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ReviewThrombosis and haemostasis2020

Bridging the Missing Link with Emicizumab: A Bispecific Antibody for Treatment of Hemophilia A.

Georg Gelbenegger, Christian Schoergenhofer, Paul Knoebl, Bernd Jilma

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Review in Thrombosis and haemostasis, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Synthesis of Bispecific Conjugates by ADP-Ribosyl Cyclases.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  14. Simoctocog alfa (NuwiqTherapeutic advances in hematology · 2024
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  17. From a bispecific monoclonal antibody to gene therapy: A new era in the treatment of hemophilia A.Biomedical papers of the Medical Faculty of the University Palacky, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia · 2023
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  20. Emicizumab Prophylaxis in Patients with Severe Hemophilia A: Insights from A Resource Limited Country.Clinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis : official journal of the International Academy of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Georg GelbeneggerDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Christian SchoergenhoferDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Paul KnoeblDivision of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Bernd JilmaDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hemophilia A, characterized by absent or ineffective coagulation factor VIII (FVIII), is a serious bleeding disorder that entails severe and potentially life-threatening bleeding events. Current standard therapy still involves replacement of FVIII, but is often complicated by the occurrence of neutralizing alloantibodies (inhibitors). Management of patients with inhibitors is challenging and necessitates immune tolerance induction for inhibitor eradication and the use of bypassing agents (activated prothrombin complex concentrates or recombinant activated factor VII), which are expensive and not always effective. Emicizumab is the first humanized bispecific monoclonal therapeutic antibody designed to replace the hemostatic function of activated FVIII by bridging activated factor IX and factor X (FX) to activate FX and allow the coagulation cascade to continue. In the majority of hemophilic patients with and without inhibitors, emicizumab reduced the annualized bleeding rate to almost zero in several clinical trials and demonstrated a good safety profile. However, the concurrent use of emicizumab and activated prothrombin complex concentrate imposes a high risk of thrombotic microangiopathy and thromboembolic events on patients and should be avoided. Yet, the management of breakthrough bleeds and surgery remains challenging with only limited evidence-based recommendations being available. This review summarizes published clinical trials and preliminary reports of emicizumab and discusses the clinical implications of emicizumab in treatment of hemophilia A.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntibodies, BispecificAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedBlood CoagulationFactor VIIIHemophilia AHumansIsoantibodiesAntibodies, BispecificAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedemicizumabF8 protein, humanFactor VIIIIsoantibodies

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PMID32717759
PMCPMC7649063

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