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Infusion of P-Capt prion-filtered red blood cell products demonstrate acceptable in vivo viability and no evidence of neoantigen formation.
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PMID:  21492178     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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BACKGROUND: Transmission of variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease (vCJD) is a major concern in blood transfusion. The P-Capt filter has been shown to remove around 4 log ID(50) prion infectivity from prion-spiked human red blood cells (RBCs). STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: Two independent, single-center, randomized, open-label studies were designed to analyze the safety of P-Capt-filtered RBCs. RBCs prepared from leukoreduced whole blood from 43 eligible subjects were randomly assigned to P-Capt filtration and/or storage in plasma or SAGM and stored for 28 or 42 days. Stored RBCs were analyzed for in vivo 24-hour recovery, hemolysis, metabolic variables, blood group antigen expression, neoantigen formation, and safety after autologous infusion. RESULTS: Mean P-Capt filtration times for leukoreduced RBCs were 41 (SAGM) to 51 (plasma) minutes. Thirteen of 14 subjects receiving P-Capt-filtered RBCs had 24-hour RBC recoveries of 75% or more after 42-day storage, with a mean hemolysis of less than 0.6%. No loss of RBC antigen expression or formation of neoantigens was observed. In both studies, RBCs had white blood cell counts of less than 1 × 10(6) /unit after leukofiltration. P-Capt prion filtration provided an additional greater than 0.8 log leukoreduction. No serious or unexpected adverse events were observed after infusion of P-Capt-filtered full-volume RBC units. CONCLUSIONS: P-Capt-filtered, stored RBCs demonstrated acceptable viability and no detectable neoantigen expression, immunogenic responses. or safety issues after infusion of a complete unit. The additional filtration time and modest reduction in RBC content are within acceptable levels for implementation in countries with transfusion transmission of vCJD.
Authors:
Jose A Cancelas; Neeta Rugg; P Gayle Pratt; D Nicole Worsham; Joan C Pehta; Kate Banks; Robertson D Davenport; W John Judd
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-4-14
Journal Detail:
Title:  Transfusion     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1537-2995     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-4-15     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0417360     Medline TA:  Transfusion     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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© 2011 American Association of Blood Banks.
Affiliation:
From the Hoxworth Blood Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio; The Alpha Bio Group, New Canaan, Connecticut; and the Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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