Haemophilia: Current Treatment and Challenges
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Hematology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 April 2022) | Viewed by 35610
Special Issue Editor
Interests: haemophilia A and B; von willebrand disease; rare coagulation disorders; acquired haemophilia; luus anticoagulant and antiphospholipid antibodies
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years several new drug treatments have been developed for treating haemophilia patients. Recombinant clotting factor concentrates FVIII /FIX extended half-life and new haemostasis agents administered subcutaneously (weekly to monthly) are available. These innovative approaches have the potential to enhance the standard of care by decreasing infusion frequency in order to increase compliance, promoting prophylaxis, offering alternatives to inhibitor patients, and easing the administration route.
Prophylaxis is the gold standard treatment in haemophilia to prevent bleeding and recurrent haemarthrosis which progresses towards an inevitable haemophilic arthropathy. Yet, numerous unanswered issues remain also concerning new the drugs.Although EHL products are promising, the optimal strategy for treatment of bleeds between prophylactic doses and dosing regimens will likely have to be individualized according to patient pharmacokinetics, accounting for age and physical activity.Emicizumab appears to be able to improve hemostasis in hemophilia patients, probably including those with inhibitors; however, they do not currently appear to be able to prevent all bleeding. What is the best treatment for newborns to reduce the risk of severe bleeding, such as intracranial hemorrhage? Could emicizumab and the EHL equally protect the joints from developing haemophilic arthropathy? What is the best product for active patients? And much more. This special issue “Haemophilia: Current Treatment and Challenges” aims to provide an overview of current and developing drugs for haemophilia treatment, endeavouring to give some answers to the many questions and concerns.
Prof. Dr. Ezio Zanon
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- haemophilia A and B
- FVIII EHL, FIX EHL
- prophylaxis
- emicizumab
- health-related quality of life
- Population pharmacokinetics
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