1.Immunoglobulin repletion during blinatumomab therapy does not reduce the rate of secondary hypogammaglobulinemia and associated infectious risk
Stephanie WO ; Hannah LEVAVI ; John MASCARENHAS ; Marina KREMYANSKAYA ; Shyamala NAVADA ; Michal BAR-NATAN ; Sara S. KIM
Blood Research 2022;57(2):135-143
Background:
Blinatumomab has demonstrated efficacy in minimal residual disease (MRD) positive and relapsed/refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) by inciting rapid and sustained B-cell depletion.
Methods:
Owing to its effect on B-cells, blinatumomab is associated with a higher rate of secondary hypogammaglobulinemia compared to chemotherapy. To mitigate blinatumomab-induced hypogammaglobulinemia, patients were pre-emptively repleted with intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) during blinatumomab therapy. In this retrospective study, we compared outcomes of 23 blinatumomab treated adults with ALL. Seventeen patients routinely received IVIG and 6 patients were in the control cohort.
Results:
Our findings demonstrated no difference between the two cohorts in immunoglobulin G (IgG) nadir (338 mg/dL vs. 337 mg/dL, P =0.641), days to IgG nadir (120.5 vs. 85.5 days, P =0.13), infection rate (82.4% vs. 66.7%, P =0.58), infections requiring ICU admission (23.5% vs. 16.7%, P =1), and infection related mortality (17.6% vs. 16.7%, P =1).
Conclusion
Pre-emptive IVIG repletion during blinatumomab did not prevent hypogammaglobulinemia and associated infection risk.
2.One-Stop Management to Initiate Thrombolytic Treatment on the Computed Tomography Table: Adoption and Results
Michal HARŠÁNY ; Michal BAR ; David ČERNÍK ; Roman HERZIG ; René JURA ; Lubomír JURÁK ; Jiří NEUMANN ; Daniel ŠAŇÁK ; Svatopluk OSTRÝ ; Petr ŠEVČÍK ; Ondřej ŠKODA ; David ŠKOLOUDÍK ; Daniel VÁCLAVÍK ; Aleš TOMEK ; Robert MIKULÍK ;
Journal of Stroke 2021;23(3):437-439
3.One-Stop Management to Initiate Thrombolytic Treatment on the Computed Tomography Table: Adoption and Results
Michal HARŠÁNY ; Michal BAR ; David ČERNÍK ; Roman HERZIG ; René JURA ; Lubomír JURÁK ; Jiří NEUMANN ; Daniel ŠAŇÁK ; Svatopluk OSTRÝ ; Petr ŠEVČÍK ; Ondřej ŠKODA ; David ŠKOLOUDÍK ; Daniel VÁCLAVÍK ; Aleš TOMEK ; Robert MIKULÍK ;
Journal of Stroke 2021;23(3):437-439