1. Clinical Efficacy and Safety of Fanhdi ® , a Plasma-Derived VWF/Factor VIII Concentrate, in von Willebrand Disease in Spain: A Retrospective Study.
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Jiménez-Yuste V, Alvarez-Román MT, Palomo Bravo Á, Galmes BJ, Nieto Hernández MDM, Benítez Hidalgo O, Marzo Alonso C, Pérez González NF, Coll J, Núñez R, Carrasco M, García Candel F, Gonzalez-Porras JR, Hernández García C, Varó Castro MJ, and Mir R
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- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Blood Loss, Surgical prevention & control, Child, Drug Combinations, Factor VIII administration & dosage, Female, Hemostatics administration & dosage, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Retrospective Studies, Spain, Young Adult, von Willebrand Factor administration & dosage, Factor VIII therapeutic use, Hemorrhage drug therapy, Hemorrhage etiology, Hemostatics therapeutic use, von Willebrand Diseases complications, von Willebrand Factor therapeutic use
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Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of a plasma-derived factor VIII concentrate containing von Willebrand Factor (pdVWF/FVIII) in standard clinical practice in von Willebrand Disease (VWD) patients., Methods: A retrospective, multicentric, observational study of VWD patients treated with Fanhdi
® , a pdVWF/FVIII concentrate, from January 2011 to December 2017 was conducted at 14 centers in Spain. Efficacy and safety were evaluated for acute bleeding episodes, for prevention of bleeding in surgeries, and for secondary long-term prophylaxis., Results: Seventy-two eligible patients, type 1, 2, 3 VWD (25%/38.9%/36.1%) were treated for spontaneous and traumatic bleeding (140 episodes, n = 41 patients), to prevent surgical bleeding (69 episodes, n = 43 patients); and for secondary long-term prophylaxis (18 programs, n = 13 patients). Replacement therapy with pdVWF/FVIII showed an excellent to good clinical efficacy in 96.7% of the bleeding episodes, 100% during surgical procedures and 100% during prophylaxis. No adverse events (AEs), nor serious AEs related to the product were observed., Conclusions: Fanhdi® was effective, safe and well tolerated in the management of bleeding episodes, the prevention of bleeding during surgeries, and for secondary long-term prophylaxis in VWD patients.- Published
- 2022
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