Health Canada has approved Roche’s PiaSky (crovalimab) for treating paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) in adults and adolescents, ages 13 and older, who weigh at least 40 kg (88 pounds). The treatment is the first one approved in Canada that’s administered via monthly injections under the skin, or subcutaneously,…
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One year of treatment with Fabhalta (iptacopan) boosts hemoglobin levels, eliminates the need for blood transfusions, and eases fatigue in most adults with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH). That’s according to final data from two global Phase 3 clinical trials: APPLY-PNH (NCT04558918) and APPOINT-PNH (NCT04820530), which evaluated…
Novelmed Therapeutics’ ruxoprubart prevented red blood cell destruction in treatment-naïve adults with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), allowing these untreated patients to avoid blood transfusions altogether. That’s according to 12-week interim data from an ongoing Phase 2 clinical trial (NCT05646524), which showed that the PNH treatment, when administered…
Pregnant women with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) who receive Soliris (eculizumab) have higher chances of their babies surviving compared with those who don’t, with fewer miscarriages before 24 weeks, a meta-analysis study has found. Biosimilars of Soliris are also available. “Eculizumab appears to be safe and benefits pregnant women with…
Up to 1 in 4 people with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) who are treated with Ultomiris (ravulizumab-cwvz) or Soliris (eculizumab) experience clinically significant extravascular hemolysis — the destruction of red blood cells — but this isn’t typically associated with severe fatigue, a new global study reported. Soliris…
Treatment with Fabhalta (iptacopan) can ease fatigue and improve quality of life for people with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), according to data from two Phase 3 clinical trials. “These results … indicate that [Fabhalta] results in clinically meaningful disease control and meaningful improvements in the fatigue and [health-related…
Fabhalta (iptacopan) is now available in Canada, according to its developer Novartis, which noted that it’s the first — and so far, the only — approved oral treatment that can be used on its own for adults with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) who have hemolytic anemia, or…
Epysqli (eculizumab-aagh), a Soliris (eculizumab) biosimilar, is now available in the U.S. to reduce red blood cell destruction (hemolysis) in people with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH). A biosimilar contains an active ingredient that’s highly similar to an approved biological medicine, or reference product, with no clinically meaningful differences…
Close monitoring and Empaveli (pegcetacoplan) dose adjustments before and after surgery effectively prevented episodes of breakthrough hemolysis,in a 67-year-old man with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), according to a case report in Spain. Hemolysis is a hallmark symptom of PNH marked by the breakdown of red blood cells, which…
Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) was identified as the likely cause of a stroke in a young man, according to a report from India. While high blood pressure and atherosclerosis, a condition marked by the buildup of fatty deposits inside arteries, are commonly associated with stroke, this case “sheds light…
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