Publications by authors named "R J Macchia"

Patients affected by primary immunodeficiencies are characterized for high susceptibility for severe infections. Our data demonstrate Kedrion 5% intravenous immunoglobulin G (IVIg) treatment effective and safe as replacement therapy for children and adolescents affected by primary immunodeficiency. The particularities of our study are the selection of a long period of follow-up (71 patient-years of follow-up), and to the best of our knowledge, our study is one of few that assesses the safety and efficacy of intravenous immunoglobulin treatment of primary immunodeficiency specifically in a pediatric population.

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The pharmacokinetics data of phase I/II clinical trials (EudraCT Number: 2005-006186-14) of the new, triple inactivated plasma-derived Kedrion FIX concentrate was designed according to the recommendations of SSC-ISTH [1,2]: 11 post-infusion FIX/time points samples during the first 72 h. The PK data were also analysed by a modified, less dense, 9 FIX/time points, sample design. The outcomes of the safety and efficacy study and the pharmacokinetics' results have been previously and partially described [3,4].

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Background: An open-label phase II, multicenter clinical trial was conducted at 11  Haemophilia Centres in  Italy, Romania, and Turkey, to evaluate the pharmacokinetics (PK), efficacy, and safety of high purity, plasma-derived, double virus inactivated and double nano-filtered factor IX (pd-FIX) concentrate (Kedrion FIX), EudraCT Number: 2005-006186-14.

Material And Methods: 16 previously treated patients (PTPs) with severe or moderately severe haemophilia B were enrolled in the study. At enrolment, 14 underwent the first PK assessment (PK I), and the second PK (PK II) assessment was performed after six months of treatment (5 on-demand and nine prophylaxis) at the end of the study.

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Pleomorphic adenoma directly arising in the neck is thought to originate from heterotopic salivary gland tissue. In this article, we present the case of a 55-year-old female patient with a histologically proven pleomorphic adenoma located at the left mandibular angle, anteriorly to the sternocleidomastoid muscle and posteroinferiorly to the submandibular gland. As the patient also had an ipsilateral thyroid nodule with coarse calcifications, clinical and radiological features suggested a possible level II metastatic lymph node.

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