Table 2.
Response to Eculizumab Therapy in Patients with HSCT-TMA
| Responders | Non-responders | |||||
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| Patient 1 | Patient 2 | Patient 3 | Patient 4 | Patient 5 | Patient 6 | |
| Response to eculizumab | ||||||
| Therapeutic eculizumab level (trough) after first dose | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Therapeutic eculizumab level (trough) after subsequent doses | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No* | No* |
| Normalization of LDH, d | 16 | 18 | 27 | 15 | NR | NR |
| Normalization of haptoglobin, d | 25 | 43 | 15 | 15 | 8 | NR |
| Disappearance of schistocytes, d | 30 | 45 | 14 | 7 | NR | NR |
| Normalization of hemoglobin without transfusions, d | 20 | 43 | 23 | 7 | NR | NR |
| Recovery of platelets to 20,000 K/μL, d | 18 | 43 | 14 | 7 | NR | NR |
| Recovery of platelets to 50,000 K/μL, d | 30 | 45 | 14 | 7 | NR | NR |
| Doubling of cystatin C–eGFR, d | 31 | 95 | 141 | 16 | NR | NR |
| Urine protein-to-creatinine ratio <2 mg/mg, d | 19 | 108 | 63 | 29 | NR | NR |
| Number of anti-HTN medication at the start of eculizumab therapy | 7 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 7 |
| Number of anti-HTN medication at the end of eculizumab therapy | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Hematologic HSCT-TMA response, d | 30 | 45 | 27 | 15 | NR | NR |
| Complete resolution of HSCT-TMA, d | 31 | 108 | 141 | 29 | NR | NR |
| Outcomes | ||||||
| Current status | Alive | Alive | Alive | Alive | Dead | Dead |
| Time from starting eculizumab therapy to the last encounter, weeks | 38 | 55 | 40 | 72 | 5 | <2 |
| Most current cystatin C–eGFR, mL/min | 138 | 48 | 41 | 150 | n/a | n/a |
| Most current random urine protein-to-creatinine ratio (normal <.2 mg/mg, nephrotic range >2 mg/mg) | .2 | .9 | .48 | .14 | n/a | n/a |
LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; HTN, hypertension; NR, no response.
Did not achieve therapeutic eculizumab level even with the dose escalation.