Robert Achram, E. Alexander Dent, Marianne Yee, John D. Roback, Jeannette Guarner, H. Cliff Sullivan
{"title":"Enhancing Apheresis Knowledge: An Educational Intervention for Non-Apheresis Medical Providers","authors":"Robert Achram, E. Alexander Dent, Marianne Yee, John D. Roback, Jeannette Guarner, H. Cliff Sullivan","doi":"10.1002/jca.70001","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jca.70001","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A knowledge gap exists between apheresis medicine (AM) physicians and providers who request the service, presenting challenges when coordinating care. We investigated an educational intervention consisting of a 40-min in-person evidence-based lecture for neurology residents, neurology attending physicians, and nephrology fellows. Pre−/post-testing demonstrated substantially improved understanding of apheresis mechanics, indications, complications, and patient consent. We advocate for more educational sessions about AM for the non-apheresis providers to increase awareness about apheresis and foster collaborative interdisciplinary efforts.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":15390,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Apheresis","volume":"39 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142828735","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What's in a Name: Your PLEX or PEX Is Our TPE","authors":"Ziver Sahin, Aaron Christensen, Juliana Guarente, Angelica Vivero, Julie Katz Karp","doi":"10.1002/jca.70000","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jca.70000","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>In the American Society for Apheresis (ASFA) guidelines, the abbreviation for therapeutic plasma exchange is standardized as TPE. However, the term PLEX (derived from PLasma EXchange), among others, is not infrequently encountered in clinical practice and in publications. Search queries were performed in PubMed using therapeutic plasma exchange, plasma exchange, “therapeutic plasma exchange,” “plasma exchange,” TPE plasma, PLEX plasma, PEX plasma, TPE, PLEX, and PEX. As compared to TPE, the term PLEX was more commonly used in articles related to neurology, nephrology, and rheumatology, while the term PEX was used in some hematology, apheresis, and medicine journals to a lesser extent. Unsurprisingly, the terms PLEX and PEX were rarely used in articles published in apheresis and transfusion medicine journals. The use of these differing terms may lead to confusion among patients and healthcare providers across medical specialties. Apheresis providers should advocate for the use of standard terminology.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":15390,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Apheresis","volume":"39 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142828739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lefan Zhuang, Jennifer Woo, Franchesca Francisco, Rickey Bertram, Shirong Wang, Ryan Jackson, Shan Yuan
{"title":"Clotted Apheresis Hematopoietic Stem Cell Product","authors":"Lefan Zhuang, Jennifer Woo, Franchesca Francisco, Rickey Bertram, Shirong Wang, Ryan Jackson, Shan Yuan","doi":"10.1002/jca.70002","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jca.70002","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The majority of the time hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPC) are collected through leukapheresis, where anticoagulants are necessary to prevent clotting of the apheresis circuit and HPC product. Although clotting of the product is a possible rare complication surrounding the HPC cryopreservation process, there have been no reports of clotting of fresh HPC product after collection. We report a case of progressive clotting of a fresh matched unrelated donor HPC product. Upon initial receipt, thin thread-like white clots were seen in the bag. In an attempt to isolate the clot, the product was aseptically aliquoted into 50 mL syringes. Within the next 60 minutes the small clots coalesced into a pink cylindrical jelly-like blood clot surrounded by serum. In the future, an anticoagulant can be added into the product prior to isolation of the clot.</p>","PeriodicalId":15390,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Apheresis","volume":"39 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11621249/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142785910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"I-JAMM (II)-Therapeutic Apheresis Practices in Preconditioning of ABO-Incompatible Kidney and Liver Transplants in India.","authors":"Prashant Pandey, Arghyadeep Marik, Aseem Tiwari, Sudipta Shekhar Das, Shamee Shastry, Vivek Kute, Mohit Chowdhry, Supriya Kumari, Divya Setya","doi":"10.1002/jca.70003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jca.70003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>ABO-incompatible transplantations are increasingly gaining relevance with advancements in therapeutic modalities, thus allowing patients to receive timely solid organ transplants. Therapeutic apheresis (TA) procedures remain instrumental as a preconditioning measure to enable such transplants. This survey was undertaken to find out current trends and practices of TA across major transplant centers in India. The survey was drafted by a working group of transfusion and transplant immunology specialists from six different centers in India. Data were obtained via the use of an online questionnaire. Results were categorized into eight categories: hospital information, range of titers for preconditioning, considerations prior to starting TA, TA procedure details, role of pharmacotherapy in TA, policy for reuse of columns, risk of rebound, and the role of transfusion medicine specialists. The survey highlighted the modalities as well as the methodologies of various TA procedures used across different major transplant centers in India. With the increase in ABO-incompatible kidney and liver transplants across the country, the role of transfusion medicine and transplant immunology specialists have become vital in preconditioning regimes enabling the viability and success of such transplants. This was a unique survey that provided us a snapshot of current trends and practices of TA in preconditioning of patients for ABO-incompatible transplants in India.