Blood group A mothers are more likely to develop anemia during antenatal intravenous immunoglobulin treatment of fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia

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BACKGROUND: Incompatibility between parental platelet (PLT) antigens may lead to sensitization of mother and development of fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (FNAIT) resulting in fetal thrombocytopenia. Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) with or without prednisone is the most effective, evidence-based antenatal treatment for subsequent FNAIT-affected pregnancies. IVIG infusion causes hemolysis in other settings, the degree depending upon patient blood groups (BGs).

STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: In ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00194987, 102 pregnant women received randomized antenatal treatment: Arm A received 2 g/kg/week IVIG; Arm B received 1 g/kg/week IVIG + 0.5 mg/kg/day prednisone. This post hoc analysis explored BG and anemia in 69 FNAIT mothers treated with Arm A or Arm B without salvage treatment to explore the effects of IVIG and steroid treatment on development of anemia in these women. Mothers whose treatment changed, for example, those with insufficient or unknown fetal PLT response who received salvage therapy, were excluded.

RESULTS: For Arm A, 17 of 21 (hemoglobin [Hb] < 10 g/dL) mothers with anemia but only three of 15 mothers without anemia had BG-A and/or BG-B (p = 0.0005). BG was unrelated to anemia in Arm B; only nine of 33 Arm B mothers became anemic during treatment. The mean decrease in Hb level in women with BG-non-O was 1.9 g/dL and in women with BG-O was 1.1 g/dL (p = 0.004). Anemia was not caused by iron deficiency; the lowest mean corpuscular volume was 79.

CONCLUSION: FNAIT women with BG-non-O more frequently develop anemia secondary to high-dose IVIG infusion (2 g/kg/week), quite possibly from isohemagglutinin-mediated hemolysis; maternal Hb requires monitoring. IVIG at 1 g/kg/week did not cause anemia in women with BG-non-O; concomitant prednisone likely alleviated the IVIG effect. Maternal BG could influence selection of antenatal treatment for FNAIT.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:56

Enthalten in:

Transfusion - 56(2016), 10 vom: 01. Okt., Seite 2449-2454

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lakkaraja, Madhavi [VerfasserIn]
Jin, Jenny C [VerfasserIn]
Manotas, Karen C [VerfasserIn]
Vinograd, Cheryl A [VerfasserIn]
Ferd, Polina [VerfasserIn]
Gabor, Julia [VerfasserIn]
Wissert, Megan [VerfasserIn]
Berkowitz, Richard L [VerfasserIn]
McFarland, Janice G [VerfasserIn]
Bussel, James B [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Blood Group Antigens
Hemoglobins
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
Journal Article
Prednisone
Randomized Controlled Trial
Steroids
VB0R961HZT

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Date Completed 26.05.2017

Date Revised 26.05.2017

published: Print-Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00194987

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/trf.13779

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM264193482