Flora Peyvandi on Caplacizumab: Which VWF Assays Truly Measure Treatment Effectiveness?
Flora Peyvandi, Professor of Internal Medicine-Hemostasis and Thrombosis Unit, University of Milan, former President of ISTH, shared on X:
“The VWF : GPIbM and VWF:RCo appear the most suitable assays for monitoring VWF activity in iTTP patients treatment with caplacizumab. The VWF:GPIbR have a limited ability to detect caplacizumab’s inhibition. The VWF:Ab assay is unsuitable for this purpose ”
Title: Evaluation of different platelet-dependent von Willebrand factor activity assays to assess the in vivo inhibitory effect of caplacizumab on the von Willebrand factor-platelet interaction.
Authors: Paola Colpani, Luciano Baronciani, Ilaria Mancini, Cristina Novembrino, Anna Lecchi, Giovanna Cozzi, Pasqualina De Leo, Massimo Boscolo Anzoletti, Silvia La Marca, Marco Boscarino, Maria Teresa Pagliari, Andrea Artoni, Flora Peyvandi
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