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Safety and efficacy of icatibant self-administration for acute hereditary angioedema.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  22519593     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We evaluated the efficacy and safety of icatibant self-administration in 15 patients with hereditary angioedema (HAE) types I or III, for 55 acute attacks (mostly severe or very severe). Icatibant self-administration was generally effective: first symptom improvement occurred in 5 min-2 h (HAE type I; n = 17) and 8 min-1 h (HAE type III; n = 9) for abdominal attacks and 5-30 min (HAE type I; n = 4) and 10 min-12 h (HAE type III; n = 6) for laryngeal attacks. Complete symptom resolution occurred in 15 min-19 h (HAE type I; n = 8) and 15 min-48 h (HAE type III; n = 9) for abdominal attacks and 5-48 h (HAE type I; n = 3) and 8-48 h (HAE type III; n = 5) for laryngeal attacks. No patient required emergency hospitalization. The only adverse events were mild, spontaneously resolving injection site reactions. Patients reported that carrying icatibant with them gave them greater confidence in managing their condition.
Authors:
I Boccon-Gibod; L Bouillet
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Clinical and experimental immunology     Volume:  168     ISSN:  1365-2249     ISO Abbreviation:  Clin. Exp. Immunol.     Publication Date:  2012 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-04-23     Completed Date:  2012-06-20     Revised Date:  2013-04-16    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0057202     Medline TA:  Clin Exp Immunol     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  303-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
© 2012 The Authors. Clinical and Experimental Immunology © 2012 British Society for Immunology.
Affiliation:
National Reference Center for Angioedema-CREAK, Department of Internal Medicine, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France. iboccon-gibod@chu-grenoble.fr
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acute Disease
Adult
Angioedemas, Hereditary / drug therapy*
Bradykinin / administration & dosage,  adverse effects,  analogs & derivatives*
Disease Progression
Erythema / etiology
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prospective Studies
Quality of Life*
Questionnaires
Receptors, Bradykinin / antagonists & inhibitors*
Self Administration
Young Adult
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Receptors, Bradykinin; 58-82-2/Bradykinin; 7PG89G35Q7/icatibant

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