The international WAO/EAACI guideline for the management of hereditary angioedema—The 2021 revision and update

Hereditary angioedema (HAE) is a rare and disabling disease for which early diagnosis and effective therapy are critical. This revision and update of the global WAO/EAACI guideline on the diagnosis and management of HAE provides up-to-date guidance for the management of HAE. For this update and revision of the guideline, an international panel of experts reviewed the existing evidence, developed 28 recommendations, and established consensus by an online DELPHI process. The goal of these recommendations and guideline is to help physicians and their patients in making rational decisions in the management of HAE with deficient C1 inhibitor (type 1) and HAE with dysfunctional C1 inhibitor (type 2), by providing guidance on common and important clinical issues, such as: (1) How should HAE be diagnosed? (2) When should HAE patients receive prophylactic on top of on-demand treatment and what treatments should be used? (3) What are the goals of treatment? (4) Should HAE management be different for special HAE patient groups such as children or pregnant/breast-feeding women? and (5) How should HAE patients monitor their disease activity, impact, and control? It is also the intention of this guideline to help establish global standards for the management of HAE and to encourage and facilitate the use of recommended diagnostics and therapies for all patients

The international WAO/EAACI guideline for the management of hereditary angioedema - The 2021 revision and update.

Hereditary Angioedema (HAE) is a rare and disabling disease for which early diagnosis and effective therapy are critical. This revision and update of the global WAO/EAACI guideline on the diagnosis and management of HAE provides up-to-date guidance for the management of HAE. For this update and revision of the guideline, an international panel of experts reviewed the existing evidence, developed 28 recommendations, and established consensus by an online DELPHI process. The goal of these recommendations and guideline is to help physicians and their patients in making rational decisions in the management of HAE with deficient C1-inhibitor (type 1) and HAE with dysfunctional C1-inhibitor (type 2), by providing guidance on common and important clinical issues, such as: 1) How should HAE be diagnosed? 2) When should HAE patients receive prophylactic on top of on-demand treatment and what treatments should be used? 3) What are the goals of treatment? 4) Should HAE management be different for special HAE patient groups such as children or pregnant/breast feeding women? 5) How should HAE patients monitor their disease activity, impact, and control? It is also the intention of this guideline to help establish global standards for the management of HAE and to encourage and facilitate the use of recommended diagnostics and therapies for all patients

Zagrażające życiu napady krtaniowe u chorych z wrodzonym obrzękiem naczynioruchowym

Wstęp: Wrodzony obrzęk naczynioruchowy z niedoboru C1-inhibitora (HAE-C1INH) to rzadka choroba genetyczna wystę-pująca rodzinnie. W jej wyniku dochodzi do napadowych obrzęków tkanki podskórnej oraz śluzówek układu pokarmowegoi oddechowego, w tym krtani. Napady obrzęków gardła i krtani są szczególnie niebezpieczne, wymagają znajomości uwarun-kowań klinicznych, a także właściwego postępowania. Materiały i metody: Badaniem objęto dorosłych pacjentów z HAE-C1INH kolejno zgłaszających się na wizyty kontrolne w naszym ośrodku. Grupę przebadano przy pomocy usystematyzowanego kwestionariusza klinicznego, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem obrzęków krtani. Pytania odnosiły się do ostatnich 6 miesięcy poprzedzających badanie. Wyniki: Do badania włączono 55 dorosłych osób (K/M – 35/20) w wieku 18–76 lat. Napady krtaniowe występowały u 19 z nich (34,5%): 1–3 napady u 9 osób, 4–6 napadów u 8 osób, ≥7 u 2 osób. U 2 badanych konieczne było wykonanie intubacji. W po-równaniu z pacjentami bez napadów krtaniowych, u tych z takimi napadami znamiennie częściej obserwowano: (1) napady obrzęków twarzy, (2) ciężki stopień nasilenia choroby, (3) występowanie chorych płci żeńskiej, (4) stres psychiczny jako czynnik wywołujący napady. Wszyscy pacjenci z obrzękami krtaniowymi posiadali w domu lek do przerywania napadu. Najczęściej stosowali oni dożylny osoczopochodny C1-inhibitor – 17/19 (89,5%) lub podskórny inhibitor receptorów bradykininy (ikaty-bant) – 8/19 (42,1%). U 15/19 (79%) osób lek podawany był samodzielnie przez pacjenta lub osobę bliską. Dyskusja: Pacjenci z napadami krtaniowymi w przebiegu HAE są szczególnie wymagającą grupą chorych. Właściwe prze-szkolenie dotyczące ich identyfikacji i postępowania z nimi, zabezpieczenie w leki ratunkowe oraz szybki dostęp do jednostek pomocy doraźnej są niezbędne dla zapewnienia bezpieczeństwa osobom z tą lokalizacją obrzęków HAE

Hypersensitivity Reactions in Serious Adverse Events Reported for Paracetamol in the EudraVigilance Database, 2007–2018

