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. 2019 Oct 9;12(10):100068. doi: 10.1016/j.waojou.2019.100068

Table 2.

IgG dose, IgG trough level and outcomes of Primary Immunodeficiency disease patients in included clinical studies.

SN. Studies Type of IgG used Dosing protocol, Mean(range) mg/Kg/week IgG trough level (Mean ± SD) mg/dl Severe infections n (rate/patient/year) Overall infection (n, CI)-annual rate per patient Days of hospitalization (n, Mean ± SD) Days missed from work/school (n, Mean ± SD) Adverse events/patient/year
1 Aydiner 201529 IVIG 330–1250 mg/kg/wk 976 ± 564 mg/dl 0 7 events in 4 pts in 10 months na na na
SCIG 300–430 mg/kg/wk 1025 ± 409 mg/dl
2 Berger 201030 IVIG 100–200 mg/kg/wk 914.8 ± 273.37 mg/dl 0.03 3.42 na 4.5/subject/year 27.5
16% SCIG 878 ± 234.77 mg/dl
3 Ballow 201631 IVIG 300–800 mg/kg/wk 800–1000 mg/dl 1 episode 0.051 0.2 ± 1.1 6.2 ± 17.7 20.2
5% IVIG
4 Bezrodnik 20138 IVIG 556 mg/kg/month (420–870) 960.2 mg/dl 3 episodes in IVIG/1 in SCIG 1.4 0 na na
16% SCIG 139 mg/kg/wk (105–181) 1317 mg/dl (wk16), 1309.2 mg/dl (wk 24) and 1231.5 mg/dl (wk 36) 0.4 0 na 0.14
5 Bezrodnik 201432 IVIG (48 weeks) na 1005.33 ± 419.420 mg/dl 4 episodes 2–7 na na 0.13
16% SCIG (9 months) 133 mg/kg/wk (100–192) 1205 ± 457.990 mg/dl 3 episodes 1–2 na na 0.02
6 Borte 20179 Period 1-IVIG 10% for 13 wk/SCIG 16% for 12 wks. 125 ± 42 mg/kg/week (20% SCIG) IVIG 10% = 720 mg/dl SCIG 16% = 897 mg/dl 0 IVIG, 1(0.27) SCIG 16%) 6.29 rate (IVIG), 8.92 rate (SCIG 16%), 4.38 (SCIG 20%) 1 (0.12) IVIG,2 (0.54) SCIG 16% 90 (10.69) IVIG/187(50.42) SCIG 0.058
Period 2-SCIG 20% for 52 wk SCIG 20% = 827 mg/dl 1(0.022) 200(4.38) 7(0.15)-SCIG 710 (15.55)
7 Borte 201710 10% IVIG (/3 weeks) 485 mg/kg/month 1100–1220 mg/dl 3.68 (overall)
4.19 (3 weekly))
na 37 absences (61.95%) Serious AE 13% (4 weekly) vs. 5% in 4 weekly
10% IVIG (/4 weeks) 810–870 mg/dl 3.33 (4 weekly) 1 (0.08) 3.64
8 Borte 201133 IVIG/SCIG 200–800 mg/kg/wk 694 mg/dl (c), 790 mg/dl (a), 781 mg/dl (ad) g/l 0 4.77/5.18 (a)/5.47 (ad) 8.36(c),0(a),0.63(ad) 1.7 (c), na (a), na (ad) 0.04(c),0.035 (a),0.08(ad)/infusion
20% SCIG 129.9 mg/kg/wk -children(c),
113.7 mg/kg/wk- adolescents (a) and 114.3 mg/kg/wk- adults (ad)
786 mg/dl (c), 791 mg/dl (a), 831 mg/dl (ad) 0
9 Haddad 20126 20% SCIG (1:1) EU 120 mg/kg/wk 810 ± 144 mg/dl 0 5.18 3.48 8 0.59 events/infusion (1:1)
20% SCIG (1.5:1) USA 210 mg/kg/wk 1254 ± 322 mg/dl 0 2.76 0.2 2.06 0.06 in 1:1
10 Hagan 201011 20% SCIG 179.6–224.3 mg/kg (IgPro20) 1210–1290 mg/dl 0 2.76 0.2 2.06 local AE = 0.592, other than local AE = 0.043
11 Jolles 201134 IVIG Pre study = 702 mg/dl 1(wash out) = 0.03 events/patient/year 5.18 3.48 8 0.177/infusion
20% SCIG 120 ± 35.72 mg/kg/wk (20% SCIG) On infusion = 809 mg/dl
12 Kanegane 201435 IVIG 77.3 ± 30.5 mg/kg/month 653 ± 140 mg/dl (IVIG) 0 2.98 0.55 3.48 0.461/infusion
