ISTH guidelines for treatment of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.
X Long ZhengSara K VeselySpero R CatalandPaul CoppoBrian GeldzilerAlfonso IorioMasanori MatsumotoReem A MustafaMenaka PaiGail RockLene RussellRawan TarawnehJulie ValdesFlora PeyvandiPublished in: Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH (2020)
The panel's recommendations are based on all the available evidence for the effects of an individual component of various treatment approaches, including suppressing inflammation, blocking platelet clumping, replacing the missing and/or inhibited ADAMTS13, and suppressing the formation of ADAMTS13 autoantibody. There was insufficient evidence for further comparing different treatment approaches (eg, TPE, corticosteroids, rituximab, and caplacizumab, etc.), for which high quality studies are needed.