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Journal: Efgartigimod as Rescue Medication in a Patient with Therapy-Refractory Myasthenic Crisis. (Pubmed Central) - Jun 28, 2024 They mainly consist of complement C5 inhibitors such as eculizumab and ravulizumab and neonatal Fc receptor antagonists such as efgartigimod with the approval of more options pending, e.g., zilucoplan and rozanolixizumab...He was diagnosed with myasthenic crisis and treated with intravenous pyridostigmine, plasmapheresis (PLEX), and continued prednisone...The patient continued to improve and was stable enough for transfer to a rehabilitation facility. This case illustrates the potential of efgartigimod as a novel treatment for refractory myasthenic crises.
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Review, Journal: Updates on C3 Glomerulopathy in Kidney Transplantation: Pathogenesis and Treatment Options. (Pubmed Central) - Jun 27, 2024 The most widely used treatments for the disease include corticosteroids and mycophenolate mofetil, which are already used chronically by kidney transplant recipients; thus, additional treatments for C3 glomerulopathy are required. Currently, several studies using anti-complement drugs (i.e., eculizumab, Ravalizumab, avacopan) for C3 glomerulopathy in kidney transplant patients are ongoing with encouraging results.
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Review, Journal: Danicopan: First Approval. (Pubmed Central) - Jun 20, 2024 Of those on prednisone therapy, the majority were able to reduce their prednisone dosage. Danicopan (Voydeya
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Journal: Eculizumab for Shiga-toxin-induced hemolytic uremic syndrome in adults with neurological involvement. (Pubmed Central) - Jun 19, 2024 Based on our experience and literature review, three prevailing themes were noted: 1) Early eculizumab administration optimized neurological outcomes, 2) Symptom resolution may not be immediate, neurological symptoms may initially worsen before improvement, and 3) Plasma exchange yielded no benefit. Early administration of eculizumab may reverse neurotoxicity in patients with STEC-HUS.
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Clinical, PK/PD data, Journal: Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, efficacy, and safety of ravulizumab in pediatric paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria. (Pubmed Central) - May 31, 2024 P3 Compared with baseline, ravulizumab improved and maintained efficacy outcomes in both groups. Ravulizumab had an acceptable safety profile with no new safety signals identified, and provided immediate, complete, and sustained terminal complement inhibition, translating to clinical benefit for pediatric patients with PNH.
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Review, Journal: Diagnosis and Management of Pediatric Neuropsychiatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: An Update. (Pubmed Central) - May 28, 2024 According to EULAR's current recommendation, strong immunosuppressants such as CYC and rituximab (RTX) should be preferred...Fingolimod, eculizumab, and JAK inhibitors are potential drugs in the pipeline. Developing targeted therapies will be possible by a better understanding of the pathological mechanisms.
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Journal, Post-transplantation: "Eculizumab First" in the Management of Posttransplant Thrombotic Microangiopathy. (Pubmed Central) - May 20, 2024 This is, to our knowledge, the largest series of KT patients with PT-TMA treated with eculizumab. These data suggest that eculizumab is associated with a normalization of hemolysis indices and an important and progressive improvement of graft function.
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Review, Journal: What is the role of complement in bystander hemolysis? Old concept, new insights. (Pubmed Central) - May 15, 2024 Intravascular hemolysis, results in activation of the alternative pathway, establishing a vicious cycle between complement activation and bystander hemolysis. C5 inhibitors have been used effectively in patients with hyperhemolysis syndrome and other entities characterized by bystander hemolysis.
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Journal, HEOR, Cost-effectiveness, Cost effectiveness: Cost-effectiveness of sutimlimab in cold agglutinin disease. (Pubmed Central) - May 11, 2024 Exploratory threshold analyses showed that significant price reduction (>80%) or time-limited treatment (<18?months) followed by lifelong clinical remission off sutimlimab would allow sutimlimab to become cost-effective. The impact of sutimlimab on health system costs with longer term follow-up data merits future study and consideration through a distributional cost-effectiveness framework.
