Incidence of inhibitor development in a group of young hemophilia A patients treated exclusively with lyophilized cryoprecipitate

Blood. 1993 Jun 15;81(12):3332-5.

Abstract

The incidence of neutralizing isoantibody formation to infused factor VIII in a cohort of 67 hemophilia A patients, born between January 1, 1971 and April 30, 1990, who had been treated exclusively with lyophilized cryoprecipitate, was 6% (5.3 per 1,000 patient years of observation). The age-dependent cumulative risk was 4.6% at 4 years of age and 6.7% at 8 years of age. Recent reports in patients treated with a variety of more pure concentrates show a much higher incidence of inhibitor formation and tend to be used as a reference when new concentrates are introduced. We believe that a patient group, such as the one studied here, is a more suitable reference population because these patients have been exclusively treated with a single factor VIII preparation.

MeSH terms

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / complications
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Chemical Precipitation
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Factor VIII / immunology*
  • Factor VIII / therapeutic use
  • Freeze Drying*
  • Freezing*
  • HIV Seropositivity
  • Hemophilia A / complications
  • Hemophilia A / drug therapy*
  • Hemophilia A / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Isoantibodies / blood*

Substances

  • Isoantibodies
  • Factor VIII