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  1. Article: Acute pancreatitis due to severe hypertriglyceridemia in the COVID-19 era: The role of therapeutic plasma exchange.

    Pavanello, Francesca / Colpo, Anna / Tison, Tiziana / Fabris, Roberto / De Silvestro, Giustina / Marson, Piero

    Transfusion and apheresis science : official journal of the World Apheresis Association : official journal of the European Society for Haemapheresis

    2021  Volume 61, Issue 1, Page(s) 103292

    Abstract: The psychosocial consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic caused multifaceted challenges in clinical and therapeutic practices. This was the case at the Therapeutic Apheresis Unit of the Padua University Hospital too. Several published reports describe the ... ...

    Abstract The psychosocial consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic caused multifaceted challenges in clinical and therapeutic practices. This was the case at the Therapeutic Apheresis Unit of the Padua University Hospital too. Several published reports describe the increase in alcohol and food addiction diseases. In this context, during the last months, the Padua Therapeutic Apheresis Unit treated many more patients with acute pancreatitis due to severe hypertriglyceridemia with therapeutic plasma exchange than in the previous ten years. Furthermore, retrospective cohort studies have been recently published describing the onset of acute pancreatitis during the COVID-19 infection even if, to date, there is still insufficient evidence to estabilish a direct causality. Anyway, the COVID-19 pandemic translated into changes of the overall disease prevalence scenario and therefore the Padua Therapeutic Apheresis Unit will need to reorganise its Therapeutic Apheresis activity.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; COVID-19 ; Female ; Humans ; Hypertriglyceridemia/complications ; Hypertriglyceridemia/physiopathology ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Pancreatitis/etiology ; Pancreatitis/physiopathology ; Pancreatitis/therapy ; Plasma Exchange/methods ; SARS-CoV-2
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-10-14
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2046795-3
    ISSN 1878-1683 ; 1473-0502
    ISSN (online) 1878-1683
    ISSN 1473-0502
    DOI 10.1016/j.transci.2021.103292
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  2. Article ; Online: Rituximab: 13 open questions after 20years of clinical use.

    Pavanello, Francesca / Zucca, Emanuele / Ghielmini, Michele

    Cancer treatment reviews

    2017  Volume 53, Page(s) 38–46

    Abstract: Rituximab improved the prognosis of all B-cell derived lymphoproliferative diseases, but despite 20years of intensive use, it remains a drug with a number of still obscure characteristics and unanswered questions. These include the mechanism of action ... ...

    Abstract Rituximab improved the prognosis of all B-cell derived lymphoproliferative diseases, but despite 20years of intensive use, it remains a drug with a number of still obscure characteristics and unanswered questions. These include the mechanism of action and of resistance, the optimal schedule, the interaction with chemotherapy, as well as predictive factors for response rate and duration. Despite being very well tolerated, the question of its long term side effects and the risks of the administration near to a pregnancy have only recently been addressed. Also the indications are still not all clear: rituximab induces remissions as a single agent and improves the effect of chemotherapy, but its use as maintenance or as a substitute for watch and wait is still debated. Also, it is still unclear if its efficacy derives at least partly by reducing the risk of histological transformation in indolent NHL and reducing the risk of CNS relapse in aggressive NHL. Finally, despite of 20years of research, it is still unclear if rituximab can be efficiently substituted by biosimilars or new anti-CD20 antibodies. In this review we address all these questions and analyze the literature addressing these aspects.
    MeSH term(s) Antineoplastic Agents/adverse effects ; Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology ; Antineoplastic Agents/therapeutic use ; Biosimilar Pharmaceuticals ; Central Nervous System Neoplasms/drug therapy ; Drug Administration Schedule ; Drug Resistance, Neoplasm/drug effects ; Female ; Humans ; Lymphoma, Follicular/drug therapy ; Lymphoma, Follicular/pathology ; Neutropenia/chemically induced ; Pregnancy ; Rituximab/adverse effects ; Rituximab/pharmacology ; Rituximab/therapeutic use
    Chemical Substances Antineoplastic Agents ; Biosimilar Pharmaceuticals ; Rituximab (4F4X42SYQ6)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-02
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 125102-8
    ISSN 1532-1967 ; 0305-7372
    ISSN (online) 1532-1967
    ISSN 0305-7372
    DOI 10.1016/j.ctrv.2016.11.015
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  3. Article: Systemic Front Line Therapy of Follicular Lymphoma: When, to Whom and How.

