Haloperidol, an antipsychotic medication commonly used to treat schizophrenia and severe agitation, was behind a rare case of angioedema of the tongue — a sudden, potentially life-threatening swelling — for a man in Tunisia, as detailed a case report. Although angioedema can occur as an allergic reaction or as…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Andembry (garadacimab-gxii) to prevent swelling attacks caused by hereditary angioedema (HAE) in adults and adolescents, ages 12 and older, adding the U.S. to the countries where the medication is available. Developed by CSL Behring, it’s the only treatment…
The use of the antibody navenibart, being developed by Astria Therapeutics to prevent swelling episodes in hereditary angioedema (HAE), resulted in the sustained inhibition of kallikrein — an enzyme that’s overactive in HAE patients — in healthy volunteers in a clinical trial, supporting its…
Keeping symptoms of hereditary angioedema (HAE) under control is the most important factor contributing to a better quality of life, according to a study carried out by scientists reporting from India and noting severe limits on access to first-line medications there. “There is an urgent need for easy availability…
More than half of individuals admitted to an emergency department, or ED, for drug-induced nonallergic angioedema — with nearly all of these patients experiencing swelling as a side effect of medications known as angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, or ACEIs — showed improvement, with most staying briefly and few returning…
Sebetralstat, an oral small molecule being developed by Kalvista Pharmaceuticals, provided adults and adolescents with hereditary angioedema (HAE) with early on-demand treatment for swelling attacks and offered fast symptom relief, even when swelling affected the larynx (voice box). That’s according to interim data from KONFIDENT-S (NCT05505916),…
An assay that measures C1 inhibitor (C1-INH) activity on a dried blood spot after a blood sample is blotted onto a piece of filter paper appears to work as well as a standard, color-based assay to diagnose hereditary angioedema (HAE) and is easier to handle, a study found. Dried…
Pharvaris plans a trial of deucrictibant to treat acquired angioedema this year, following promising data showing the experimental oral small molecule helped to stop or prevent swelling attacks in three patients. The company has been testing deucrictibant in a pair of Phase 3 trials, CHAPTER-3 (NCT06669754)…
Garadacimab appears to be safe for long-term use as prophylaxis, or preventive treatment, reducing the frequency of swelling attacks in adults and adolescents with hereditary angioedema (HAE), according to an interim analysis of data from an ongoing Phase 3 extension study sponsored by its developer, CSL…
Many people with hereditary angioedema (HAE) delay on-demand treatment for their attacks because they think the swelling isn’t severe enough or due to high costs and challenges related to injection, which can worsen symptoms, a survey study finds. “Survey results highlight that decision making regarding on-demand treatment in HAE…
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