Table 1.

Demographic and baseline clinical characteristics

CharacteristicRavulizumab (n = 97)Eculizumab (n = 98)Total (N = 195)
Sex, no. (%)    
 Male 50 (51.5) 48 (49.0) 98 (50.3) 
 Female 47 (48.5) 50 (51.0) 97 (49.7) 
Age at first infusion of study drug, mean (SD), y 46.6 (14.4) 48.8 (14.0) 47.7 (14.2) 
Race, no. (%)    
 White 50 (51.5) 61 (62.2) 111 (56.9) 
 Asian 23 (23.7) 19 (19.4) 42 (21.5) 
 Japanese 5 (5.2) 7 (7.1) 12 (6.2) 
 African American 5 (5.2) 3 (3.1) 8 (4.1) 
 Other/multiple 3 (3.1) 1 (1.0) 4 (2.1) 
 Not reported/unknown 16 (16.5) 14 (14.3) 30 (15.4) 
Weight, mean (SD), kg 72.4 (16.8) 73.4 (14.6) 72.9 (15.7) 
Height, mean (SD), cm 168.3 (10.1) 168.8 (9.9) 168.5 (10.0) 
Years on eculizumab before first study infusion 6.0 (3.5) 5.6 (3.5) 5.8 (3.5) 
Patients with packed red blood cells/whole blood transfusions received within 1 y before first dose, no. (%) 13 (13.4) 12 (12.2) 25 (12.8) 
Age at PNH diagnosis, mean (SD), y 34.1 (14.4) 36.8 (14.1) 35.5 (14.3) 
Time from PNH diagnosis to consent, mean (SD), y 12.4 (8.4) 11.9 (9.4) 12.2 (8.9) 
LDH, mean (SD),* U/L 228.0 (48.7) 235.2 (49.7) 231.6 (49.2) 
PNH clone size, mean (SD), %    
 Type II red blood cells 14.9 (19.6) 16.3 (23.6) 15.6 (21.6) 
 Type III red blood cells 44.6 (30.5) 43.5 (29.7) 44.0 (30.0) 
 Total red blood cells 60.6 (32.5) 59.5 (31.4) 60.1 (31.9) 
 Granulocyte 82.6 (23.6) 84.0 (21.4) 83.3 (22.5) 
 Monocyte 85.6 (20.5) 86.1 (19.7) 85.9 (20.0) 
Hemoglobin, g/L, mean (SD) 110.8 (18.4) 109.1 (18.4) Not available 
Haptoglobin, g/L, mean (SD)§ 0.283 (0.235) 0.255 (0.174) Not available 
History of major adverse vascular events, no. (%) 28 (28.9) 22 (22.4) 50 (25.6) 
History of aplastic anemia, no. (%) 34 (35.1) 39 (39.8) 73 (37.4) 
CharacteristicRavulizumab (n = 97)Eculizumab (n = 98)Total (N = 195)
Sex, no. (%)    
 Male 50 (51.5) 48 (49.0) 98 (50.3) 
 Female 47 (48.5) 50 (51.0) 97 (49.7) 
Age at first infusion of study drug, mean (SD), y 46.6 (14.4) 48.8 (14.0) 47.7 (14.2) 
Race, no. (%)    
 White 50 (51.5) 61 (62.2) 111 (56.9) 
 Asian 23 (23.7) 19 (19.4) 42 (21.5) 
 Japanese 5 (5.2) 7 (7.1) 12 (6.2) 
 African American 5 (5.2) 3 (3.1) 8 (4.1) 
 Other/multiple 3 (3.1) 1 (1.0) 4 (2.1) 
 Not reported/unknown 16 (16.5) 14 (14.3) 30 (15.4) 
Weight, mean (SD), kg 72.4 (16.8) 73.4 (14.6) 72.9 (15.7) 
Height, mean (SD), cm 168.3 (10.1) 168.8 (9.9) 168.5 (10.0) 
Years on eculizumab before first study infusion 6.0 (3.5) 5.6 (3.5) 5.8 (3.5) 
Patients with packed red blood cells/whole blood transfusions received within 1 y before first dose, no. (%) 13 (13.4) 12 (12.2) 25 (12.8) 
Age at PNH diagnosis, mean (SD), y 34.1 (14.4) 36.8 (14.1) 35.5 (14.3) 
Time from PNH diagnosis to consent, mean (SD), y 12.4 (8.4) 11.9 (9.4) 12.2 (8.9) 
LDH, mean (SD),* U/L 228.0 (48.7) 235.2 (49.7) 231.6 (49.2) 
PNH clone size, mean (SD), %    
 Type II red blood cells 14.9 (19.6) 16.3 (23.6) 15.6 (21.6) 
 Type III red blood cells 44.6 (30.5) 43.5 (29.7) 44.0 (30.0) 
 Total red blood cells 60.6 (32.5) 59.5 (31.4) 60.1 (31.9) 
 Granulocyte 82.6 (23.6) 84.0 (21.4) 83.3 (22.5) 
 Monocyte 85.6 (20.5) 86.1 (19.7) 85.9 (20.0) 
Hemoglobin, g/L, mean (SD) 110.8 (18.4) 109.1 (18.4) Not available 
Haptoglobin, g/L, mean (SD)§ 0.283 (0.235) 0.255 (0.174) Not available 
History of major adverse vascular events, no. (%) 28 (28.9) 22 (22.4) 50 (25.6) 
History of aplastic anemia, no. (%) 34 (35.1) 39 (39.8) 73 (37.4) 
*

Normal range, 120 to 246 U/L.

Erythrocytes with complete deficiency in glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored proteins, including complement regulatory proteins CD59 and CD55.30 

Normal range, 11.5 to 16.0 g/dL (women) and 13.0 to 17.5 g/dL (men).

§

Normal range, 0.4 to 2.4 g/dL.

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