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Data Registry of Auto Immune Hemolytic Anemia (DRAIHA)

Study Description
Brief Summary:

In autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) auto-antibodies directed against red blood cells (RBCs) lead to increased RBC clearance (hemolysis). This can result in a potentially life-threatening anemia. AIHA is a rare disease with an incidence of 1-3 per 100,000 individuals. An unsolved difficulty in diagnosis of AIHA is the laboratory test accuracy. The current 'golden standard' for AIHA is the direct antiglobulin test (DAT). The DAT detects autoantibody- and/or complement-opsonized RBCs. The DAT has insufficient test characteristics since it remains falsely negative in approximate 5-10% of patients with AIHA, whereas a falsely positive DAT can be found in 8% of hospitalized individuals. Also apparently healthy blood donors can have a positive DAT. The consequences of DAT positivity are not well known and may point to early, asymptomatic disease, or to another disease associated with formation of RBC autoantibodies, such as a malignancy or (systemic) autoimmune disease. Currently, there are no guidelines to follow-up DAT positive donors.

A second unsolved difficulty is the choice of treatment in AIHA. Hemolysis can be stopped or at least attenuated with corticosteroids, aiming to inhibit autoantibody production and/or RBC destruction. Many patients do not respond adequately to corticosteroid treatment or develop severe side effects.

Currently, it is advised to avoid RBC transfusions since these may lead to aggravation of hemolysis and RBC alloantibody formation. But in case symptomatic anemia occurs, RBC transfusions need to be given. An evidence-based transfusion strategy for AIHA patients is needed to warrant safe transfusion in this complex patient group.

To design optimal diagnostic testing and (supportive) treatment algorithms, the investigators will study a group well-characterized patients with AIHA and blood donors without AIHA, via a prospective centralized clinical data collection and evaluation of new laboratory tests. With this data the knowledge of the AIHA pathophysiology and to evaluate diagnostic testing in correlation with clinical features and treatment outcome can be improved.


Condition or disease
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia

Study Design
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Study Type : Observational
Estimated Enrollment : 720 participants
Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
Official Title: The DRAIHA Study: Data Registry of AutoImmune Hemolytic Anemia, to Improve Diagnostic Testing for the Development of Personalized Treatment Protocols in AIHA Patients
Actual Study Start Date : July 12, 2019
Estimated Primary Completion Date : December 1, 2024
Estimated Study Completion Date : December 1, 2024
Arms and Interventions
Group/Cohort
Patients
  1. Patients with a positive DAT, a positive eluate and signs of hemolysis
  2. Patients with a positive DAT with complement only, negative eluate, but with hemolysis
Blood donors
Blood donors with a positive direct antiglobulin test and a positive eluate and/or clinically relevant cold auto-antibodies
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Immunological characteristics of autoantibodies in autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) patients - laboratory tests. [ Time Frame: 12-18 months ]
    Documentation of characteristics of autoantibodies (e.g. isotype, subtype, titer, thermal amplitude).

  2. Assessment of hemolysis before and after therapy, reported per class of auto-immune hemolytic anemia. - laboratory tests [ Time Frame: 12-18 months ]
    Documentation of hemolysis parameters (hemoglobin level (g/dL), reticulocytes (%), haptoglobin (mg/dL), bilirubin (μmol/L) and LDH(U/L)) before and after each type of therapy. AIHA classification as IgG/IgA only, IgG/IgA with complement activation or complement activation only.


Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. Incidence of underlying disease that causes or is associated with AIHA. [ Time Frame: 12-18 months ]
    Documentation of physician-reported underlying disease that caused AIHA (e.g. autoimmune and/or lymphoproliferative disease, infection, medication).

  2. Type of treatment prescribed as first-line, second-line or further-line treatment for AIHA. [ Time Frame: 12-18 months ]
    The percentage of patients receiving first, second or further-line treatment for AIHA will be calculated.

  3. Hematological response after each treatment line (CR, CR-u, PR and NR) [ Time Frame: 12-18 months ]

    Percentage of patients with CR, CR-u, PR and NR after each treatment line. Hematological response will be classified as CR (complete remission), CR-u (CR- undetermined), PR (partial response) and NR (no response).

