Scientific article
Review
French

Hémophilie A acquise, le traitement par emicizumab peut relayer les agents by-passant : à propos de deux cas et une revue de la littérature

Other titleAcquired hemophilia A and emicizumab for the treatment of bleeding : two case report and a literature review
Published inAnnales de biologie clinique, vol. 82, no. 3, p. 294-307
Publication date2024-08-30
Abstract

Emicizumab is a bispecific antibody that mimics the function of factor VIII (FVIII) and is indicated for prophylactic use in patients with congenital hemophilia A with or without inhibitors. Acquired hemophilia A (AHA) is a rare and severe disorder causes by autoantibodies that inhibit FVIII. In AHA, acute bleeding are managed with bypassing agents but several reports described the off-label use of emicizumab. The aim of this article is to describe two cases of AHA treated with emicizumab and a review of the scientific littérature. Reports indicate that the use of emicizumab is efficacious to treat acute bleeding with less thrombotic events thant with bypassing agents and with a reduced hospitalisation duration. Nevertheless biological monitoring is more complicated with assay interferences and a persistent circulation more than 6 months after the last injection was observed for our two patients.

Keywords
  • Acquired hemophilia A
  • Biological monitoring
  • Bispecific monoclonal antibody
  • Off-label treatment
  • Humans
  • Antibodies, Bispecific / therapeutic use
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized / therapeutic use
  • Factor VIII / immunology
  • Factor VIII / therapeutic use
  • Factor VIII / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Hemophilia A / drug therapy
  • Hemophilia A / complications
  • Hemophilia A / diagnosis
  • Hemophilia A / blood
  • Hemophilia A / immunology
  • Hemorrhage
  • Treatment Outcome
Affiliation entities Not a UNIGE publication
Citation (ISO format)
LAUNOIS, Amélie et al. Hémophilie A acquise, le traitement par emicizumab peut relayer les agents by-passant : à propos de deux cas et une revue de la littérature. In: Annales de biologie clinique, 2024, vol. 82, n° 3, p. 294–307. doi: 10.1684/abc.2024.1900
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