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Coffin D, Gouider E, Konkle B, Hermans C, Lambert C, Diop S, Ayoub E, Tootoonchian E, Youttananukorn T, Dakik P, Pereira T, Iorio A, Pierce GF. The World Federation of Hemophilia World Bleeding Disorders Registry: insights from the first 10,000 patients. Res Pract Thromb Haemost 2023; 7:102264. [PMID: 38193052 PMCID: PMC10772874 DOI: 10.1016/j.rpth.2023.102264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2023] [Revised: 10/26/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 01/10/2024] Open
Abstract
Background The prevalence of hemophilia varies globally, with close to 100% of patients diagnosed in high-income countries and as low as 12% diagnosed in lower-income countries. These inequalities in the care of people with hemophilia exist across various care indicators. Objectives This analysis aims to describe the clinical care outcomes of patients in the World Bleeding Disorders Registry (WBDR). Methods In 2018, the World Federation of Hemophilia developed a global registry, the WBDR, to permit hemophilia treatment centers to collect clinical data, monitor patient care longitudinally, and identify gaps in management and treatment. Results As of July 18, 2022, 10,276 people with hemophilia were enrolled from 87 hemophilia treatment centers in 40 countries. Nearly half (49%, n = 5084) of patients had severe hemophilia; 99% were male, 85% had hemophilia A, and 67% were from low-middle-income countries. Globally, the age of diagnosis for people with severe hemophilia has improved considerably over the last 50 years, from 82 months (∼7 years) for those born before 1980 to 11 months for those born after 2010, and most prominently, among people with severe hemophilia in low- and low-middle-income countries, the age of diagnosis improved from 418 months (∼35 years) for those born before 1970 to 12 months for those born after 2010. Overall, the age of diagnosis of people with hemophilia in low- and low-middle-income countries is delayed by 3 decades compared to patients in upper-middle-income countries and by 4 decades compared to patients in high-income countries. Conclusion Data reveal large treatment and care disparities between socioeconomic groups, showing improvements when prophylaxis is initiated to prevent bleeding. Overall, care provided in low-income countries lags behind high-income countries by up to 40 years. Limitations in the interpretation of data include risk of survival and selection bias.
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- Donna Coffin
- World Federation of Hemophilia, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Service d’hématologie biologique Hemophilia Center Aziza Othmana, Faculté de Médecine de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Washington Center for Bleeding Disorders, Bloodworks Northwest, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Haemostasis and Thrombosis Unit, Division of Hematology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Hematology, National Blood Transfusion Center, University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal
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- World Federation of Hemophilia, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- World Federation of Hemophilia, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Witkop ML, Robinson F, DiMichele D. Soliciting international perspectives on an American national research agenda for inherited bleeding disorders. Expert Rev Hematol 2023; 16:13-17. [PMID: 36920860 DOI: 10.1080/17474086.2023.2178411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/16/2023]
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- Communications, Fiona Robinson PhD, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Donna DiMichele Consulting, LLC, Washington, DC, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
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Laliberté J, Coffin D, Haffar A, Mekhuzla S, Pierce GF, Flynn B, Márquez CS, Hermans C, Garrido C, Baumann A. Theory of change and strategic priorities of the world federation of haemophilia. Haemophilia 2023; 29:45-50. [PMID: 36222220 DOI: 10.1111/hae.14673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2022] [Revised: 09/14/2022] [Accepted: 09/25/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
Abstract
The World Federation of Haemophilia (WFH) is a global network of national member organizations (NMOs) that advocate, collectively and individually, to improve lives of people with inherited bleeding disorders. The WFH vision of "Treatment for All" speaks to a future in which all people with an inherited bleeding disorder will have access to care, regardless of their gender or where they live. Over the last several years, initiatives including the WFH Humanitarian Aid program, the World Bleeding Disorders Registry, and Guidelines for the Management of Haemophilia and von Willebrand disease have significantly changed how the WFH and its partners work to improve and sustain care for people with bleeding disorders. Following an extensive consultation that included over 200 stakeholders from 70 countries, a Theory of Change was developed, and strategic priorities identified, to clearly define the WFH's intended impact and point of accountability to its stakeholders, and to determine how and through who those goals will be achieved. Both should help the WFH better support its NMOs and healthcare providers around the world in their efforts to improve access to diagnosis and care, as new therapies revolutionize the treatment landscape and the fallout of the global pandemic continues to challenge the ways in which we work and connect. Global collaboration of all stakeholders, based on their resources, objectives and skills, will be required to achieve these goals and to ensure more people have reliable access to safe treatment and care, regardless of their bleeding disorder, gender, or where they live.