</p>","PeriodicalId":15390,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Apheresis","volume":"39 6","pages":"e70003"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142877281","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yvette C. Tanhehco, Mohamed Alsammak, Ding Wen Wu, Victoria Costa, Vishesh Chhibber, Yosef Levenbrown, Yanhua Li, Wen Lu, Adela D. Mattiazzi, Laura D. Stephens, Daniel K. Noland, Marisa C. Saint Martin, Nirupama Singh, Nicole D. Zantek, Joanne Becker, Gay Wehrli
{"title":"An Annual Review of Important Apheresis Articles From the American Society for Apheresis Attending Physician Subcommittee","authors":"Yvette C. Tanhehco, Mohamed Alsammak, Ding Wen Wu, Victoria Costa, Vishesh Chhibber, Yosef Levenbrown, Yanhua Li, Wen Lu, Adela D. Mattiazzi, Laura D. Stephens, Daniel K. Noland, Marisa C. Saint Martin, Nirupama Singh, Nicole D. Zantek, Joanne Becker, Gay Wehrli","doi":"10.1002/jca.22152","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jca.22152","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>In this first annual review article, the American Society for Apheresis (ASFA) Attending Physician Subcommittee (APSc) of the Physicians' Committee (PC) curated key apheresis literature in 2023 and presented their choices for the 10 most seminal apheresis articles. PubMed and OVID search engines were used to identify manuscripts from four topic areas: donor apheresis, therapeutic apheresis, education, and cellular therapy. To further identify seminal criteria, they had to present at least one of the following: novel findings, practice-altering outcomes, international scope, randomized controlled trial, relevant to current clinical practice, and/or provide evidence for category III or IV indications based on the ASFA ninth special issue of the Guidelines on the Use of Therapeutic Apheresis in Clinical Practice-Evidence-Based Approach. Inclusion criteria included: full-length, peer-reviewed, English language, and human subjects. Case reports, review articles, and meta-analyses were excluded.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":15390,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Apheresis","volume":"39 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142675952","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mystery Solved: Acquired Hemoglobin After Red Cell Exchange on Sickle Cell Patient","authors":"Nada Naiyer, David Keren, Chisa Yamada","doi":"10.1002/jca.22148","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jca.22148","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We report a case of an acquired Hb after an RBCEx.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":15390,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Apheresis","volume":"39 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142621246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Matthew H. Lanehart, Erika S. Johnson, Nicole A. Aqui
{"title":"Therapeutic Plasma Exchange for the Symptomatic Treatment of Scleromyxedema: A Case Report and Literature Review","authors":"Matthew H. Lanehart, Erika S. Johnson, Nicole A. Aqui","doi":"10.1002/jca.22153","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jca.22153","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Scleromyxedema is a rare skin mucinosis often associated with systemic involvement and monoclonal gammopathy (MG). No formal recommendation for management with therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) has been published due to rarity. This paper reports a 42-year-old male with progressive scleromyxedema. The patient was treated with glucocorticoids, immunosuppressants, and intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) therapy, but the disease progressed. Ultimately, the patient was referred for TPE, which resulted in decreased skin stiffness, improved extremity range of motion, and decreased visibility of papules on the hands. The patient's debilitating dysphagia gradually improved. A review of the literature focusing on clinical response identified five cases of scleromyxedema patients treated with TPE. Three of the five cases reported significant improvement in cutaneous symptoms and range of motion for at least 12 months. Overall, we propose that TPE should be considered an effective supportive treatment for symptomatic relief in severe or refractory scleromyxedema.</p>","PeriodicalId":15390,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Apheresis","volume":"39 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jca.22153","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142621416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Albert Budhipramono, Ruchika Sharma, Christian Allen Wysocki, Ayesha N. Zia, Brian D. Adkins