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Retrospective data, Review, Journal: Network Meta-analysis of Ravulizumab and Alternative Interventions for the Treatment of Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder. (Pubmed Central) - May 9, 2024 This review aimed to summarize 71 registered clinical trials in the ClinicalTrials.gov database with the various treatment drugs, possible mechanisms, and novel findings related to PNH treatment. In the absence of head-to-head randomized controlled trials, NMA results suggest ravulizumab, a C5 inhibitor, is likely to be more effective in preventing NMOSD relapse in patients with AQP4-Ab+ NMOSD when compared with other treatments having different methods of action.
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The Outcomes of Early Thrombotic Microangiopathy in Kidney Transplantation (113-ABC, Level 1) - May 6, 2024 - Abstract #ATC2024ATC_2624; We present one of the largest data of early TMA with subsequent histological progression starting as early as 4 months, leading to reduced allograft function. Furthermore, there is a distinct decrease in both allograft and patient survival with long-term follow-up.
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Does Crossing Donor-Specific Antibody at the Time of Heart Transplant Make Sense? (Poster Hall, Exhibit Hall A, Level 2) - May 6, 2024 - Abstract #ATC2024ATC_1566; Crossing DSA at the time of heart transplant can be done safely (with customized immunosuppression) but is it associated with an increased risk for first-year AMR. However, this did not impact 3-year survival or other outcomes.
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Crossing Multiple Donor-Specific Antibodies at Heart Transplant: What is the Outcome? (Poster Hall, Exhibit Hall A, Level 2) - May 6, 2024 - Abstract #ATC2024ATC_1565; Crossing multiple DSA at the time of transplant does not appear to affect medium-term post-transplant outcome despite more first-year AMR. Specialized perioperative immunosuppression may be beneficial to mitigate immune risk.
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Tocilizumab for Acute Active Antibody Mediated Rejection in Kidney Transplants (Poster Hall, Exhibit Hall A, Level 2) - May 6, 2024 - Abstract #ATC2024ATC_1472; We report resolution of DSA and decline in dd-cfDNA with therapy in a significant proportion of patients. The incorporation of biomarkers like DSA, dd-cfDNA and MMDx into our study provides a framework for identifying patients that may benefit from this therapy, as well as, for designing controlled trials.
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Effect of Treatment of Kidney Transplant Rejection on Plasma Donor Derived-cfDNA and Molecular Activity in the Biopsy (Poster Hall, Exhibit Hall A, Level 2) - May 6, 2024 - Abstract #ATC2024ATC_532; P In contrast, there was no detectable effect of Rx for ABMR on molecular activity in the biopsy or dd-cfDNA in the blood, presumably because current Rx for ABMR are not effective. Nonetheless, in patients with ABMR, the correlation between dd-cfDNA and molecular ABMR activity in the biopsy suggests that dd-cfDNA could act as a surrogate for monitoring the success of Rx on ABMR in the kidney when new effective ABMR Rx emerge.
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Early Clinical Outcomes of 2-Dose Eculizumab for Blood Group Incompatible Living Donor Liver Transplantation (Poster Hall, Exhibit Hall A, Level 2) - May 6, 2024 - Abstract #ATC2024ATC_378; Patients were also maintained on mycophenolate and prednisone tapered to 10 mg by month 1...Indefinite aspirin and 6-month low molecular weight heparin were used for thromboprophylaxis.* There were 2 patients who followed this immunosuppression protocol... Blood group incompatibility in LDLT can be overcome using 2D-ECU, despite concerns of early rejection.
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Journal: Novel factors potentially initiating acute antibody-mediated rejection in pig kidney xenografts despite an efficient immunosuppressive regimen. (Pubmed Central) - Apr 26, 2024 This observation suggests that proteinuria may be associated with the loss of any therapeutic monoclonal antibody, for example, anti-CD154 or eculizumab, in the urine, resulting in xenograft rejection...The association of a urinary infection with graft rejection has been well-documented in ABO-incompatible kidney allotransplantation based on the expression of an antigen on the invading microorganism shared with the kidney graft, generating an immune response to the graft. To our knowledge, these potential initiating factors of AMR in pig xenografts have not been highlighted previously.
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