to be approved for market shortly. Prophylactic therapy is currently the standard of care for young children with severe hemophilia A, yet requires frequent infusion to achieve optimal results. Longer-lasting products will transform our ability to deliver prophylaxis, especially in very young children. Longer-lasting replacement therapies will require changes to our current treatment plans including those for acute bleeding, prophylaxis, surgical interventions, and even perhaps immunotolerance induction. Ongoing observation will be required to determine the full clinical impact of this new class of products.


2019 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 198-203
Author(s):  
Chur Woo You ◽  
Hee Jo Baek ◽  
Sang Kyu Park ◽  
Young Shil Park ◽  
Ho-Jin Shin ◽  
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Blood ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 128 (5) ◽  
pp. 630-637 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johnny Mahlangu ◽  
Kazimierz Kuliczkowski ◽  
Faraizah Abdul Karim ◽  
Oleksandra Stasyshyn ◽  
Marina V. Kosinova ◽  
...  

Key Points rVIII-SingleChain is a novel rFVIII, designed to have high stability and high binding affinity for VWF. In severe hemophilia A patients, rVIII-SingleChain was well tolerated and resulted in low bleeding rates, when dosed twice per week.


Author(s):  
V. V. Vdovin ◽  
T. A. Andreeva ◽  
I. L. Davydkin ◽  
P. V. Svirin ◽  
E. E. Shiller ◽  
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