    CR: normal hemoglobin, no signs of hemolysis (normal haptoglobin, normal amount of reticulocytes, bilirubin, LDH), no treatment and transfusion independence during the last 4 weeks.

    CR-u: as CR, but hemoglobin, reticulocytes, LDH and/or bilirubin are deviating through another reason (e.g. underlying malignant disease).

    PR: 1. Hemoglobin > 10g/dL, no signs of hemolysis, transfusion independent, but a continuous treatment with low dose prednisone (< 10 mg/day) or other immunosuppressive therapy is necessary. 2. Compensated hemolytic anemia with an stable hemoglobin >10g/dL, transfusion independent, maximal dose of prednisone < 10mg/day or other continuous immunosuppressive therapy or EPO.

    NR: no PR reached


  4. Relapse-free survival, defined as the time since the achievement of complete or partial remission until relapse of AIHA or dead from any cause. [ Time Frame: 12-18 month ]
    Relapse-free survival will be calculated as the time since the achievement of complete or partial remission until relapse of AIHA or dead from any cause. Median RFS and 95% CI will be calculated.

  5. Documentation of adverse events during the treatment of AIHA. [ Time Frame: 12-18 month ]
    Documentation of adverse events during the treatment of AIHA indicated according to the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events v4.0 (CTCAE) Publish Date: May 28, 2009

  6. Assessment of hemolysis parameters after red blood cell transfusion. [ Time Frame: 1 and 7 days after transfusion ]
    Documentation of hemolysis parameters (hemoglobin level (g/dL), reticulocytes (%), haptoglobin (mg/dL), bilirubin (μmol/L) and LDH (U/L)) before red blood cell transfusion.

  7. Change in the incidence of auto- and alloantibodies after red blood cell transfusion. [ Time Frame: 12-18 months ]
    Compare the incidence of auto- and alloantibodies before and after red blood cell transfusion.

  8. Characteristics of autoantibodies of DAT positive blood donors. [ Time Frame: 12-18 months ]
    Documentation of characteristics of autoantibodies (e.g. isotype, subtype, titer, thermal amplitude) of DAT positive blood donors.


Biospecimen Retention:   Samples With DNA
Blood samples from patients (older than 16 years) and blood donors (older than 18 years) and urine samples from the first 20 included patients in each of the participating hospitals, will be collected for experimental diagnostic testing at inclusion (T0) and after 1-1,5 year (T1) of follow-up.

Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   3 Months and older   (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Sampling Method:   Non-Probability Sample
Study Population
Patients, from the age of 3 months, with a positive DAT a positive eluate and signs of hemolysis and patients with a positive DAT for complement only with a negative eluate but with signs of hemolysis, and blood donors with a positive DAT and a positive eluate and/or clinically relevant cold autoantibodies.
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Sufficient comprehension of the Dutch language
  • Signed informed consent by patient and/or parent/caretaker or donor
  • Patients older than 3 months
  • Patients with a positive DAT, a positive eluate and signs of hemolysis*
  • Patients with a positive DAT with complement only, negative eluate, but with signs of hemolysis
  • Donors with a (repeatedly) positive DAT and a positive eluate and/or clinically relevant cold auto-antibodies

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Prior inclusion in the DRAIHA study
Contacts and Locations

Contacts
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Contact: M. Jalink, MD +31205123373 m.jalink@sanquin.nl
Contact: Masja De Haas, Prof. MD PhD +31205123373 m.dehaas@sanquin.nl

