Intravenous 5% normal human immunoglobulin I.G. Vena in therapy of primary immunodeficiencies in children

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Intravenous immunoglobulin G (IVIG) is the main modality of pathogenetic therapy for primary immunodeficiencies (PIDs). However, commercial IVIG preparations are not identical, and reliable clinical data are essential for the choice. We studied the efficacy and safety of 5% IVIG I.G. Vena® (“Kedrion C.p.A”, Italy) in the treatment of patients with PIDs aged 8 months to 13 years. The therapy maintained good trough serum IgG levels. The mean trough serum IgG level on previous therapy was7.3 ± 0.46 g/l, after 1 month of therapy with I.G. Vena - 6.8 ± 0.41 g/l, and after 2 months of therapy with I.G. Vena - 7.4 ± 0.46 g/l (p = 0.7 and 0.5 vs. the trough serum IgG level on previous therapy, respectively), which was associated with the absence of significant infectious episodes in patients with PIDs over 3 months of the study. No adverse reactions to the drug were recorded during the study. Hence, the results demonstrated the efficacy and safety of I.G. Vena in the treatment of children with PIDs.

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I. N. Smirnova

Federal Research Center of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, and Immunology named after Dmitry Rogachev

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Yu. A. Rodina

Federal Research Center of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, and Immunology named after Dmitry Rogachev

Email: rodina.julija@rambler.ru
Russian Federation

E. V. Deripapa

Federal Research Center of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, and Immunology named after Dmitry Rogachev

Email: deripapa@mail.ru
Russian Federation

S. A. Dibirova

Federal Research Center of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, and Immunology named after Dmitry Rogachev

Email: suna06@mail.ru
Russian Federation

A. Yu. Shcherbina

Federal Research Center of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, and Immunology named after Dmitry Rogachev

Email: shcher26@hotmail.com
Russian Federation

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