Treatment and management of primary antibody deficiency: German interdisciplinary evidence‐based consensus guideline

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  • This evidence‐based clinical guideline provides consensus‐recommendations for the treatment and care of patients with primary antibody deficiencies (PADs). The guideline group comprised 20 clinical and scientific expert associations of the German, Swiss, and Austrian healthcare system and representatives of patients. Recommendations were based on results of a systematic literature search, data extraction, and evaluation of methodology and study quality in combination with the clinical expertise of the respective representatives. Consensus‐basedThis evidence‐based clinical guideline provides consensus‐recommendations for the treatment and care of patients with primary antibody deficiencies (PADs). The guideline group comprised 20 clinical and scientific expert associations of the German, Swiss, and Austrian healthcare system and representatives of patients. Recommendations were based on results of a systematic literature search, data extraction, and evaluation of methodology and study quality in combination with the clinical expertise of the respective representatives. Consensus‐based recommendations were determined via nominal group technique. PADs are the largest clinically relevant group of primary immunodeficiencies. Most patients with PADs present with increased susceptibility to infections, however immune dysregulation, autoimmunity, and cancer affect a significant number of patients and may precede infections. This guideline therefore covers interdisciplinary clinical and therapeutic aspects of infectious (e.g., antibiotic prophylaxis, management of bronchiectasis) and non‐infectious manifestations (e.g., management of granulomatous disease, immune cytopenia). PADs are grouped into disease entities with definitive, probable, possible, or unlikely benefit of IgG‐replacement therapy. Summary and consensus‐recommendations are provided for treatment indication, dosing, routes of administration, and adverse events of IgG‐replacement therapy. Special aspects of concomitant impaired T‐cell function are highlighted as well as clinical data on selected monogenetic inborn errors of immunity formerly classified into PADs (APDS, CTLA‐4‐, and LRBA‐deficiency).show moreshow less

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Author: Leif Hanitsch, Ulrich Baumann, Kaan Boztug, Ulrike Burkhard‐Meier, Maria Fasshauer, Pirmin Habermehl, Fabian Hauck, Gerd Klock, Johannes Liese, Oliver Meyer, Rainer Müller, Jana Pachlopnik‐Schmid, Dorothea Pfeiffer‐Kascha, Klaus Warnatz, Claudia Wehr, Kirsten Wittke, Tim Niehues, Horst von Bernuth
URN:urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-225731
Document Type:Journal article
Faculties:Medizinische Fakultät / Kinderklinik und Poliklinik
Language:English
Parent Title (English):European Journal of Immunology
Year of Completion:2020
Volume:50
Issue:10
First Page:1432
Last Page:1446
Source:European Journal of Immunology 2020, 50(10):1432–1446. DOI: 10.1002/eji.202048713
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/eji.202048713
Dewey Decimal Classification:6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
Tag:CVID; autoimmunity; hypogammaglobulinemia; immunoglobulins; primary antibody deficiency
Release Date:2021/10/15
Licence (German):License LogoCC BY: Creative-Commons-Lizenz: Namensnennung 4.0 International