• Medicine · Sep 2024

    Multicenter Study Observational Study

    Switching hemophilia A patients to rVIII-SingleChain: The Iberian experience.

    • José Manuel Calvo-Villas, Ramiro Núñez-Vázquez, Olga Benítez-Hidalgo, Covadonga García-Díaz, Bernat Galmés, Manuela Carvalho, Pilar Serrano-Torres, José Aznar-Salatti, and María Teresa Álvarez-Román.
    • Hematology Department, University Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain.
    • Medicine (Baltimore). 2024 Sep 6; 103 (36): e39255e39255.

    AbstractThe real-world outcomes of lonoctocog alfa (rVIII-SingleChain), a long-acting factor VIII (FVIII) with a favorable safety and efficacy profile in trials, were assessed in patients with hemophilia A in Iberian (Spain and Portugal). This was a retrospective study involving patients switching to rVIII-SingleChain from other FVIIIs in 7 Spanish and Portuguese hospitals. The efficacy and safety of replacement therapies were compared between 12 months before switching and the period from switching to the end of the study. Twenty-nine patients (median age 25 years; severe hemophilia A, 37.9%) were recruited. Before switching, 12 were on prophylaxis and were followed-up for a median of 12 months. After switching, 17 received prophylaxis with rVIII-SingleChain and were followed-up for a median of 41 months. Those with ≤2 weekly infusions increased from 37.5% before switching to 60.7% after switching to rVIII-SingleChain. The median monthly consumption was 312 IU/kg with prior FVIIIs and 273 IU/kg with rVII-SingleChain. Six spontaneous bleeds were reported in each period in the prophylaxis patients. In the entire cohort, 50 bleeds were reported with prior FVIIIs and 33 were reported after switching to rVIII-SingleChain. Patients requiring ≤1 dose for hemostasis increased from 44.0% with prior FVIIIs to 60.6% with rVIII-SingleChain. Responses were rated good/excellent in 95.4% of cases. No safety concerns were reported. Patients who switched to rVIII-SingleChain prophylaxis had excellent bleeding control and reduced infusion frequency in regular clinical practice, with the subsequent increase in quality-of-life.Copyright © 2024 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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