People with severe hemophilia B are likely to develop hemophilic arthropathy — a painful and degenerative joint disease caused by recurrent bleedings — despite the lower bleeding frequency relative to hemophilia A, a natural history study shows. The data also highlights that prophylactic (preventive) treatment guidelines are not being…

Eloctate can induce immune tolerance in people with hemophilia A more quickly than other regimens, a study suggests. The study, “Real‐world data of immune tolerance induction using recombinant factor VIII Fc fusion protein in patients with severe haemophilia A with inhibitors at high risk for…

When given as a preventive treatment for nearly six years, Hemlibra (emicizumab) safely and effectively lowered the number of bleeding episodes in patients with severe hemophilia A, according to data from a Phase 1 clinical trial and its long-term extension study. Importantly, reductions in the number of bleeds…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted fast track designation to marzeptacog alfa activated (MarzAA), a lab-made version of clotting factor VIIa for the subcutaneous (under-the-skin) treatment of episodic bleeds in hemophilia A and B patients with inhibitors. MarzAA, developed by Catalyst Biosciences, will…

A web-based software to help personalize dosing regimens for hemophilia A patients being treated with Adynovate is now available in the U.S., according to Takeda. The software, called myPKFiT, previously was available only for individuals being treated with Advate. For Adynovate, it is to be used by…

The healthcare insurance company BCS Financial has partnered with the National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF) to improve care quality and cost for people with hemophilia. BCS Financial provides services primarily for Blue Cross and Blue…

A Phase 4 trial investigating Ixinity as a prophylactic treatment for children under age 12 with hemophilia B has reached the halfway mark for its enrollment target, Medexus Pharmaceuticals announced. The international study (NCT03855280), taking place at sites in Brazil, Colombia, Moldova, South Africa, and Ukraine, continues recruiting eligible…

The full range of hemophilia treatments should be made available to patients without consideration of cost or other barriers, leaders of patient associations and others argued at a public meeting hosted by the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) to consider its recent analysis of hemophilia A therapies. The…

Prophylactic (preventive) treatment with Adynovate safely and effectively lowers the number of bleedings, including those in target joints, in children and adults with severe hemophilia A, according to data from two Phase 3 clinical trials. Notably, personalized Adynovate treatment targeting higher minimum blood levels of factor VIII (FVIII) —…

Acupuncture was found to be more effective for reducing chronic joint pain in hemophilia patients than transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, or TENS, the results from a small clinical trial show. “Any treatment that can decrease chronic pain should be considered and acupuncture may have something to offer,”…