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Caplacizumab in acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic thrombocytopenic purpura: dose adjustment based on von Willebrand factor level
Caplacizumab en la púrpura trombocitopénica trombótica adquirida: ajuste de la dosis basado en el factor de von Willebrand
Marta Albanell-Fernándeza,
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, Inés Monge-Escartína, Joan Cidb
a Servicio de Farmacia, Àrea del Medicament, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
b Aféresis y Unidad de Terapia Celular, Departamento de Hemoterapia y Hemostasia, ICMHO, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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PEs were spaced out every other day&#44; intravenous immunoglobulins were added and methylprednisolone was reduced&#46; After 10 days of treatment the vWF was 84&#46;65&#8239;U&#47;dl &#40;in normal range&#41;&#44; indicating a decrease in vWF activity and that caplacizumab was correctly blocking vWF from binding to platelets&#44; but ADAMTS13 activity continued with no increase&#44; even decreasing to 0&#37;&#46; However&#44; it was decided to maintain the regimen every 48&#8239;h&#44; as the platelet count remained in an adequate range &#40;257&#8239;&#215;&#8239;10<span class="elsevierStyleSup">9</span>&#47;l&#41;&#46; After 8 PE procedures and 14 days in the ICU&#44; the patient was transferred to the conventional ward&#46; The caplacizumab dose was missed one day by mistake &#40;forgetfulness&#41; and vWF levels increased to 189&#8239;U&#47;dl&#46; After 21 days of treatment ADAMTS13 activity increased to 26&#37;&#44; and anti-ADAMTS13 antibodies were negative&#44; so rituximab was discontinued&#46; The dose of methylprednisolone was changed to the equivalent of prednisone and progressively reduced&#46; The patient had one episode of self-limiting epistaxis&#44; an adverse effect commonly described with caplacizumab&#44; but without requiring additional support&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0005"></elsevierMultimedia><p id="par0030" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">After 24 days of admission and 10&#8239;PEs &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0005">Fig&#46; 1</a>G&#41; the patient was discharged&#46; One-week later ADAMTS13 activity was 65&#37; and platelet count 169&#8239;&#215;&#8239;10<span class="elsevierStyleSup">9</span>&#47;l with negative anti-ADAMTS13 antibodies&#44; so caplacizumab was discontinued&#46; After more than 6 months the patient remains asymptomatic and has recovered 100&#37; of ADAMTS13 activity&#46;</p><p id="par0035" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The clinical trials that led to the approval of caplacizumab did not include returning to normal ADAMTS13 activity as one of the objectives to be achieved&#46; Platelet counts normalise rapidly &#40;median 3&#8211;5 days&#41;&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0005"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">1&#8211;3</span></a> However&#44; measurement of vWF may be useful to target treatment and achieve earlier normal ADAMTS13 activity&#44; preventing early recurrences&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0020"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4&#44;5</span></a></p><p id="par0040" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The dose of 10&#8239;mg&#47;48&#8239;h is not included in the SmPC but has been shown by authors such as K&#252;hne et al&#46; to be safe and feasible in selected patients&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0025"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5</span></a> In our patient&#44; the dose was adjusted when the vWF was &#177;20&#37; outside the limits of normality &#40;60&#8722;160&#8239;U&#47;dl&#41;&#46; This regimen is a suitable option to maintain the beneficial effect of the drug without excess drug functionality&#44; reducing the potential adverse effects and exacerbations caused by abrupt drug discontinuation&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0020"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4&#44;5</span></a> In addition&#44; the costs of a drug with a high economic impact are reduced&#46;</p><p id="par0045" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">VWF monitoring is effective in adjusting caplacizumab and restoring ADAMTS 13 activity earlier&#46;</p><span id="sec0005" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0005">Ethical considerations</span><p id="par0050" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The ethical considerations of our centre with regard to the protection of patient data have been observed&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0010" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0010">Funding</span><p id="par0055" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The study has not received any funding&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0015" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0015">Conflict of interest</span><p id="par0060" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Joan Cid has received research funding from Cerus&#44; Kawasumi Laboratories and Sanofi&#46; He has also received speaker&#47;consultant fees from Cerus&#44; Fresenius Kabi&#44; Grifols&#44; MacoPharma&#44; Sanofi and TerumoBCT&#46;</p><p id="par0065" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The other authors declare that they have no conflict of interest&#46;</p></span></span>"
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