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- World Federation of Hemophilia, Montreal, Canada
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- World Federation of Hemophilia, Montreal, Canada
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- World Federation of Hemophilia, Montreal, Canada
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- World Federation of Hemophilia, Montreal, Canada.,Division of Haematology, Haemostasis and Thrombosis Unit, Saint-Luc University Hospital, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Brussels, Belgium
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Pierce GF, Adediran M, Diop S, Dunn AL, El Ekiaby M, Kaczmarek R, Konkle BA, Pipe SW, Skinner MW, Valentino LA, Robinson F, Ampartzidis G, Martin J, Haffar A. Achieving access to haemophilia care in low-income and lower-middle-income countries: expanded Humanitarian Aid Program of the World Federation of Hemophilia after 5 years. Lancet Haematol 2022; 9:e689-e697. [PMID: 36055333 DOI: 10.1016/s2352-3026(22)00209-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2022] [Revised: 06/10/2022] [Accepted: 06/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Highly effective treatment of haemophilia A and B is primarily available to 15% of the world's population, in high-income countries. In low-income countries (LICs) and lower-middle-income countries (LMICs), morbidity and mortality are high because of greatly reduced access to diagnosis, care, and treatment. We report the challenges and impact after the first 5 years (mid-2015-2020) of the expanded World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH) Humanitarian Aid Program (HAP). WFH HAP donated coagulation products were used to treat more than 250 000 acute bleeding episodes, manage approximately 4000 surgeries, and establish bleeding preventive prophylaxis in about 2000 patients in 73 countries. Health-care providers worldwide learned optimal management of patients with complex needs through virtual and in-person training. In response to the programme, some governments increased investment in haemophilia care, including independent purchases of small amounts of treatment products. With unparalleled scope and complexity, and substantial benefits to people with haemophilia and society in general, the WFH HAP is an exemplar of partnership between for-profit and not-for-profit organisations advancing health-care equity in LICs and LMICs, which could be replicated by other organisations supporting people with different monogenic diseases.
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- World Federation of Hemophilia, Montréal, QC, Canada; Department of Hematology, University Cheikh Anta Diop, National Blood Transfusion Center, Dakar, Senegal
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology, and Bone Marrow Transplant, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA; Ohio State University College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Hemophilia Treatment Center, Shabrawishi Hospital, Giza, Egypt
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- Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA; Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Washington Center for Bleeding Disorders, Bloodworks Northwest, Seattle, WA, USA; Division of Hematology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics and Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; National Hemophilia Foundation, New York, NY, USA
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- Institute of Policy Advancement, Washington, DC, USA; Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- National Hemophilia Foundation, New York, NY, USA; Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Rush University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Communications Fiona Robinson, PhD, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- World Federation of Hemophilia, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- World Federation of Hemophilia, Montréal, QC, Canada
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Chuansumrit A, Youttananukorn W, Sirachainan N, Natesirinilkul R, Ruchutrakool T. Direct transfer of data of people with haemophilia from the Thai Haemophilia Treatment Centre Registry to the World Bleeding Disorders Registry of the World Federation of Haemophilia. Haemophilia 2022; 28:e68-e70. [PMID: 35037355 DOI: 10.1111/hae.14496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2021] [Revised: 01/04/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Ampaiwan Chuansumrit
- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Mbanya DN, Diop S, Ndoumba Mintya AN, El Kiaby M. Hemophilia care in Africa: Status and challenges. Transfus Clin Biol 2021; 28:158-162. [PMID: 33515729 DOI: 10.1016/j.tracli.2021.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
Abstract
Haemophilia care remains challenging especially in resource-limited settings where haemophilia and other non-communicable diseases may not be considered a healthcare priority, in comparison to malaria, HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. This article is a review of the evolution in haemophilia care in Africa, with focus on countries with varying degrees of care (Cameroon with budding care; Senegal with more evolved care and Egypt with a more longstanding history of care). The indispensable role of the World Federation of Haemophilia is highlighted in all the contexts of care.
