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Safety, Efficacy and Pharmacokinetics of a New 10% Liquid Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG) in Patients with Primary Immunodeficiency.
- Source :
- Journal of Clinical Immunology; Aug2012, Vol. 32 Issue 4, p663-669, 7p
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Introduction: An investigational 10% liquid intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) was studied in 63 patients with primary immunodeficiency (PID) at 15 study sites. Methods: Patients were treated every 3 or 4 weeks with 254-1029 mg/kg/infusion of IVIG. Results: Overall, Biotest-IVIG infusions were well tolerated. The proportion of infusions that were associated with adverse events during infusion, and up to 72 h after infusion, including those unrelated to study product, was 27.7% with an upper 95% confidence limit ≤30.6%. Two serious bacterial infections (SBIs) were observed resulting in a serious bacterial infection rate of 0.035 per person per year and an upper one-sided 99% confidence limit of ≤0.136 SBI/patient/year. The number of days of work or school missed due to infection were relatively low at 2.28 days/patient/year. Two patients were hospitalized for infection producing a rate of 0.21 hospitalization days/patient/year. The IgG half-life was approximately 30 days with variation among individuals. Conclusions: Pharmacokinetic parameters of specific antibody activities were essentially the same as those of total IgG. Biotest-IVIG is safe and effective in the treatment of PID. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02719142
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Clinical Immunology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 77493463
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10875-012-9656-5