The use of obinutuzumab and ofatumumab in the treatment of immune thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.
Doyle, Andrew J Stubbs, Matthew J Lester, Will Thomas, Will Westwood, John-Paul Thomas, Mari Percy, Charles Prasannan, Nithya Scully, Marie
Doyle, Andrew J
Stubbs, Matthew J
Lester, Will
Thomas, Will
Westwood, John-Paul
Thomas, Mari
Percy, Charles
Prasannan, Nithya
Scully, Marie
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2022-04-17
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Rituximab, an anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody, can be used to treat immune thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (iTTP) during acute presentation or disease relapse. Undesirable side-effects include severe hypersensitivity reactions, particularly anaphylaxis and rituximab-induced serum sickness, with a minority not maintaining a response to treatment. Alternative humanised anti-CD20 treatments, obinutuzumab and ofatumumab, have been used. A review of the UK TTP Registry showed 15 patients received these drugs over 26 treatment episodes (eight obinutuzumab and 18 ofatumumab). Indications for alternative anti-CD20 treatment were severe infusion-related reactions, acute rituximab-induced serum sickness and a short duration of disease remission. All patients achieved disease remission (ADAMTS13 [A disintegrin and metalloproteinase with a thrombospondin type 1 motif, member 13] activity ≥30 iu/dl) after a median 15 days and 92% of episodes achieved complete remission (≥60 iu/dl). Seven patients required further treatment for disease relapse with a median relapse-free survival of 17.4 months. All patients continued to respond to re-treatment with the preceding drug when relapse occurred. There were four adverse events in 26 treatment episodes (15%) - two infections and two infusion reactions. These results suggest that obinutuzumab and ofatumumab may be considered as an alternative option to rituximab in the treatment of iTTP with a comparable safety profile, absence of significant hypersensitivity reactions and sustained normalisation of ADAMTS13.
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Doyle AJ, Stubbs MJ, Lester W, Thomas W, Westwood JP, Thomas M, Percy C, Prasannan N, Scully M. The use of obinutuzumab and ofatumumab in the treatment of immune thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. Br J Haematol. 2022 Jul;198(2):391-396. doi: 10.1111/bjh.18192. Epub 2022 Apr 17
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