Locations
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Netherlands
AMC Not yet recruiting
Amsterdam-Zuidoost, Netherlands
UMC Radboud Recruiting
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Sponsors and Collaborators
Sanquin Research & Blood Bank Divisions
Leiden University Medical Center
Radboud University
UMC Utrecht
Maastricht University Medical Center
Erasmus Medical Center
Haga Hospital
Isala
Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis
St. Antonius Hospital
Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis
Spaarne Gasthuis
Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)
Sanquin Plasma Products BV
Investigators
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Principal Investigator: M. De Haas, Prof. MD PhD Center for Clinical Transfusion Research (CCTR), Sanquin, The Netherlands
Principal Investigator: S.S Zeerleder, Prof. MD PhD University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland and Department for BioMedical Research, University of Bern, Switzerland
Tracking Information
First Submitted Date May 31, 2019
First Posted Date July 18, 2019
Last Update Posted Date July 19, 2019
Actual Study Start Date July 12, 2019
Estimated Primary Completion Date December 1, 2024   (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Current Primary Outcome Measures
 (submitted: July 17, 2019)
  • Immunological characteristics of autoantibodies in autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) patients - laboratory tests. [ Time Frame: 12-18 months ]
    Documentation of characteristics of autoantibodies (e.g. isotype, subtype, titer, thermal amplitude).
  • Assessment of hemolysis before and after therapy, reported per class of auto-immune hemolytic anemia. - laboratory tests [ Time Frame: 12-18 months ]
    Documentation of hemolysis parameters (hemoglobin level (g/dL), reticulocytes (%), haptoglobin (mg/dL), bilirubin (μmol/L) and LDH(U/L)) before and after each type of therapy. AIHA classification as IgG/IgA only, IgG/IgA with complement activation or complement activation only.
Original Primary Outcome Measures Same as current
Change History No Changes Posted
Current Secondary Outcome Measures
 (submitted: July 17, 2019)
  • Incidence of underlying disease that causes or is associated with AIHA. [ Time Frame: 12-18 months ]
    Documentation of physician-reported underlying disease that caused AIHA (e.g. autoimmune and/or lymphoproliferative disease, infection, medication).
  • Type of treatment prescribed as first-line, second-line or further-line treatment for AIHA. [ Time Frame: 12-18 months ]
    The percentage of patients receiving first, second or further-line treatment for AIHA will be calculated.
  • Hematological response after each treatment line (CR, CR-u, PR and NR) [ Time Frame: 12-18 months ]
    Percentage of patients with CR, CR-u, PR and NR after each treatment line. Hematological response will be classified as CR (complete remission), CR-u (CR- undetermined), PR (partial response) and NR (no response). CR: normal hemoglobin, no signs of hemolysis (normal haptoglobin, normal amount of reticulocytes, bilirubin, LDH), no treatment and transfusion independence during the last 4 weeks. CR-u: as CR, but hemoglobin, reticulocytes, LDH and/or bilirubin are deviating through another reason (e.g. underlying malignant disease). PR: 1. Hemoglobin > 10g/dL, no signs of hemolysis, transfusion independent, but a continuous treatment with low dose prednisone (< 10 mg/day) or other immunosuppressive therapy is necessary. 2. Compensated hemolytic anemia with an stable hemoglobin >10g/dL, transfusion independent, maximal dose of prednisone < 10mg/day or other continuous immunosuppressive therapy or EPO. NR: no PR reached
  • Relapse-free survival, defined as the time since the achievement of complete or partial remission until relapse of AIHA or dead from any cause. [ Time Frame: 12-18 month ]
    Relapse-free survival will be calculated as the time since the achievement of complete or partial remission until relapse of AIHA or dead from any cause. Median RFS and 95% CI will be calculated.
  • Documentation of adverse events during the treatment of AIHA. [ Time Frame: 12-18 month ]
    Documentation of adverse events during the treatment of AIHA indicated according to the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events v4.0 (CTCAE) Publish Date: May 28, 2009
  • Assessment of hemolysis parameters after red blood cell transfusion. [ Time Frame: 1 and 7 days after transfusion ]
    Documentation of hemolysis parameters (hemoglobin level (g/dL), reticulocytes (%), haptoglobin (mg/dL), bilirubin (μmol/L) and LDH (U/L)) before red blood cell transfusion.
  • Change in the incidence of auto- and alloantibodies after red blood cell transfusion. [ Time Frame: 12-18 months ]
    Compare the incidence of auto- and alloantibodies before and after red blood cell transfusion.
  • Characteristics of autoantibodies of DAT positive blood donors. [ Time Frame: 12-18 months ]
    Documentation of characteristics of autoantibodies (e.g. isotype, subtype, titer, thermal amplitude) of DAT positive blood donors.
Original Secondary Outcome Measures Same as current
Current Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures Not Provided
Original Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures Not Provided
 
