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Case report: Transfusion independence and abolition of extravascular hemolysis in a PNH patient treated with pegcetacoplan

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FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 13, Issue -, Pages -

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FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1060923

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pegcetacoplan; paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria; extravascular hemolysis; direct antiglobulin test; ektacytometry

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  1. Italian Ministry of Health

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This study reported the first Italian patient treated with pegcetacoplan in a named patient program for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH). Treatment with pegcetacoplan resulted in significant improvement in the patient's condition, with good tolerability, providing a safe and effective option for PNH patients with suboptimal response to anti-C5 agents.
More than half of patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) treated with complement fraction C5 inhibitors experience residual anemia and hemolysis. This is partly due to the persistent activation of the complement cascade upstream C5, resulting in C3 deposition on PNH erythrocytes and extravascular hemolysis in the reticuloendothelial system. Pegcetacoplan is the first proximal C3 inhibitor to be approved for PNH basing on favorable efficacy and safety data in both naive and eculizumab treated PNH. Here we report the first Italian patient treated with pegcetacoplan in a named patient program. The patient suffered from hemolytic PNH associated with CALR+ myeloproliferative neoplasm and was heavily transfusion dependent despite eculizumab therapy. Treatment with pegcetacoplan induced a dramatic improvement in Hb, along with normalization of unconjugated bilirubin and reticulocytes, as markers of extravascular hemolysis. Sequential laboratory workup showed the disappearance of C3 deposition on erythrocytes by direct anti-globulin test, the increase of PNH clone on erythrocytes, and a peculiar right shift of the ektacytometry curve. The drug was well tolerated, and the patient reported a significant improvement in his quality of life. Overall, pegcetacoplan appears a safe and effective option ready to use in the clinic for patients with PNH and suboptimal response to anti-C5 agents.

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