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- D N Mbanya
- Faculty of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde I and Yaounde University Teaching Hospital, P.O Box: 1364, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
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- National Blood Transfusion Service, BP: 5002, Dakar, Senegal
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- Faculty of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde I and Yaounde University Teaching Hospital, P.O Box: 1364, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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- Egypt Shabrawishi Hospital International Hemophilia Treatment Center, Giza, Egypt
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Song X, Zhong J, Xue F, Chen L, Li H, Yuan D, Xie J, Shi J, Zhang L, Wu EQ, Yang R. An overview of patients with haemophilia A in China: Epidemiology, disease severity and treatment strategies. Haemophilia 2020; 27:e51-e59. [PMID: 33245829 DOI: 10.1111/hae.14217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2020] [Revised: 11/03/2020] [Accepted: 11/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Haemophilia A (HA) is a rare X chromosome-linked bleeding disorder resulting in missing or defective clotting factor VIII (FVIII) and causes large disease burden. AIM As a member of World Federation of Hemophilia, China seeks to understand the current epidemiology, disease profile and treatment landscape of patients with HA through the Hemophilia Treatment Center Collaboration Network of China (HTCCNC). METHODS The HTCCNC enabled data collection on patients with HA from 166 member hospitals (2007-2019) across China. The distribution of patients across 31 divisions was summarized using a heat map. Patient demographics, disease severity and clinical and treatment information were summarized using descriptive statistics. RESULTS HTCCNC identified 17,779 patients with HA during 2007-2019. Patients were predominantly male (99.99%), and 28.3% had a known family history of haemophilia. Among patients with lab-measured disease severity (N = 13,116), 6,519 had severe HA (49.7%), 4,788 had moderate HA (36.5%), and 1,809 had mild HA (13.8%). Among patients with information on the delays, delays in diagnosis and in treatment initiation were observed in 1,437 (28.8%) and 1,750 (39.2%) patients, respectively. On average, those patients had an 8.4 years gap between the first bleed and HA diagnosis and a delay of 8.6 years from the first bleed to treatment initiation. Additionally, 44.33% of patients relied solely on episodic treatments, and 16.2% received any prophylaxis treatments. CONCLUSIONS Using data from the largest haemophilia registry in China, this study indicated that delayed diagnosis and treatment, together with low utilization of prophylaxis, are key challenges for patients with HA.
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- Xuewen Song
- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematological Disorders, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Tianjin Laboratory of Blood Disease Gene Therapy, CAMS Key Laboratory of Gene Therapy for Blood Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematological Disorders, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Tianjin Laboratory of Blood Disease Gene Therapy, CAMS Key Laboratory of Gene Therapy for Blood Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, China.,Analysis Group, Inc, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematological Disorders, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Tianjin Laboratory of Blood Disease Gene Therapy, CAMS Key Laboratory of Gene Therapy for Blood Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematological Disorders, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Tianjin Laboratory of Blood Disease Gene Therapy, CAMS Key Laboratory of Gene Therapy for Blood Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematological Disorders, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Tianjin Laboratory of Blood Disease Gene Therapy, CAMS Key Laboratory of Gene Therapy for Blood Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematological Disorders, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Tianjin Laboratory of Blood Disease Gene Therapy, CAMS Key Laboratory of Gene Therapy for Blood Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematological Disorders, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Tianjin Laboratory of Blood Disease Gene Therapy, CAMS Key Laboratory of Gene Therapy for Blood Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematological Disorders, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Tianjin Laboratory of Blood Disease Gene Therapy, CAMS Key Laboratory of Gene Therapy for Blood Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematological Disorders, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Tianjin Laboratory of Blood Disease Gene Therapy, CAMS Key Laboratory of Gene Therapy for Blood Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, China
