BJH - volume 7, issue 2, april 2016
A. Rogiers MD, E. Porcher , D. Dierickx MD, PhD
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura is a non-malignant but life-threatening haematological disorder caused by deficiency of ADAMTS13, a metalloproteinase cleaving ultra-large von Willebrand factor multimer. Urgent initiation of therapeutic plasma exchange, in most cases associated with corticosteroids, has dramatically increased outcome of patients presenting with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. Recently a phase II trial with caplacizumab, a humanised nanobody binding to the A1 domain of von Willebrand factor, has shown promising results by reducing the number of plasma exchanges with an acceptable safety profile.
(BELG J HEMATOL 2016;7(2):79–81)
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