Paracetamol is a popular and easily available drug which is used world-wide as analgesic, antipyretic agent. Hypersensitivity reactions to this drug involve a wide range of symptoms of various importance for patient management. The EudraVigilance (EV) database serves as a system for monitoring adverse events (AE) due to drug intake. We retrospectively recorded AE reports for “paracetamol” reported from 1 January 2007 to 1 October 2018 which fulfilled the category of “serious” in EV. For further analysis the retrieved AE reports were selected according to the keywords corresponding to hypersensitivity symptoms. We included in the study 4589 AE reports with 9489 particular AEs. 24.2% of all the AE reports concerned children. The most often reported symptoms were “angioedema,” “rash” and “urticaria” (each of them with a frequency of >10% in the AE reports). An important group of AEs were oedema reported as being located in the head, neck or respiratory tract. We recorded 58 AE reports with fatal outcomes, including 9 Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis cases (SJS/TEN), 10 anaphylactic reactions, 21 cases of hepatic failure and a further 18 cases which occurred for other reasons. SJS/TEN, acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis and drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms were reported 129, 42 and 25 times, respectively. Prodromes and symptoms of potentially life-threating SJS/TEN appeared in 286 of the AE reports. 380 AE reports pointed to a diagnosis of anaphylaxis. To improve patient safety, healthcare professionals, including pharmacists, can identify warning signs of severe hypersensitivity reactions to paracetamol

In Vitro Assays for Diagnosis of Drug-Induced Nonsevere Exanthemas: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Frequent mislabelled causal relationship between drug hypersensitivity reactions and culprit drugs reinforces the need for an accurate diagnosis. The systematic reviews and meta-analyses of in vitro assays published so far focused on immediate reactions and the most severe delayed reactions, while the most frequent drug-induced delayed reactions—nonsevere exanthemas—have been underestimated. We aim to fill this gap. A systematic review of studies on in vitro assays used in the diagnosis of nonsevere drug-induced delayed reactions was conducted following the methodology of Preferred Reporting Items for a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Diagnostic Test Accuracy Studies Statement. The EMBASE and PubMed databases were searched. We have included 33 studies from which we extracted the data, then performed meta-analysis where possible, or synthesised the evidence narratively. The quality of the analysed studies was assessed with the QUADAS-2 tool. The tests identified the most frequently were lymphocyte transformation test (LTT), ELISpot, and ELISA. In the meta-analysis carried out for LTT in reactions induce by beta-lactams, the pool estimate of sensitivity and specificity amounted to 49.1% (95% CI: 14.0%, 85.0%) and 94.6% (95% CI: 81.7%, 98.6%), respectively. The studies showed heterogeneity in study design and laboratory settings, which resulted in a wide range of specificity and sensitivity of testing

Clinical Characteristics and Quality of Life in a Cohort of Polish Pediatric Patients with Hereditary Angioedema

Hereditary angioedema (HAE) is a rare genetic disease. It is characterized by recurrent attacks of angioedema. Evidence to what extent it affects patient functioning is limited in the pediatric population. We aimed to determine the clinical characteristics and management of Polish children with HAE and to measure the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of these patients. This cross-sectional study was conducted among 21 pediatric patients and their caregivers, as well as 21 respective controls randomly selected from the general population. During routine follow-up visits, standardized pediatric quality of life questionnaires (PedsQLTM 4.0) were administered to all caregivers and adolescents (≥13 years). Caregivers also completed a structured medical interview regarding the clinical characteristics and treatment of children with HAE during the previous six months. During this period, 57% of patients had low (group I), 24% moderate (group II), and 19% high (group III) HAE activity, corresponding to ≥10 attacks per 6 months. None of the patients received long-term prophylaxis. The children in group III had a lower HRQoL than other groups and controls on all dimensions of the PedsQLTM 4.0. The lowest scores in all groups were observed in the emotional functioning domain. Our data demonstrate that the burden of HAE on the quality of life of pediatric patients and their families encompasses a wide range of daily functioning

Opcje terapeutyczne i ich dostępność we wrodzonym obrzęku naczynioruchowym: pomiędzy potrzebami pacjentów a planami decydentów

