Long-term efficacy and safety of Hizentra® in patients with primary immunodeficiency in Japan, Europe, and the United States: a Review of 7 Phase 3 Trials

Jolles, Stephen, Rojavin, Mikhail A., Lawo, John-Philip, Nelson, Robert, Wasserman, Richard L., Borte, Michael, Tortorici, Michael A., Imai, Kohsuke and Kanegane, Hirokazu 2018. Long-term efficacy and safety of Hizentra® in patients with primary immunodeficiency in Japan, Europe, and the United States: a Review of 7 Phase 3 Trials. Journal of Clinical Immunology 38 (8) , pp. 864-875. 10.1007/s10875-018-0560-5

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Abstract

Many patients with primary immunodeficiency (PID) require immunoglobulin G (IgG) replacement therapy, delivered as intravenous IgG (IVIG) or subcutaneous IgG (SCIG). We aim to identify trends in efficacy and safety that would not be evident in individual studies of small patient numbers. Seven open-label, Phase 3, prospective, multicenter studies of the efficacy and safety of Hizentra® (a SCIG), conducted in Japan, Europe, and the US were summarized. Overall, 125 unique patients received 15,013 weekly infusions during a total observation period of 250.9 patient-years. Mean weekly doses of Hizentra® were 83.22–221.3 mg/kg body weight; infusion rates per patient (total body rate) were 25.2–49.3 mL/h across studies. The rates of infections and serious bacterial infections were 3.10 and 0.03 events per patient/year, respectively. Annualized rates of days hospitalized due to infection, out of work/school, and prophylactic antibiotic use were 0.95, 5.14, and 36.78 per patient, respectively. For the equivalent monthly dose, weekly Hizentra® SCIG administration resulted in expectedly-increased serum IgG trough levels in patients switching from IVIG, and maintained levels in patients switching from previous SCIG. Adverse events (AEs) totaled 5039 (events/infusion 0.094–0.773), almost all of which were mild/moderate. Three thousand one hundred ninety-seven were considered treatment-related, the most common of which were injection site reactions (2919 events; 0.001–0.592 AEs per infusion). Systemic AEs were very uncommon. The results from these seven studies indicate that Hizentra® therapy was both efficacious and well tolerated during long-term treatment. This is particularly important in patients with PID, who may require lifelong IgG replacement therapy.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Publisher:	Springer Verlag (Germany)
ISSN:	0271-9142
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	20 November 2018
Date of Acceptance:	4 October 2018
Last Modified:	23 May 2023 18:37
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/116819

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