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Hay CRM, Shima M, Makris M, Jiménez-Yuste V, Oldenburg J, Fischer K, Iorio A, Skinner MW, Santagostino E, von Mackensen S, Kessler CM. Challenges and key lessons from the design and implementation of an international haemophilia registry supported by a pharmaceutical company. Haemophilia 2020; 26:966-974. [PMID: 33094894 PMCID: PMC7894355 DOI: 10.1111/hae.14144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2020] [Revised: 05/19/2020] [Accepted: 08/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Real-world data are lacking regarding the relationship between prospectively collected patient-reported outcomes (PROs), clinical outcomes and treatment in people with haemophilia (PWH). The Expanding Communications on Hemophilia A Outcomes (ECHO) registry was designed to address this data gap, but a range of difficulties led to early study closure. AIM To describe the challenges faced and lessons learned from implementing a multinational haemophilia registry. METHODS The Expanding Communications on Hemophilia A Outcomes was planned as a five-year observational cohort study to collect data from 2000 patients in nine countries. Based on direct observations, feedback from patients enrolled in ECHO, challenges of the study design and input from study-sponsor representatives, the ECHO Steering Committee systematically identified the challenges faced and developed recommendations for overcoming or avoiding them in future studies. RESULTS The study closed after two years because few countries were activated and patient recruitment was low. This was related to multiple challenges including delayed implementation, stringent pharmacovigilance requirements, objections of investigators and patients to the burden of multiple PROs, data collection issues, lack of resources at study sites, little engagement of patients and competing clinical trials, which further limited recruitment. At study closure, 269 patients had been enrolled in four of nine participating countries. CONCLUSIONS Researchers planning studies similar to ECHO may want to consider the barriers identified in this global registry of PWH and suggestions to mitigate these limitations, such as greater patient involvement in design and analysis, clearer assessment and understanding of local infrastructure and potential changes to the administration of the study.
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- Charles R M Hay
- Manchester University Department of Haematology, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Infection, Immunity, and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, University Clinic Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- van Creveldkliniek, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.,Clinical Epidemiology of Congenital Bleeding Disorders, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.,Institute for Policy Advancement, Ltd, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Medical Psychology, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Konkle BA, Recht M, Hilger A, Marks P. The critical need for postmarketing surveillance in gene therapy for haemophilia. Haemophilia 2020; 27 Suppl 3:126-131. [PMID: 32495492 DOI: 10.1111/hae.13972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2020] [Revised: 02/26/2020] [Accepted: 03/02/2020] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION The goal of gene therapy for haemophilia is to alter the clinical phenotype to a milder form or even cure, by increasing endogenous coagulation factor levels through transfer of a functional gene encoding the respective deficient coagulation factor and subsequent transgene expression. Over the past decade, there has been tremendous progress in gene therapy, particularly in use of liver-directed adeno-associated viral vectors, such that several programmes for both haemophilia A and B are in phase 3 trials. With regulatory approval of the first gene therapy product expected as early as mid-2020, there is an urgent need for a mechanism to collect long-term data on safety and variability and durability of efficacy. There will be elements required by regulators for postmarketing surveillance and additional data needed to enhance our understanding of gene therapy outcomes and their impact on the lives of people with haemophilia. AIM The aim of this manuscript was to describe efforts underway by the American Thrombosis and Hemostasis Network and the World Federation of Hemophilia to collect long-term harmonized data and considerations of the European and US regulatory agencies, which will inform ongoing data collection. METHODS The status of data collection around gene therapy in haemophilia and important outcome measures were obtained by literature review. Each author described elements relevant to the activities of their organization. CONCLUSION Support of all stakeholders in gene therapy, providers, patients, industry and regulators, augers successful capture of uniform long-term safety and efficacy data to ensure optimal treatment of people with haemophilia.
