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ArticlePediatric blood & cancer2025

Mitapivat for Acquired Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency.

Hanny Al-Samkari

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Hanny Al-SamkariDivision of Hematology Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6175-1383

Funding

Antiangiogenic Therapy to Reduce Bleeding and Improve Health-Related Quality of Life in Hereditary Hemorrhagic TelangiectasiaK23HL159313 · NHLBI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Hanny T Al-Samkari · 2022 to 2026
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NHLBI NIH HHS 1K23HL159313NHLBI NIH HHS K23 HL159313
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pyruvate kinase (PK) activation is emerging as a promising treatment modality for numerous congenital hemolytic anemias of diverse pathophysiology, and one agent, mitapivat, is already licensed to treat patients with congenital PK deficiency. However, PK deficiency may also be acquired in the setting of clonal myeloid disorders and other pathologies, where it may result in severe hemolytic anemia and remains without known therapies. This case report describes the novel application of mitapivat therapy in a patient with acquired PK deficiency causing red cell transfusion dependence, liberating the patient from transfusions and resulting in marked improvement in symptoms and quality of life.

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Pyruvate KinasePyruvate Metabolism, Inborn ErrorsAlanineAnemia, HemolyticAnemia, Hemolytic, Congenital NonspherocyticErythrocyte TransfusionHumansPiperazinesQuinolinesAlaninemitapivatPiperazinesPyruvate KinaseQuinolinesacquired pyruvate kinase deficiencyhemolytic anemiamitapivatpyruvate kinasetransfusion‐dependent

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PMID39538432
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