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Successful treatment of refractory pure red cell aplasia associated with lymphoproliferative disorders with the anti-CD52 monoclonal antibody alemtuzumab (Campath-1H).

Abstract
Acquired pure red cell aplasia (PRCA) is a rare, but significant, complication of lymphoproliferative disorders. It is characterized by anaemia, absence of red cell precursors in the bone marrow and normal granulopoiesis and megakaryopoiesis. We describe two patients with refractory pure red cell aplasia associated with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) and a large granular CD8 T-lymphocytic leukaemia (LGL) respectively. Both patients had failed multiple treatment regimens for PRCA and were transfusion dependent. Both patients were subsequently treated with the anti-CD52 humanized monoclonal antibody, alemtuzumab, receiving total doses in excess of 300 mg. Response to treatment, as documented by a rapid increase in the reticulocyte count, occurred as early as the third infusion. At the time of this report, both patients remain in complete remission with normal haemoglobin levels. Alemtuzumab appears to be an effective and well-tolerated therapy for pure red blood cell aplasia associated with lymphoproliferative disorders.
AuthorsXiuqing Ru, Howard A Liebman
JournalBritish journal of haematology (Br J Haematol) Vol. 123 Issue 2 Pg. 278-81 (Oct 2003) ISSN: 0007-1048 [Print] England
PMID14531909 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
  • Antibodies, Neoplasm
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Alemtuzumab
Topics
  • Aged
  • Alemtuzumab
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal (therapeutic use)
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
  • Antibodies, Neoplasm (therapeutic use)
  • Antineoplastic Agents (therapeutic use)
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell (complications)
  • Leukemia, T-Cell (complications)
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Red-Cell Aplasia, Pure (drug therapy, etiology)
  • Reticulocyte Count

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