Descriptive Information
Brief Title Data Registry of Auto Immune Hemolytic Anemia
Official Title The DRAIHA Study: Data Registry of AutoImmune Hemolytic Anemia, to Improve Diagnostic Testing for the Development of Personalized Treatment Protocols in AIHA Patients
Brief Summary

In autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) auto-antibodies directed against red blood cells (RBCs) lead to increased RBC clearance (hemolysis). This can result in a potentially life-threatening anemia. AIHA is a rare disease with an incidence of 1-3 per 100,000 individuals. An unsolved difficulty in diagnosis of AIHA is the laboratory test accuracy. The current 'golden standard' for AIHA is the direct antiglobulin test (DAT). The DAT detects autoantibody- and/or complement-opsonized RBCs. The DAT has insufficient test characteristics since it remains falsely negative in approximate 5-10% of patients with AIHA, whereas a falsely positive DAT can be found in 8% of hospitalized individuals. Also apparently healthy blood donors can have a positive DAT. The consequences of DAT positivity are not well known and may point to early, asymptomatic disease, or to another disease associated with formation of RBC autoantibodies, such as a malignancy or (systemic) autoimmune disease. Currently, there are no guidelines to follow-up DAT positive donors.

A second unsolved difficulty is the choice of treatment in AIHA. Hemolysis can be stopped or at least attenuated with corticosteroids, aiming to inhibit autoantibody production and/or RBC destruction. Many patients do not respond adequately to corticosteroid treatment or develop severe side effects.

Currently, it is advised to avoid RBC transfusions since these may lead to aggravation of hemolysis and RBC alloantibody formation. But in case symptomatic anemia occurs, RBC transfusions need to be given. An evidence-based transfusion strategy for AIHA patients is needed to warrant safe transfusion in this complex patient group.

To design optimal diagnostic testing and (supportive) treatment algorithms, the investigators will study a group well-characterized patients with AIHA and blood donors without AIHA, via a prospective centralized clinical data collection and evaluation of new laboratory tests. With this data the knowledge of the AIHA pathophysiology and to evaluate diagnostic testing in correlation with clinical features and treatment outcome can be improved.

Detailed Description Not Provided
Study Type Observational
Study Design Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
Target Follow-Up Duration Not Provided
Biospecimen Retention:   Samples With DNA
Description:
Blood samples from patients (older than 16 years) and blood donors (older than 18 years) and urine samples from the first 20 included patients in each of the participating hospitals, will be collected for experimental diagnostic testing at inclusion (T0) and after 1-1,5 year (T1) of follow-up.
Sampling Method Non-Probability Sample
Study Population Patients, from the age of 3 months, with a positive DAT a positive eluate and signs of hemolysis and patients with a positive DAT for complement only with a negative eluate but with signs of hemolysis, and blood donors with a positive DAT and a positive eluate and/or clinically relevant cold autoantibodies.
Condition Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
Intervention Not Provided
Study Groups/Cohorts
  • Patients
    1. Patients with a positive DAT, a positive eluate and signs of hemolysis
    2. Patients with a positive DAT with complement only, negative eluate, but with hemolysis
  • Blood donors
    Blood donors with a positive direct antiglobulin test and a positive eluate and/or clinically relevant cold auto-antibodies
Publications *
  • Garratty G. Immune hemolytic anemia associated with negative routine serology. Semin Hematol. 2005 Jul;42(3):156-64. Review.
  • Freedman J. False-positive antiglobulin tests in healthy subjects and in hospital patients. J Clin Pathol. 1979 Oct;32(10):1014-8.
  • Barcellini W, Fattizzo B, Zaninoni A, Radice T, Nichele I, Di Bona E, Lunghi M, Tassinari C, Alfinito F, Ferrari A, Leporace AP, Niscola P, Carpenedo M, Boschetti C, Revelli N, Villa MA, Consonni D, Scaramucci L, De Fabritiis P, Tagariello G, Gaidano G, Rodeghiero F, Cortelezzi A, Zanella A. Clinical heterogeneity and predictors of outcome in primary autoimmune hemolytic anemia: a GIMEMA study of 308 patients. Blood. 2014 Nov 6;124(19):2930-6. doi: 10.1182/blood-2014-06-583021. Epub 2014 Sep 16.
  • Rottenberg Y, Yahalom V, Shinar E, Barchana M, Adler B, Paltiel O. Blood donors with positive direct antiglobulin tests are at increased risk for cancer. Transfusion. 2009 May;49(5):838-42. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2008.02054.x. Epub 2009 Jan 2.
  • Meulenbroek EM, de Haas M, Brouwer C, Folman C, Zeerleder SS, Wouters D. Complement deposition in autoimmune hemolytic anemia is a footprint for difficult-to-detect IgM autoantibodies. Haematologica. 2015 Nov;100(11):1407-14. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2015.128991. Epub 2015 Sep 9.
  • Zanella A, Barcellini W. Treatment of autoimmune hemolytic anemias. Haematologica. 2014 Oct;99(10):1547-54. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2014.114561. Review.
  • Reynaud Q, Durieu I, Dutertre M, Ledochowski S, Durupt S, Michallet AS, Vital-Durand D, Lega JC. Efficacy and safety of rituximab in auto-immune hemolytic anemia: A meta-analysis of 21 studies. Autoimmun Rev. 2015 Apr;14(4):304-13. doi: 10.1016/j.autrev.2014.11.014. Epub 2014 Dec 9.
  • Shi J, Rose EL, Singh A, Hussain S, Stagliano NE, Parry GC, Panicker S. TNT003, an inhibitor of the serine protease C1s, prevents complement activation induced by cold agglutinins. Blood. 2014 Jun 26;123(26):4015-22. doi: 10.1182/blood-2014-02-556027. Epub 2014 Apr 2.
  • Wouters D, Stephan F, Strengers P, de Haas M, Brouwer C, Hagenbeek A, van Oers MH, Zeerleder S. C1-esterase inhibitor concentrate rescues erythrocytes from complement-mediated destruction in autoimmune hemolytic anemia. Blood. 2013 Feb 14;121(7):1242-4. doi: 10.1182/blood-2012-11-467209.

