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. 2016 Nov 28;44(3):188–200. doi: 10.1159/000452107

Table 1.

AEs in haemaphereses: literature overview

Reference Design Apheresis devices Adverse events, categories Grading – design Apheresis procedures, types, n Results
AE, % grading: M, MOD, SAE
Danic et al., 2010 [9] RS, multi-centre n. a. BAI, VVR, CT French national agency ‘Afssaps’ MC, 1,499,469 0.025% SAE = 0.025%
Eder et al., 2008 [10] PS, single-centre Amicus, Spectra, Trima BAI, VVR, CT centre-specific (ARC) R2, 228,183; PLT 449,594, in total 677,777 PLT 5.77%; R2 5.38% MAJ = 0.45%
Diekamp et al., 2014 [11] PS, multi-centre n. a. BAI, VVR, CT, DC, TE centre-specific (Haema) PLS, 1,107,846 6.55% M = 2.18%
MOD = 0.27%
SAE = 0.06%.
McLeod et al., 1998 [12] PS, multi-centre Fenwal CS3000, Haemonetics MCS, Spectra BAI, VVR, CT centre-specific (AABB) PLT, 17,591; PLS, 1,353; GA, 588; others, 79; in total 19,611 2.18% n.d.
Despotis et al., 1999 [13] RS, single-centre Amicus, Fenwal CS3000, Spectra BAI, VVR, CT, TE centre-specific PLT, 19,736 0.81% SAE = 0.24%
Yuan et al., 2008 [14] RS, single-centre Trima Accel VVR, CT centre-specific MC, 11,333 n.a. MOD = 0.27%
SAE = 0,20%
Yuan et al., 2010 [15] RS, single-centre Trima Accel BAI, VVR, CT centre-specific PLT, 15,763 n.a. MOD+SAE = 0.37%
Wiltbank et al., 2007 [16] RS, multi-centre Alyx, Amicus, MCS+, Spectra, Trima VVR centre-specific (UBS) R2, 249,154; R1 40,870; PLT 90,082; in total 380,106 n.a. MOD = 0,14%
SAE = 0.035%
Ounnoughene et al., 2013 [17] RS, multi-centre n. a. BAI, VVR, CT French national haemovigilance database ‘e-FIT’ n.a. n.a. SAE = 0.18%
Bueno et al., 2006 [18] RS, single-centre Trima, Amicus BAI n.d. MC, 5,177 3.3% n.d.
Tomita et al., 2002 [19] RS, single-centre MCS 3P VVR n.d. AD: males, n = 14,523; females, n = 6,722 ♂1–2%, ♀4–5% n.d.
Kamel et al., 2010 [20] RS, multi-centre n.a. VVR, delayed vs immediate centre-specific (UBS) R2, 164,179; PLT/P, 54,841; R1/PLT/PLS, 18,790; in total 237,810 0.18% n.a.
Crocco et al., 2009 [21] RS, 2 centres MCS+, PCS+, Trima Accel, always SN VVR, CT centre-specific PLS, 38,647; PLT, 2,641; MC, 8,784; in total 50,072 0.63% SAE ≤ 0.01%

AD = Apheresis donors; DC = donor compliance; GA = granulocyte apheresis; M = mild; MC = multi-component apheresis; MOD = moderate; n.a. = not available; n.d. = not done; PLT/PLS = plateletpheresis/plasmapheresis combined; PS = prospective; R1/R2 = single red cell apheresis/double red cell apheresis; R1/PLT/P = single red cell/platelet/plasma-apheresis, combined; RS = retrospective; SAE = severe adverse event; TE = technical events.