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Immune thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (iTTP) is caused by a severe, autoantibody-mediated deficiency of ADAMTS13 leading to an accumulation of ultra-large von Willebrand factor multimers in plasma and finally to microthrombi in blood vessels. The current standard of care of iTTP consists in the triple association of daily plasma exchange (PEX, 60 ml/kg/day), immunosuppressive agents and anti-adhesive treatment (Caplacizumab). Our group recently reported the outcome of 90 patients with iTTP treated with this triple association and when compared to historical patients, the triplet regimen prevented death, refractoriness and exacerbations. Likewise, plasma volumes were reduced by 2 to 3-fold and we could reduce the median number of PEX sessions from 13 to 6. PEX is an invasive and time-consuming procedure, associated with catheter and plasma-related complications ranging from 22% to 30%. Consequently, to alleviate the burden of care in iTTP, using a regimen without PEX would represent a major and topical goal. Attempts to treat patients with plasma infusion (PI) without PEX were previously reported and provided evidence that large volumes of PI (20-30 ml/kg/day) improved the initial outcome of iTTP. However, fluid overload occurred in most cases after 5-7 days, limiting the feasibility of this strategy. Nevertheless, the recent availability of caplacizumab opens the perspective of treating patients with plasma for a shorter period. Recently, strategies without PEX have been carried out in Jehovah's Witnesses with iTTP [5]. Impressively, improvement was rapid and comparable to those provided with a standard PEX-based treatment. Additionally, a treatment combining caplacizumab and immunosuppression only was successfully performed in six iTTP patients with severe neurologic and/or cardiac involvement. The rapid and durable improvement provides evidence that a regimen without plasma seems feasible. However, we consider that robust data are still lacking to completely remove plasmatherapy from iTTP management. Based on these statements, we wish here to address the efficacy and safety of a PEX-free regimen, combining PI only (15 ml/kg/day), corticosteroids/rituximab, and caplacizumab.


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Immune thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (iTTP) is caused by a severe, autoantibody-mediated deficiency of ADAMTS13 leading to an accumulation of ultra-large von Willebrand factor multimers in plasma and finally to microthrombi in blood vessels. The current standard of care of iTTP consists in the triple association of daily plasma exchange (PEX, 60 ml/kg/day), immunosuppressive agents and anti-adhesive treatment (Caplacizumab). Our group recently reported the outcome of 90 patients with iTTP treated with this triple association and when compared to historical patients, the triplet regimen prevented death, refractoriness and exacerbations. Likewise, plasma volumes were reduced by 2 to 3-fold and we could reduce the median number of PEX sessions from 13 to 6. PEX is an invasive and time-consuming procedure, associated with catheter and plasma-related complications ranging from 22% to 30%. Consequently, to alleviate the burden of care in iTTP, using a regimen without PEX would represent a major and topical goal. Attempts to treat patients with plasma infusion (PI) without PEX were previously reported and provided evidence that large volumes of PI (20-30 ml/kg/day) improved the initial outcome of iTTP. However, fluid overload occurred in most cases after 5-7 days, limiting the feasibility of this strategy. Nevertheless, the recent availability of caplacizumab opens the perspective of treating patients with plasma for a shorter period. Recently, strategies without PEX have been carried out in Jehovah's Witnesses with iTTP [5]. Impressively, improvement was rapid and comparable to those provided with a standard PEX-based treatment. Additionally, a treatment combining caplacizumab and immunosuppression only was successfully performed in six iTTP patients with severe neurologic and/or cardiac involvement. The rapid and durable improvement provides evidence that a regimen without plasma seems feasible. However, we consider that robust data are still lacking to completely remove plasmatherapy from iTTP management. Based on these statements, we wish here to address the efficacy and safety of a PEX-free regimen, combining PI only (15 ml/kg/day), corticosteroids/rituximab, and caplacizumab. ;


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NCT number NCT06291025
Study type Interventional
Source University Hospital, Rouen
Contact David Mallet
Phone 0232888265
Email david.mallet@chu-rouen.fr
Status Not yet recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date April 1, 2024
Completion date August 1, 2026

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