Hereditary angioedema is a rare and disabling disease characterized by severe, acute, self- limiting edema of the subcutaneous and mucosal tissue. The disease carries significant mortality when the upper airways are involved. It is determined by a transient dysregulation in vascular permeability with a sudden increase in fluid extravasation. The most common genetic defects recognized on the SERPING1 gene leads to complement C1-inhibitor deficiency (C1-INH-HAE). In the last few years mutation on the factor XII gene, the angiopoietin, and the plasminogen genes were recognized to cause angioedema with normal C1-INH levels (nC1-INH-HAE). However, it is not uncommon to have family history of angioedema and unknown genetic defect. The burden of the disease on the individual patients is unpredictable since the number, location and severity of the attacks spans from silent disease to an extremely high number of attacks during lifetime. Nowadays effective and safe treatment for the C1-INH-HAE forms are available and new drugs are under investigation both for the on demand therapy and for the prophylaxis of the attacks. Acute treatments has been proved to reduce severity and duration of attack, prophylaxis reduces the number of attacks thus positively affecting the quality of life and reducing the indirect costs of the disease. Unfortunately, the costs of the medications are high limiting the accessibility and availability of treatment in different countries. This paper reviews the treatment options and the differences in the availability of the medications in three European countries, with practical suggestions for the management of the disease.Wrodzony obrzęk naczynioruchowy jest rzadką, upośledzającą funkcjonowanie chorobą chrakteryzującą się ciężkimi, ostrymi, samoograniczającymi się obrzękami tkanki podskórnej i podśluzówkowej. W przypadku zajęcia górnych dróg oddechowych, schorzenie obarczona jest znaczącą śmiertelnością. Choroba jest determinowana przejściową dysregulacją przepuszczalności naczyniowej ze nagłym wzrostem ilości wynaczynionego płynu. Najczęściej spotykane defekty genetyczne występujące w genie SERPING1 prowadzą do niedoboru inhibitora składowej C1 układu dopełniacza (C1-INH-HAE). W ostatnich kilku latach poznano mutację genów czynnika XII, angiopoetyny i plazminogenu powodujące obrzęk naczynioruchowy z prawidłowym poziomem C1-INH (HAEnC1-INH). Jednakże, nie jest sytuacją niezwykłą występowanie rodzinnego wywiadu w kierunku obrzęku przy nieznanym defekcie genetycznym. Obciążenia związane z chorobą u poszczególnych pacjentów są trudne do przewidzenia, ponieważ liczba, lokalizacja i ciężkość napadów w ciągu życia zmienia się: od okresów remisji, do okresów ze skrajnie częstymi objawami. Obecnie dostępne są skuteczne i bezpieczne formy leczenia C1-INH-HAE, a w trakcie badań są nowe leki, zarówno do doraźnej, jaki i profilaktycznej terapii napadów obrzęku. Leki stosowane w stanach ostrych mają potwierdzone dzia- łanie zmniejszające ciężkość i czas trwania napadów, a leki stosowane w profilaktyce zmniejszają częstość napadów wpływając pozytywnie na jakość życia i redukując pośrednie koszty choroby. Niestety koszty leczenia są wysokie i ograniczają jego dostępność w wielu krajach. W niniejszej pracy dokonano przeglądu możliwych opcji terapeutycznych i ich dostępności w trzech krajach europejskich, poszerzonego o praktyczne sugestie dotyczące leczenia choroby

Diagnostic Value of Oral Provocation Tests in Drug Hypersensitivity Reactions Induced by Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs and Paracetamol

Oral drug provocation tests (DPT) are the basic diagnostic tool for the detection of hypersensitivity to non-opioid analgesics and for selecting a safe alternative for a patient. They are of great practical importance due to their common use, but the data on the follow-up of patients after negative DPT are still very scarce. We examined the further fate of 164 such adult patients after negative NSAID or paracetamol tests and analyzed which excipients in the studied drugs they could be exposed to after the diagnostic workup. A structured medical interview was performed 32.9 months (mean) after the provocation tests. Of the 164 patients, 131 (79.9%) retook the tested drug and 12 developed another hypersensitivity reaction, giving the estimated negative predictive value of 90.8%. These reactions were induced by acetylsalicylic acid, paracetamol, meloxicam, and diclofenac, and were clinically similar to the initial ones (most commonly urticaria and angioedema). There are 93 generics of these drugs on the local market, containing a total of 33 excipients for which hypersensitivity reactions have been reported. All available generics contain such excipients. Thirty-one patients (20.1%) did not take the previously tested drug again, most often because it was not needed or because they were afraid of another reaction. DPT with analgesics has a high diagnostic performance. A minority of patients had relapsed after reexposure. One of the underestimated reasons for this may be drug excipients provoking a reaction, so it is advisable to use exactly the same medical product that has been negatively tested. Many patients avoid reexposure to a given drug, despite negative tests, therefore very reliable patient education in connection with DPT is highly needed

The international WAO/EAACI guideline for the management of hereditary angioedema – The 2021 revision and update

© 2022 The Author(s)Hereditary Angioedema (HAE) is a rare and disabling disease for which early diagnosis and effective therapy are critical. This revision and update of the global WAO/EAACI guideline on the diagnosis and management of HAE provides up-to-date guidance for the management of HAE. For this update and revision of the guideline, an international panel of experts reviewed the existing evidence, developed 28 recommendations, and established consensus by an online DELPHI process. The goal of these recommendations and guideline is to help physicians and their patients in making rational decisions in the management of HAE with deficient C1-inhibitor (type 1) and HAE with dysfunctional C1-inhibitor (type 2), by providing guidance on common and important clinical issues, such as: 1) How should HAE be diagnosed? 2) When should HAE patients receive prophylactic on top of on-demand treatment and what treatments should be used? 3) What are the goals of treatment? 4) Should HAE management be different for special HAE patient groups such as children or pregnant/breast feeding women? 5) How should HAE patients monitor their disease activity, impact, and control? It is also the intention of this guideline to help establish global standards for the management of HAE and to encourage and facilitate the use of recommended diagnostics and therapies for all patients.N