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…
Race and geographic disparities are common in clinical trials of hereditary angioedema (HAE), with non-white patients and countries outside the U.S. and Europe underrepresented, a study by an international team of researchers has found. While participation from European and Asian nations in HAE trials has increased significantly in the…
People with non-hereditary angioedema living with a substance use disorder (SUD) have a significantly elevated risk of breathing-related hospitalizations and complications, according to a U.S. nationwide study involving more than 140,000 people. The increased risk applied to all subtypes of SUD, including excessive use of alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, cocaine,…
People with hereditary angioedema (HAE) who have normal C1-inhibitor (C1-INH) levels and activity appear to have more active disease and more severe symptoms than those with HAE type 1 or 2, a real-world study found. These patients also “experience greater impairment to their quality of life, work, and daily functioning,”…
People with hereditary angioedema (HAE) typically experience a markedly delayed diagnosis — from three to 26 years following the onset of symptoms — that results in a greater disease burden for patients, with growing HAE-related expenses from hospitalizations, medications, potentially unnecessary surgeries, and a plethora of doctor visits, according…
Transitioning from other prophylactic, or preventive, treatments, to Orladeyo (berotralstat) or Takhzyro (lanadelumab) can take some time and adjustment, but helps to safely prevent swelling episodes in hereditary angioedema (HAE) patients. That’s according to a study reporting the process of such a treatment transition for four family members…
Changes in the levels of certain metabolites — molecules that take part in metabolism — in the blood may serve as accurate biomarkers to diagnose hereditary angioedema (HAE), a study suggests. Moreover, ratios of metabolite levels also were able to differentiate between people with HAE and those with…
Children in Egypt with hereditary angioedema (HAE) wait an average of three years to be diagnosed, according to a small study. Delayed diagnosis was common despite more than half the children in the study having a family history of the disease. About half of the 18 patients in the study…
The oral medication Orladeyo (berotralstat) is now approved in Peru as a prophylactic, or preventive, treatment to reduce the risk of swelling attacks in people with hereditary angioedema (HAE), ages 12 and older. The approval from Peru’s General Directorate of Medicines, Supplies and Drugs comes just months after…
KalVista Pharmaceuticals has started a clinical trial to test the oral medication sebetralstat as an on-demand treatment for swelling attacks in children with hereditary angioedema (HAE), ages 2-11. The launch of KONFIDENT-KID (NCT06467084) came just a few weeks after KalVista asked the U.S. Food and…
Get regular updates to your inbox.