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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 18.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2013 Dec 25;20(4):518–525. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2013.12.565

Table 2.

Response to Eculizumab Therapy in Patients with HSCT-TMA

Responders Non-responders


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.