Table 3.
Eculizumab treatment and its outcomes.
| Pt No | From TMA onset to ECZ initiation(days) | No. of ECZ doses | Prevention of meningococcal infection | PE/PI duration before ECZ initiation (days) | Outcome | Time from TMA onset to last observation/ death (days) | Recurrence of TMA after ECZ discontinuation | Reasons to discontinue ECZ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1a | 6 | 2 | Noneb | 2 | Deceased | 29 | - | Death |
| 2a | 20 | 3 | Antibiotics | 1 | Deceased | 66 | - | Death |
| 3 | 8 | 2 | None | 5 | Alive | 78 | None | Recovered from serious conditionc |
| 4a | 3 | 5 | Antibiotics | 0 | Deceased | 57 | - | Death |
| 5 | 26 | 64 | Antibiotics | 14 | Alive | 1557 | None(ECZ ongoing) | - |
| 6a | 126 | 4 | Antibiotics | 0 | Deceased | 182 | - | Death |
| 7 | 8 | 4 | None | 4 | Alive | 182 | None | Recovered from serious conditionc |
| 8 | 8 | 3 | Antibiotics | 3 | Alive | 776 | None | Recovered from serious conditionc |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Antibiotics | 6 | Alive | 742 | None | Insufficient response of platelet countc |
| 10a | 16 | 2 | Noneb | 0 | Deceased | 41 | - | Insufficient response of platelet countc |
| 11a | 62 | 5 | Antibiotics/Vaccination | 0 | Deceased | 125 | - | Death |
| 12 | 19 | 10 | Antibiotics | 0 | Alive | 396 | None | Recovered from serious conditionc |
| 13 | 53 | 3 | Vaccination | 12 | Alive | 172 | None | Recovered from serious conditionc |
| Median (IQR), days | 16 (8–26) | 3 (2–5) | 2 (0–5) | - | 172 (66–396) | - |
AE adverse event, CFH complement factor H, ECZ eculizumab, LDH lactate dehydrogenase, PLT platelet, Pt patient, TMA thrombotic microangiopathy, WBC white blood cell.
anon-survivors.
bAntibiotics were treated for other coexisting infectious disease.
cTreating physician’s comment in PMS.