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ReviewDeutsches Arzteblatt international2022

Gene Therapy for Hemophilia-Opportunities and Risks.

Wolfgang Miesbach, Robert Klamroth, Johannes Oldenburg, Andreas Tiede

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Review in Deutsches Arzteblatt international, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Systematic Literature Review of Outcomes Associated With Adherence to Haemophilia Drug Therapy.Haemophilia : the official journal of the World Federation of Hemophilia · 2025
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  4. Overview of Patient-Reported Outcomes in Haemophilia Gene Therapy.Transfusion medicine and hemotherapy : offizielles Organ der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Transfusionsmedizin und Immunhamatologie · 2026
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  12. Incidental Diagnosis of Christmas Disease in a 5-year-old Child: A Case Report.International journal of clinical pediatric dentistry · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Wolfgang MiesbachDepartment of Haemostaseology and Hemophilia Center, Medical Clinic 2, Institute of Transfusion Medicine, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main; Department for Internal Medicine, Vascular Medicine and Haemostaseology, Vivantes Klinikum im Friedrichshain, Berlin; Institute of Experimental Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, University Hospital Bonn; Department of Hematology, Hemostaseology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Hannover Medical School.
Robert Klamroth
Johannes Oldenburg
Andreas Tiede
Goethe University Frankfurt · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAAV (adeno-associated virus)-based gene therapy is a new treatment for hemophilia and has recently received approval for the treatment of severe hemophilia A. It does not suffer from the limitations of the current standard treatment (regular prophylactic intravenous injections of the missing clotting factor; subcutaneous injection of a bispecific antibody in hemophilia A) and can, it is hoped, raise the concentration of the missing clotting factor over the long term. AAV-based gene therapy can only be performed once, however, because of the generation of antibodies to AAV.

methodsThis review is based on publications retrieved by a selective search in the MEDLINE/PubMed database employing the relevant key words, supplemented by expert opinions and the recommendations of the relevant medical societies.

resultsData from non-randomized phase 1 to phase 3 trials reveal an adequate expression of factors VIII and IX in patients with mostly severe hemophilia A or B. Even though they were no longer receiving prophylactic treatment, most patients experienced a considerable reduction, by 53% to 96%, in the number of bleedings compared to previous therapy. Persistently elevated factor levels have been described for up to six years in hemophilia A and up to eight years in hemophilia B. The most common side effect of gene therapy is an inflammatory response with elevated alanine aminotransferase levels (17% to 89%, depending on the study), which may be associated with a reduced clotting factor level and requires treatment with transient immunosuppression.

conclusionGene therapy for hemophilia holds out the prospect of freedom from hemorrhage without the need for regular treatment with drugs. The various steps that need to be carried out in gene therapy should be coordinated in a graded and partly overlapping integrated care model (a so-called hub-and-spoke model). Electronic platforms should be used for data acquisition and transmission.

Indexed as

Hemophilia AHemophilia BBlood Coagulation FactorsGenetic TherapyHemorrhageHumansBlood Coagulation Factors

Identifiers

PMID36468250
PMCPMC10011720
OpenAlexW4310785647

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