Benefits of prophylactic emicizumab in enhancing immune tolerance
induction in a hemophiliac boy with very high inhibitor titer
Abstract
A 12-year-old severe hemophilia boy had developed inhibitor since he was
two. At 10 years of age, he received high dose factor VIII after plasma
exchange in addition to bypassing agents for treatment of CNS bleeding,
causing peak inhibitor titer of 3,360 BU. ITI was initiated when his
inhibitor was decreased to 140 BU, and the prophylactic emicizumab had
been added since the second year of ITI. After 3.5 years of ITI and
emicizumab, his inhibitor titer was down to 0.56 BU (factor VIII
recovery was 60% and half-life 5.5 hours). His QoL was remarkedly
improved and without bleeding.