20% SCIG 87.8 ± 35.2 mg/kg/wk SCIG 715 ± 151 mg/dl (SCIG)
13 Krivan 201636 IqYmune 220–970 mg/kg 579 ± 203 mg/dl 1 (0.017) 3.79 0.89 1.01 0.45/infusion
773/- 236 mg/dk (IVIG)
14 Melamed 201637 IVIG 5% 21-day infusion 300–800 mg/kg/wk 21-day infusion = 987–1083 mg/dl 2 (0.09) 3.08 3.5 1.1 0.39/infusion
IVIG 5% 28-day infusion 28-day infusion = 822–882 mg/dl
15 Moy 201038 IVIG 5% 469.4 mg/kg/month (21-day infusion)
466.2 mg/kg/month (28-day infusion)
21-day infusion = 936–1240 mg/dl 0 3.07 2 days 8.73 1 AE/3 infusions
28-day infusion = 833–1140 mg/dl
16 Patel 201539 SCIG 20% 674 mg/kg/wk (260–2000)
552 mg/kg/month (IVIG)
794 mg/dl (on IVIG) and 943 mg/dl (IGSC 20%) 0.03 0.067 rate na na 41 (47%) local AEs
17 Quinti 201117 IVIG CVID- 398 ± 167 mg/kg/wk CVID-667 ± 176 mg/dl 0.06–0.1 episodes patient-year na na na na
XLA-608 ± 273 mg/kg/wk XLA-758 ± 202 mg/dl 0.03–0.11 episodes patient-year
18 Stein 201640 10% IVIG 501.7 mg/kg/month 923.9 mg/dl 2 (0.04) 2.9 0.6 2.8 44(98%)- 450 events
19 Suez 201641 IVIG 10% and SCIG 20% 222 ± 71 mg/kg/wk 1523 mg/dl with IGSC and 1200 mg/dl in IVIG 10% in 3 weeks 0 3.86 in IVIG 0.02 1.16 0.036/infusion
2.41 in SCIG
20 Viallard 201742 Tegeline 442 mg/kg/month (286–608) Tegeline 805 ± 134 mg/dl Tegeline-0 Tegeline-4.35 (0–21.8) Tegeline-0 Tegeline-8.8 (6.4–11.9) Tegeline-0.09
ClairYg ClairYg 917 ± 172 mg/dl ClairYg-0 ClairYg-4.3(0–15.1) ClairYg-0 ClairYg-0.3(0.1–0.9) ClairYg-0.08
21 Vultaggio 201543 IVIG Maintenance of total monthly dose of historic IVIG split into four weekly doses of SCIG Baseline 635 ± 242.8 mg/dl 5 (0.056) 33/39 patients (84.6%)- infection 1.93 ± 4.08 (IVIG) 15.27 ± 23.17 (IVIG) Local reactions (14/50 = 28%)
SCIG 16% 671 ± 217.5 mg/dl 0.64 ± 2.94 (SCIG) 2.26 ± 4.45 (SCIG)
22 Wasserman 201244 IVIG 10% 500 mg/kg/wk (254–1029) 1076 ± 254 mg/dl (606–1780 mg/dl) in 21-days 2 (0.035) 2.6 (2.3–2.7) 0.21 2.28 937 events
943 ± 215 mg/dl (487–2250) in 28-days
23 Wasserman 201245 IVIG/SCIG + IGHy vs. IVIG/SCIG alone IGHy at 75U/g IgG followed by IgG 10% at 155 mg/kg/wk <12 yrs = 995 mg/dl, >12 yrs 1070 mg/dl 2(0.025) 2.97 (IGHy)
4.51 (IVIG)
0.02 (IGHy) vs. 0.06 (IVIG) 0.28 (IGHy) vs. 0.23 (IVIG) local AE = 0.199/infusion (IGHy)
vs. 0.011/infusion (IVIG)
<12 yrs = 963 mg/dl, >12 yrs = 1040 mg/dl
24 Wasserman 20167 SCIG + IGHy vs. SCIG 155 ± 53 mg/kg/week 1135 mg/dl (2 week), 1195 mg/dl(3week), 983 mg/dl (4 week) 5 (0.03) 2.99 0.12 5.75 10.68/subjects' year

Legend: IgG- Immunoglobulin, n = number, SD- Standard Deviation, wk-week, yrs-years IVIG- Intravenous Immunoglobulin, SCIG- Subcutaneous Immunoglobulin, na-not available, EU = Europe, USA= United States of America, ITT- Intent to treat, PPK- per-protocol pharmacokinetic, CVID= Common variable immunodeficiency disease, XLA = X-linked agammaglobulinemia, IGHy-recombinant human hyaluronidase