Plasma-derived FVIII/VWF complex shows higher protection against inhibitors than isolated FVIII after infusion in haemophilic patients: A translational study.
Maria Isabel BravoAlba PérezAida RaventósSalvador GranchaJuan Ignacio JorqueraNora Viviana ButtaMaria Teresa Alvarez-RomanMontserrat CostaTodd WillisVictor Jimenez YustePublished in: Haemophilia : the official journal of the World Federation of Hemophilia (2022)
Data indicate that FVIII+VWF complexes assembled in the circulation after rFVIII infusion are not equivalent to the naturally formed complex in pdFVIII/VWF. Therefore, rFVIII infused into HA patients with inhibitors would be less protected by VWF than the FVIII in pdFVIII/VWF concentrates.