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. 2022 Jun 17;13:327–335. doi: 10.2147/JBM.S339660

Table 1.

Quality of Life (QoL) and Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH) Therapy: Eculizumab and Ravulizumab

Drug Study Name Number of Participants Main Message Ref
Eculizumab Triumph 87 (43 eculizumab) FACIT-F score significantly increased from baseline in eculizumab arm [16, 51]
Shepherd 97 Both FACIT-F score and EORTC-QLQ-C30 improved from baseline to week 52 [14, 51]
Japanese experience 54 Both FACIT-F score and EORTC-QLQ-C30 meaningfully increased [52]
Ravulizumab 301 246 (125 ravulizumab, 121 eculizumab) Improvement in FACIT-F score and EORTC-QLQ-C30 similar in the ravulizumab and eculizumab group [33]
302 195 (97 ravulizumab, 98 eculizumab) Change in FACIT-F score from the baseline significantly higher in the ravulizumab group; change in EORTC-QLQ-C30 similar in both groups [29]
302 extension 191 (96 ravulizumab, 95 eculizumab to ravulizumab) Mean FACIT-F score remained stable through study period; mean EORTC-QLQ-C30 was similar in both groups [53]
302s 95 Ravulizumab preferred over eculizumab by a significant proportion of patients [54]

Abbreviations: EORTC, European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer-QLQ-C30 score; FACIT-F, the Functional assessment of chronic illness-Fatigue.