Table 3.

Clinical relapses and adverse events after treatment with rituximab in the acute phase of autoimmune TTP, in reports involving 10 or more patients

Series (year)Clinical relapse (%)Time to relapse, median (range)Clinical RFS* (months), median (range)Serious adverse events
Scully et al (2007)94  — 10 (1-33 mo) 1 fatal pneumonia, 1 morbilliform rash 
Jasti et al (2008)90  23 mo 48.5 (1-79 mo) 1 VZV transverse myelitis and encephalitis 
Ling et al (2009)91  — 24 (13-84 mo) 
de la Rubia et al (2010)92  12.5 29 mo (7-29 mo) 30 (7.5-64 mo) 
Scully et al (2011)89  10 27 mo (17-31 mo) ≥12 
Froissart et al (2012)82  14 24 mo (20-36 mo) 33 ± 17.4 
Page et al (2016)93  12.5* 2.5 and 9.9 y — 
Series (year)Clinical relapse (%)Time to relapse, median (range)Clinical RFS* (months), median (range)Serious adverse events
Scully et al (2007)94  — 10 (1-33 mo) 1 fatal pneumonia, 1 morbilliform rash 
Jasti et al (2008)90  23 mo 48.5 (1-79 mo) 1 VZV transverse myelitis and encephalitis 
Ling et al (2009)91  — 24 (13-84 mo) 
de la Rubia et al (2010)92  12.5 29 mo (7-29 mo) 30 (7.5-64 mo) 
Scully et al (2011)89  10 27 mo (17-31 mo) ≥12 
Froissart et al (2012)82  14 24 mo (20-36 mo) 33 ± 17.4 
Page et al (2016)93  12.5* 2.5 and 9.9 y — 

RFS, relapse-free survival; VZV, varicella zoster virus.

*Two relapses.

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