Observational study of recombinant factor VIII-Fc, rFVIIIFc, in hemophilia A. 2020

Patrick T Ebbert, and Frederico Xavier, and Lynn M Malec, and Craig D Seaman, and Margaret V Ragni
University of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine and Hemophilia Center of Western PA, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America.

rFVIIIFc (Eloctate) is an extended-half-life recombinant factor VIII-Fc fusion protein that may promote factor VIII (FVIII) tolerance through Fc immunoregulatory properties. Yet, little is known regarding its immunogenicity in patients with hemophilia A (HA) or in HA with inhibitors (HA-I), including tolerized, immune tolerance induction (ITI)-refractory, or ITI-naïve. We reviewed medical records of 60 patients, including 2 previously-untreated patients (PUPs) and 58 previously-treated patients (PTPs), cared for between 01/01/06 and 06/01/17, on whom anti-FVIII antibody data were available before and after initiating rFVIIIFc. Continuous data were analyzed by student's t-test, and discrete data by chi square or Fisher's exact test. After initiating rFVIIIFc, one of two HA PUPs developed a low-responding (LR) inhibitor after 10 exposures, which resolved (anti-VIII<0.6 B.U.) within 8 additional exposures, while none of 41 HA PTPS developed an inhibitor. Among 19 HA-I PTPs with detectable inhibitors prior to rFVIIIFc, 5 developed an anamnestic response to rFVIIIFc, including 1 of 8 (12.5%) low-responding (LR), and 4 of 9 (44.9%) high-responding (HR), of whom 3 were ITI-naïve and 1 ITI-refractory. Inhibitors resolved in 4 HR within 2 months of continuing rFVIIIFc (median) but persisted in 1 LR at low titer. The remaining 11 HA-I PTPs, including 4 HR and seven LR, had no detectable inhibitor at the time of or after initiating rFVIIIFc. rFVIIIFc was immunogenic in HA PUPs and in HA-I PTPs persistently ITI-naïve or ITI-refractory, with inhibitor resolution in the majority. rFVIIIFc immunogenicity appears to be similar to other FVIII products.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007108 Immune Tolerance The specific failure of a normally responsive individual to make an immune response to a known antigen. It results from previous contact with the antigen by an immunologically immature individual (fetus or neonate) or by an adult exposed to extreme high-dose or low-dose antigen, or by exposure to radiation, antimetabolites, antilymphocytic serum, etc. Immunosuppression (Physiology),Immunosuppressions (Physiology),Tolerance, Immune
D005169 Factor VIII Factor VIII of blood coagulation. Antihemophilic factor that is part of the factor VIII/von Willebrand factor complex. Factor VIII is produced in the liver and acts in the intrinsic pathway of blood coagulation. It serves as a cofactor in factor X activation and this action is markedly enhanced by small amounts of thrombin. Coagulation Factor VIII,Factor VIII Clotting Antigen,Factor VIII Coagulant Antigen,Factor VIII Procoagulant Activity,Thromboplastinogen,Blood Coagulation Factor VIII,F VIII-C,Factor 8,Factor 8 C,Factor Eight,Factor VIIIC,Hyate-C,Hyatt-C,F VIII C,Hyate C,HyateC,Hyatt C,HyattC
D006207 Half-Life The time it takes for a substance (drug, radioactive nuclide, or other) to lose half of its pharmacologic, physiologic, or radiologic activity. Halflife,Half Life,Half-Lifes,Halflifes
D006467 Hemophilia A The classic hemophilia resulting from a deficiency of factor VIII. It is an inherited disorder of blood coagulation characterized by a permanent tendency to hemorrhage. Factor VIII Deficiency,Hemophilia,Autosomal Hemophilia A,Classic Hemophilia,Deficiency, Factor VIII,Factor 8 Deficiency, Congenital,Factor VIII Deficiency, Congenital,Haemophilia,Hemophilia A, Congenital,Hemophilia, Classic,As, Autosomal Hemophilia,Autosomal Hemophilia As,Classic Hemophilias,Congenital Hemophilia A,Congenital Hemophilia As,Hemophilia A, Autosomal,Hemophilia As,Hemophilia As, Autosomal,Hemophilia As, Congenital,Hemophilias, Classic
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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