    Pavanello, Francesca / Steffanoni, Sara / Ghielmini, Michele / Zucca, Emanuele

    Mediterranean journal of hematology and infectious diseases

    2016  Volume 8, Issue 1, Page(s) e2016062

    Abstract: The natural history of follicular lymphoma is usually characterized by an indolent course with a high response rate to the first line therapy followed by recurrent relapses, with a time to next treatment becoming shorter after each subsequent treatment ... ...

    Abstract The natural history of follicular lymphoma is usually characterized by an indolent course with a high response rate to the first line therapy followed by recurrent relapses, with a time to next treatment becoming shorter after each subsequent treatment line. More than 80% of patients have advanced stage disease at diagnosis. The time of initiation and the nature of the treatment is mainly conditioned by symptoms, tumor burden, lymphoma grading, co-morbidities and patients preference. A number of clinical and biological factors have been determined to be prognostic in this disease, but the majority of them could not show to be predictive of response to treatment, and therefore can't be used to guide the treatment choice. CD20 expression is the only predictive factor recognized in the treatment of FL and justifies the use of "naked" or "conjugated" anti-CD20 monoclonal antibodies as a single agent or in combination with chemo- or targeted therapy. Nevertheless, as this marker is almost universally found in FL, it has little role in the choice of treatment. The outcome of patients with FL improved significantly in the last years, mainly due to the widespread use of rituximab, autologous and allogeneic transplantation in young and fit relapsed patients, the introduction of new drugs and the improvement in diagnostic accuracy and management of side effects. Agents as new monoclonal antibodies, immuno-modulating drugs, and target therapy have recently been developed and approved for the relapsed setting, while studies to evaluate their role in first line treatment are still ongoing. Here we report our considerations on first line treatment approach and on the potential factors which could help in the choice of therapy.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016-11-07
    Publishing country Italy
    Document type Review ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2674750-9
    ISSN 2035-3006
    ISSN 2035-3006
    DOI 10.4084/MJHID.2016.062
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  4. Article: Therapeutic apheresis during pregnancy: A single center experience.

    Colpo, Anna / Marson, Piero / Pavanello, Francesca / Tison, Tiziana / Gervasi, Maria Teresa / Zambon, Alessandra / Ruffatti, Amelia / De Silvestro, Giustina / Hoxha, Ariela

    Transfusion and apheresis science : official journal of the World Apheresis Association : official journal of the European Society for Haemapheresis

    2019  Volume 58, Issue 5, Page(s) 652–658

    Abstract: Introduction: Therapeutic apheresis (TA) represents a treatment option for pre-existing conditions or diseases occurring during gestation. Although pregnancy is not a contraindication per se, due to the lack of evidence-based guidelines and presumed ... ...

    Abstract Introduction: Therapeutic apheresis (TA) represents a treatment option for pre-existing conditions or diseases occurring during gestation. Although pregnancy is not a contraindication per se, due to the lack of evidence-based guidelines and presumed risk of maternal/fetal adverse events there is a general resistance to its application.
    Material and methods: Between January 2005 and August 2017, at the Apheresis Unit of the University Hospital of Padua 936 TA procedures were performed during 57 pregnancies in 48 patients: 813 Plasma Exchange sessions, 119 Immunoadsorptions, 4 Red Blood Cell exchanges. The treated disease were as follows: antiphospholipid syndrome (18 patients), autoimmune congenital heart block (18), myasthenia gravis (3), Rh alloimmunization (2), systemic sclerosis (1), suspected autoimmune encephalitis (1), severe hypertriglyceridaemia (1), post partum hemolytic-uremic syndrome (1), sickle cell disease (1), lupus nephritis (1) and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (1).
    Results: In the time period considered the apheresis sessions applied to pregnant women were 7.1% of the total (n = 13.251). The median age at the first treatment was 33 years. The median week of gestation (WG) at the beginning of treatments was 21. Twenty (2.1%) sessions were complicated by adverse events, none requiring or prolonging hospitalization. There were 50 live births, 5 spontaneous abortions and 2 voluntary terminations of pregnancy. Median WG at delivery was 35 and caesarean section was performed in 46 cases.
    Conclusions: Our data showed that TA in pregnancy is well tolerated. Close collaboration between clinician, obstetrician and TA specialist is crucial to ensure a good outcome of high-risk pregnancies.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Female ; Humans ; Plasma Exchange ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy Complications/blood ; Pregnancy Complications/therapy ; Pregnancy Outcome ; Retrospective Studies
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-09-05
    Publishing country England
    Document type Clinical Trial ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2046795-3
    ISSN 1878-1683 ; 1473-0502
    ISSN (online) 1878-1683
    ISSN 1473-0502
    DOI 10.1016/j.transci.2019.07.009
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