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Observational studyFrontiers in immunology2024

Low-dose aspirin and heparin treatment improves pregnancy outcome in recurrent pregnancy loss women with anti-β2-glycoprotein I/HLA-DR autoantibodies: a prospective, multicenter, observational study.

Kenji Tanimura, Shigeru Saito, Sayaka Tsuda, Yosuke Ono, Masashi Deguchi, Takeshi Nagamatsu, Tomoyuki Fujii, Mikiya Nakatsuka, Gen Kobashi, Hisashi Arase and 1 more

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Observational study in Frontiers in immunology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors.

Kenji TanimuraDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.
Shigeru SaitoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan.
Sayaka TsudaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan.
Yosuke OnoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan.
Masashi DeguchiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.
Takeshi NagamatsuDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Tomoyuki FujiiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Mikiya NakatsukaGraduate School of Health Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan.
Gen KobashiDepartment of Public Health, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan.
Hisashi AraseDepartment of Immunochemistry, Research Institute for Microbial Disease, Osaka University, Suita, Japan.
Hideto YamadaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Anti-β2-glycoprotein I (β2GPI)/human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DR antibodies may be a risk factor for recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL). The therapeutic modality for women with RPL and anti-β2GPI/HLA-DR antibody positivity has not been evaluated. This prospective, multicenter, observational study aimed to assess whether low-dose aspirin (LDA) and/or heparin therapies improve pregnancy outcomes in women with RPL who tested positive for anti-β2GPI/HLA-DR antibodies. Methods: Between August 2019 and December 2021, 462 women with RPL underwent anti-β2GPI/HLA-DR antibody measurements and risk assessments for RPL. Each attending physician decided the treatment modality for women with RPL who tested positive for anti-β2GPI/HLA-DR antibodies, and their pregnancy outcomes were followed up until December 2023. Finally, 47 pregnancies in 47 women with RPL and anti-β2GPI/HLA-DR antibody positivity were included in the analysis and were divided into two groups regarding whether they were treated with LDA and/or unfractionated heparin (UFH) (LDA/UFH group, n = 39) or with neither of them (non-LDA/non-UFH group, n = 8). The rates of live birth and pregnancy complications (i.e., preeclampsia and preterm delivery before 34 gestational weeks due to placental insufficiency) were compared between the two groups. Results: The live birth rate in the LDA/UFH group was higher than that in the non-LDA/non-UFH group (87.2% vs 50.0%, Discussion: This study, for the first time, demonstrated that LDA and/or UFH therapies are effective in improving pregnancy outcomes in women with RPL and aβ2GPI/HLA-DR antibody positivity.

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Abortion, HabitualAspirinAutoantibodiesbeta 2-Glycoprotein IHeparinHLA-DR AntigensPregnancy OutcomeAdultAnticoagulantsFemaleHumansPregnancyProspective StudiesAnticoagulantsAspirinAutoantibodiesbeta 2-Glycoprotein IHeparinHLA-DR Antigensanti-β2-glycoprotein I/HLA-DR antibodylow-dose aspirinpregnancy complicationsrecurrent pregnancy losstreatmentunfractionated heparin

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PMID39391301
PMCPMC11464320

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