Recent improvements in the clinical treatment of coagulation factor inhibitors

Semin Thromb Hemost. 2009 Nov;35(8):806-13. doi: 10.1055/s-0029-1245113. Epub 2010 Feb 18.

Abstract

The mainstay of therapy in patients with congenital hemophilia is factor replacement. However, the development of inhibitors in these patients is a major complication that represents an important challenge in hemophilia care. Development of inhibitors complicates the clinical course of severe hemophilia in up to 30% of patients with hemophilia A and up to 5% of patients with hemophilia B. Although the main short-term objective of the treatment of alloantibodies against factors VIIII and IX is to control the bleeding diathesis, the eradication of the inhibitor is the leading long-term goal. The management of severe bleeding episodes and the definitive eradication of the autoantibody are also the two main options of the clinical management of patients with acquired hemophilia, a rare but life-threatening hemorrhagic condition. The most recent options available for treating patients with acquired hemophilia and congenital hemophilia with inhibitors are addressed in this review.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Autoantibodies / immunology
  • Blood Coagulation Factor Inhibitors / analysis
  • Blood Coagulation Factor Inhibitors / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Factor IX / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Factor VIII / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Factor VIII / immunology*
  • Factor VIII / therapeutic use
  • Hemophilia A / complications*
  • Hemophilia A / drug therapy
  • Hemophilia A / immunology*
  • Hemophilia A / physiopathology
  • Humans

Substances

  • Autoantibodies
  • Blood Coagulation Factor Inhibitors
  • Factor VIII
  • Factor IX