{"title":"Therapeutic Plasma Exchange Management for a Pediatric Patient Presenting With Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura in a Setting of Common Variable Immunodeficiency","authors":"Albert Budhipramono, Ruchika Sharma, Christian Allen Wysocki, Ayesha N. Zia, Brian D. Adkins","doi":"10.1002/jca.22154","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jca.22154","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is a disorder characterized by hypogammaglobulinemia resulting in recurrent infections. While autoimmune disorders are common in patients with CVID, no association has been reported between CVID and immune thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (iTTP), a disorder most often caused by autoantibodies that compromise the activity of the enzyme ADAMTS13. Reduced ADAMTS13 activity results in the accumulation of large von Willebrand factor multimers that can consume platelets and cause microvascular thrombosis and organ injury, ultimately resulting in mortality in most cases of untreated iTTP. Here, we report a 12-year-old male with CVID who developed iTTP, underwent therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE), and subsequently recovered. We conducted a systematic review for other cases of CVID co-occurring with iTTP and present additional cases of this rare presentation. We highlight the importance of prompt recognition of iTTP in a patient with CVID and timely initiation of TPE.</p>","PeriodicalId":15390,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Apheresis","volume":"39 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jca.22154","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142604705","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Brittany Castro, Jane Huang, Julie Le, Diana Pascua, Hirona Goto, Denise Kirby, David Lin
{"title":"Mobilization and Apheresis Collection Strategies to Reduce Platelet Loss in G-CSF Mobilized Healthy Adult Donors","authors":"Brittany Castro, Jane Huang, Julie Le, Diana Pascua, Hirona Goto, Denise Kirby, David Lin","doi":"10.1002/jca.22150","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jca.22150","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) mobilizes hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPC) into the peripheral blood. Donor peripheral blood platelet loss has been observed during both G-CSF mobilization and apheresis collection. This study evaluates two strategies to reduce donor platelet loss, preserve product CD34+ cell yield and collection efficiency and increase volume of whole blood (WB) processed. One hundred and two adults healthy donors were mobilized with either standard dose G-CSF (9.5–12 mcg/kg/day × 4 days) or lower dose G-CSF (7.5–10 mcg/kg/day × 4 days) according to their pre-mobilization platelet count. Apheresis centrifugal force was adjusted by lowering the packing factor (PF) setting on the apheresis instrument. Between-group differences were observed in absolute donor platelet loss (<i>p</i> = 0.04) favoring lower G-CSF dosing, while percent donor platelet loss trended towards significance (<i>p</i> = 0.10). Lowering PF from the manufacturer's default of 4.5 to 4.0 demonstrated between-group differences in absolute donor platelet loss (<i>p</i> < 0.05), percent donor platelet loss (<i>p</i> < 0.001), and apheresis product platelet content (<i>p</i> < 0.001). No differences were observed in the product CD34+ cell content and CD34+ cell collection efficiency when PF was reduced to 4.0. Additionally, a higher volume of WB could be processed due to reduced donor platelet loss. Together, these two strategies may mitigate the risk of cumulative platelet loss in G-CSF mobilized healthy donors undergoing apheresis collection, thereby increasing the likelihood of completing the target total blood volume to be processed while maintaining donor safety.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":15390,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Apheresis","volume":"39 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142604703","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amelework Wodajo, Ravi Sarode, Nicole De Simone, Vaidehi Kaza, Amena Usmani
{"title":"Efficacy of a Standardized Regimen of Therapeutic Plasma Exchange and IVIG for Treatment of Antibody-Mediated Rejection in Lung Transplant Recipients","authors":"Amelework Wodajo, Ravi Sarode, Nicole De Simone, Vaidehi Kaza, Amena Usmani","doi":"10.1002/jca.22151","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jca.22151","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) in lung transplantation has been associated with poor long-term clinical course and is a risk factor for chronic lung allograft dysfunction and graft loss. Appropriate management of AMR is necessary to improve graft survival in lung transplant recipients. There is currently no standardized approach to the treatment of lung AMR, and practices vary by institution. We sought to examine the efficacy of a standardized protocol of plasma exchange (PLEX) and IVIG in decreasing donor-specific antibodies (DSAs) and improving AMR in lung transplant recipients. A retrospective chart review was conducted on all lung transplant recipients who completed a course of PLEX per UT Southwestern AMR protocol between January 2012 and December 2019 for diagnosis of AMR. Data were collected on the patient clinical course, treatment regimen, pre-PLEX DSA, post-PLEX DSA, follow-up (> 1-month post-PLEX) DSA, and pre-and post-PLEX biopsy, when available. Of 527 patients who underwent lung transplantation during the study period, 56 (11%) received an acute course of PLEX every other day per protocol for AMR of lung transplant. Forty (71%) of 56 patients had one episode of AMR requiring PLEX; 16 patients (29%) had repeat episodes of AMR within 6 weeks to 47 months of the first episode. Most patients showed improvement in AMR on biopsy (69%) and a decline in DSA (68%). Our data suggest that treatment with combined PLEX and IVIG protocol appears effective for treating lung AMR.</p>","PeriodicalId":15390,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Apheresis","volume":"39 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jca.22151","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142604701","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}