Safety and impact of eculizumab withdrawal in patients with atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome: protocol for a multicentre, open-label, prospective, single-arm study.
Safety and impact of eculizumab withdrawal in patients with atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome: protocol for a multicentre, open-label, prospective, single-arm study.
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非典型溶血性尿毒症综合征患者的eculizumab戒断的安全性和影响:多中心,开放标签,前瞻性,单臂研究的方案。
DOI:
10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054536
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发表时间:
2022-09-19
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Sheerin, Neil
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Dunn, Sarah;Brocklebank, Victoria;Bryant, Andrew;Carnell, Sonya;Chadwick, Thomas J.;Johnson, Sally;Kavanagh, David;Lecouturier, Jan;Malina, Michal;Moloney, Eoin;Oluboyede, Yemi;Weetman, Christopher;Wong, Edwin Kwan Soon;Woodward, Len;Sheerin, Neil
Atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome (aHUS) is a rare, life-threatening disease caused by excessive activation of part of the immune system called complement. Eculizumab is an effective treatment, controlling aHUS in 90% of patients. Due to the risk of relapse, lifelong treatment is currently recommended. Eculizumab treatment is not without problems, foremost being the risk of severe meningococcal infection, the burden of biweekly intravenous injections and the high cost. This paper describes the design of the Stopping Eculizumab Treatment Safely in aHUS trial that aims to establish whether a safety monitoring protocol, including the reintroduction of eculizumab for those who relapse, could be a safe, alternative treatment strategy for patients with aHUS. This is a multicentre, non-randomised, open-label study of eculizumab withdrawal with continuous monitoring of thrombotic microangiopathy-related serious adverse events using the Bayes factor single-arm design. 30 patients will be recruited to withdraw from eculizumab and have regular blood and urine tests for 24 months, to monitor for disease activity. If relapse occurs, treatment will be restarted within 24 hours of presentation. 20 patients will remain on treatment and complete health economic questionnaires only. An embedded qualitative study will explore the views of participants. A favourable ethical opinion and approval was obtained from the North East-Tyne & Wear South Research Ethics Committee. Outcomes will be disseminated via peer-reviewed articles and conference presentations. EudraCT number: 2017-003916-37 and ISRCTN number: ISRCTN17503205.
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影响因子:
20.3
作者:
Fakhouri, Fadi;Fila, Marc;Fremeaux-Bacchi, Veronique
通讯作者:
Fremeaux-Bacchi, Veronique
影响因子:
8.8
作者:
Le Quintrec, M.;Zuber, J.;Fremeaux-Bacchi, V.
通讯作者:
Fremeaux-Bacchi, V.
影响因子:
19.6
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Greenbaum, Larry A.;Fila, Marc;Licht, Christoph
通讯作者:
Licht, Christoph
影响因子:
158.5
作者:
Legendre, C. M.;Licht, C.;Loirat, C.
通讯作者:
Loirat, C.
影响因子:
3.2
作者:
GLASER, BG
通讯作者:
GLASER, BG