Volume 22, Issue S1 pp. 1-24
Review Article

Achievements, challenges and unmet needs for haemophilia patients with inhibitors

Report from a symposium in Paris, France on 20 November 2014

Y. Dargaud

Corresponding Author

Y. Dargaud

Unite d'Hemostase Clinique, Hopital Cardiologique Louis Pradel, Universite Lyon 1, Lyon, France

Correspondence: Yesim Dargaud, Unite d'Hemostase Clinique, Hopital Cardiologique Louis Pradel, Universite Lyon 1, Lyon 69008 France.

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A. Pavlova

A. Pavlova

Institute of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, University Clinic, Bonn, Germany

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S. Lacroix-Desmazes

S. Lacroix-Desmazes

INSERM UMRS 1138, Immunopathologie et immuno-intervention thérapeutique, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Paris, France

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K. Fischer

K. Fischer

Van Creveldkliniek (HP C01.425), University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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M. Soucie

M. Soucie

Division of Blood Disorders, National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA

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S. Claeyssens

S. Claeyssens

Chu Purpan Pav. Centre Hospitalier Lefebvre, Centre Rgal de l'Hemophilie, Toulouse, France

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D.w. Scott

D.w. Scott

Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services, University for the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA

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R. d'Oiron

R. d'Oiron

Centre de Traitement de l'Hémophilie et des Maladies Hémorragiques Constitutionnelles, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Sud - Site Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France

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G. Lavigne-Lissalde

G. Lavigne-Lissalde

Laboratoire d'Hématologie et Consultations d'Hématologie Biologique Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nîmes, Place du Pr R. Debré Nîmes, France

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G. Kenet

G. Kenet

National Hemophilia Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

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C. Escuriola Ettingshausen

C. Escuriola Ettingshausen

Hemophilia Centre Rhein-Main HZRM, Frankfurt-Mörfelden, Germany

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A. Borel-Derlon

A. Borel-Derlon

Haemophilia and von Willebrand Disease Centre, University Hospital of Caen, Caen

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T. Lambert

T. Lambert

Hemophilia Care Center, Bicêtre AP-HP Hospital and Faculté de Médecine Paris XI, Paris, France

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G. Pasta

G. Pasta

UOSD di Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Centro Emofilia ‘Angelo Bianchi Bonomi’, Fondazione IRCCS Ca'Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy

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C. Négrier

C. Négrier

Haematology Department, Director Hemophilia Comprehensive Care Center, Hopital Louis Pradel, Université Lyon 1, Bron Cedex, France

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First published: 05 January 2016
Citations: 14
Publication of this supplement was supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Octapharma.

Summary

Over the past 20 years, there have been many advances in haemophilia treatment that have allowed patients to take greater control of their disease. However, the development of factor VIII (FVIII) inhibitors is the greatest complication of the disease and a challenge in the treatment of haemophilia making management of bleeding episodes difficult and surgical procedures very challenging. A meeting to discuss the unmet needs of haemophilia patients with inhibitors was held in Paris on 20 November 2014. Topics discussed were genetic and non-genetic risk factors for the development of inhibitors, immunological aspects of inhibitor development, FVIII products and inhibitor development, generation and functional properties of engineered antigen-specific T regulatory cells, suppression of immune responses to FVIII, prophylaxis in haemophilia patients with inhibitors, epitope mapping of FVIII inhibitors, current controversies in immune tolerance induction therapy, surgery in haemophilia patients with inhibitors and future perspectives for the treatment of haemophilia patients with inhibitors. A summary of the key points discussed is presented in this paper.

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