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- Barbara A Konkle
- Bloodworks Northwest and The University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- American Thrombosis and Hemostasis Network, Rochester, NY, USA.,Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Federal Institute for Vaccines and Biomedicines, Langen, Germany
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- U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA
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Hermans C. Publishing in the Haemophilia Journal: Opportunities and challenges for developing countries. Haemophilia 2020; 26 Suppl 3:29-31. [PMID: 32356346 DOI: 10.1111/hae.13893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Better access to haemophilia treatment and care is currently changing the life of a great many patients with haemophilia or other inherited bleeding diseases in numerous developing countries. These changes are encouraging while stimulating local research initiatives and projects that deserve to be communicated through scientific publications. This paper addresses several opportunities and challenges, providing guidance to scientists, clinicians, researchers and health professionals from developing countries who are actively involved in multidisciplinary haemophilia care, while wishing to publish their reports in Haemophilia, the official, global, multidisciplinary journal of the World Federation of Haemophilia (WFH), the European Haemophilia and Allied Disorders (EAHAD) organization and the Hemostasis and Thrombosis Research Society (HTRS) of North America, focusing on inherited bleeding diseases. Several strategies and pathways designed to encourage, help and support successful publications from developing countries are herein discussed.
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- Cedric Hermans
- Division of Adult Haematology, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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Pierce GF, Pasi KJ, Coffin D, Kaczmarek R, Lillicrap D, Mahlangu J, Rottellini D, Sannié T, Srivastava A, VandenDriessche T, Weill A. Towards a global multidisciplinary consensus framework on haemophilia gene therapy: Report of the 2nd World Federation of Haemophilia Gene Therapy Round Table. Haemophilia 2020; 26:443-449. [PMID: 32202382 DOI: 10.1111/hae.13971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2020] [Revised: 02/19/2020] [Accepted: 03/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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INTRODUCTION With approval of gene therapy for haemophilia likely in the near future, policy frameworks are needed to guide the path forward for this disruptive and novel therapeutic advance. AIM The WFH has initiated a series of multi-stakeholder Gene Therapy Round Tables (GTRT) to better understand where guidance is needed and develop initial consensus statements to inform policy. METHODS The first day of the 2nd GTRT was devoted to didactic presentations on models of access to gene therapy, payment and health technology assessment considerations, regulatory issues and the generation of evidence on safety and durable efficacy of gene therapy products. On the second day, participants were tasked with developing and voting on consensus statements that reflected the information presented and multi-stakeholder views expressed during discussions in the 1st and 2nd WFH GTRTs. The statements covered global access to gene therapy for all people with haemophilia (PWH), collection of long-term safety and efficacy data, ensuring gene therapy is available for all subgroups of PWH including those who have been largely excluded from clinical trials and characterizing acceptable and ideal factor expression levels for gene therapy products. RESULTS The first 3 statements achieved consensus (at least 80% agreement) by this group of experts. The statement on identifying an ideal and an acceptable factor level expression elicited a lively discussion but failed to achieve consensus by this group. CONCLUSIONS This issue of ideal and acceptable factor level expression and other unresolved issues will be brought to the 3rd WFH GTRT in 2020.
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- Royal London Haemophilia Centre, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK
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- World Federation of Hemophilia, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.,Laboratory of Glycobiology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Pathology & Molecular Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
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- Haemophilia Comprehensive Care Centre, NHLS and Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Department of Haematology, Christian Medical College Vellore, Vellore, India
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- Department of Gene Therapy & Regenerative Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium.,Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Center for Molecular & Vascular Biology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- World Federation of Hemophilia, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Pierce GF, Coffin D. The 1st WFH Gene Therapy Round Table: Understanding the landscape and challenges of gene therapy for haemophilia around the world. Haemophilia 2019; 25:189-194. [PMID: 30604914 DOI: 10.1111/hae.13673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2018] [Revised: 11/21/2018] [Accepted: 11/30/2018] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
Abstract
In this first in a series of round table meetings, the 1st World Federation of Hemophilia Gene Therapy Round Table was convened to initiate a global dialogue on the expected challenges and opportunities that a disruptive therapy, such as gene therapy, will bring to the haemophilia community. Perspectives from key stakeholder groups, including healthcare professionals, regulators, payors, people with hemophilia and pharmaceutical industry representatives, were sought in the identification of the key issues we expect to face. Didactic presentations and open discussion covered the clinical development of gene therapy in haemophilia; regulatory perspectives of gene therapy; making informed decisions; accessibility, affordability and pricing of gene therapy; and ethical issues of gene therapy clinical trials. These were followed by small group work. This manuscript outlines the key issues identified and the path forward.
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- Glenn F Pierce
- World Federation of Hemophilia, Montreal, Québec, Canada
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- World Federation of Hemophilia, Montreal, Québec, Canada
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