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Treating C3 glomerulopathy with eculizumab

BMC Nephrology, 2018
Background C3 glomerulopathy (C3G) is a rare, but severe glomerular disease with grim prognosis. The complex pathogenesis is just unfolding, and involves acquired as well as inherited dysregulation of the alternative pathway of the complement cascade ...
Thomas Welte, Frederic Arnold, Julia Kappes, Maximilian Seidl, Karsten Häffner, Carsten Bergmann, Gerd Walz, Elke Neumann-Haefelin   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Case report: Short-term eculizumab use in atypical HUS associated with Lemierre's syndrome and post-infectious glomerulonephritis

Frontiers in Medicine, 2023
Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) is a rare disease caused by genetic abnormalities, infections, autoimmune diseases, drugs, and malignancies.
Sanober Sadiq, Anatoly Urisman, Onur Cil
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Eculizumab as a treatment for C3 glomerulopathy: a single-center retrospective study

BMC Nephrology, 2023
Background C3 Glomerulopathy (C3G) is a rare glomerular disease caused by dysregulation of the complement pathway. Based on its pathophysiology, treatment with the monoclonal antibody eculizumab targeting complement C5 may be a therapeutic option. Due to
Thomas Welte, Frederic Arnold, Lukas Westermann, Felix A. Rottmann, Martin J. Hug, Elke Neumann-Haefelin, Athina Ganner   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Use of Eculizumab in Pediatric Patients With Transplant Associated Thrombotic Microangiopathy

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2021
Background: Transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy (TA-TMA) is a serious complication of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) associated with high morbidity and mortality. High-risk TA-TMA (hrTA-TMA) is characterized by multifactorial
Laura Gomez-Ganda, Maria Isabel Benitez-Carabante, Aurora Fernandez-Polo, Marina Muñoz-Lopez, Berta Renedo-Miro, Gema Ariceta, Cristina Diaz De Heredia   +6 more
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Inhibition of Classical and Alternative Complement Pathway by Ravulizumab and Eculizumab. [PDF]

Ann Clin Transl Neurol
ABSTRACT Objective To explore the feasibility of classical (CH50) and alternative (AH50) complement pathway activity as potential biomarkers for treatment guidance and monitoring during therapy with ravulizumab in patients with generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) and compare these to therapeutic drug monitoring under eculizumab.
Gerischer L, Stascheit F, Mönch M, Doksani P, Dusemund C, Herdick M, Mergenthaler P, Stein M, Suboh A, Schröder-Braunstein J, Wabnitz G, Lünemann JD, Lehnerer S, Hoffmann S, Meisel A.   +14 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics Estimation of Eculizumab in a 2-Year-Old Girl With Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome: A Case Report With 4-Year Follow-Up

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2019
Background: Eculizumab has dramatically changed poor outcomes of complement-mediated atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) as first-line treatment. Discontinuation of eculizumab remains challenging, and doctor's visits every 2 weeks for intravenous ...
Ken Saida, Tsuyoshi Fukuda, Kana Mizuno, Masao Ogura, Koichi Kamei, Shuichi Ito   +5 more
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Low Incidence of Relapses After Vaccination in Anti‐Aquaporin‐4 Antibody‐Positive NMOSD

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) may experience increased signs and symptoms of their underlying disease when vaccinated against meningococcal disease before receiving complement component 5 inhibitor therapies. This retrospective analysis indicated an overall low relapse incidence (mean [range], 3.3% [0.7%–10.6 ...
Sean J. Pittock, Jin Nakahara, Becky Parks, Kerstin Allen, Sami Fam   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Real‐world experience with eculizumab and switching to ravulizumab for generalized myasthenia gravis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
Objective Eculizumab and ravulizumab are complement protein C5 inhibitors, showing efficacy and tolerability for patients with anti‐acetylcholine receptor‐positive (AChR+) generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) in phase 3 clinical trials and subsequent ...
Daiki Tokuyasu, Shigeaki Suzuki, Akiyuki Uzawa, Yuriko Nagane, Masayuki Masuda, Shingo Konno, Tomoya Kubota, Makoto Samukawa, Takamichi Sugimoto, Kei Ishizuchi, Munenori Oyama, Manato Yasuda, Hiroyuki Akamine, Yosuke Onishi, Yasushi Suzuki, Naoki Kawaguchi, Naoya Minami, Takashi Kimura, Masanori P. Takahashi, Hiroyuki Murai, Kimiaki Utsugisawa   +20 more
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Response to eculizumab in patients with myasthenia gravis recently treated with chronic IVIg: a subgroup analysis of REGAIN and its open-label extension study

Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders, 2020
Background: In the phase III eculizumab for refractory generalized myasthenia gravis REGAIN study [ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01997229] and its open-label extension (OLE) [ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02301624], patients with treatment ...
Saiju Jacob, Hiroyuki Murai, Kimiaki Utsugisawa, Richard J. Nowak, Heinz Wiendl, Kenji P. Fujita, Fanny O’Brien, James F. Howard   +7 more
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Changes in Hematologic Lab Measures Observed in Patients with Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria Treated with C5 Inhibitors, Ravulizumab and Eculizumab: Real-World Evidence from a US Based EMR Network

Hematology Reports, 2023
Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), a rare acquired hematologic disorder, can be treated with C5 inhibitors (C5i) such as eculizumab or ravulizumab.
Jesse Fishman, Seth Kuranz, Michael M. Yeh, Kaylen Brzozowski, Herman Chen   +4 more
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