*   Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.
 
Recruitment Information
Recruitment Status Recruiting
Estimated Enrollment
 (submitted: July 17, 2019)
720
Original Estimated Enrollment Same as current
Estimated Study Completion Date December 1, 2024
Estimated Primary Completion Date December 1, 2024   (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Sufficient comprehension of the Dutch language
  • Signed informed consent by patient and/or parent/caretaker or donor
  • Patients older than 3 months
  • Patients with a positive DAT, a positive eluate and signs of hemolysis*
  • Patients with a positive DAT with complement only, negative eluate, but with signs of hemolysis
  • Donors with a (repeatedly) positive DAT and a positive eluate and/or clinically relevant cold auto-antibodies

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Prior inclusion in the DRAIHA study
Sex/Gender
Sexes Eligible for Study: All
Ages 3 Months and older   (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
Accepts Healthy Volunteers Yes
Contacts
Contact: M. Jalink, MD +31205123373 m.jalink@sanquin.nl
Contact: Masja De Haas, Prof. MD PhD +31205123373 m.dehaas@sanquin.nl
Listed Location Countries Netherlands
Removed Location Countries  
 
Administrative Information
NCT Number NCT04024202
Other Study ID Numbers PPOC 15-27
Has Data Monitoring Committee No
U.S. FDA-regulated Product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
IPD Sharing Statement
Plan to Share IPD: No
Responsible Party Sanquin Research & Blood Bank Divisions
Study Sponsor Sanquin Research & Blood Bank Divisions
Collaborators
  • Leiden University Medical Center
  • Radboud University
  • UMC Utrecht
  • Maastricht University Medical Center
  • Erasmus Medical Center
  • Haga Hospital
  • Isala
  • Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis
  • St. Antonius Hospital
  • Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis
  • Spaarne Gasthuis
  • Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)
  • Sanquin Plasma Products BV
Investigators
Principal Investigator: M. De Haas, Prof. MD PhD Center for Clinical Transfusion Research (CCTR), Sanquin, The Netherlands
Principal Investigator: S.S Zeerleder, Prof. MD PhD University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland and Department for BioMedical Research, University of Bern, Switzerland
PRS Account Sanquin Research & Blood Bank Divisions
Verification Date July 2019