• Eculizumab-C5 complexes express a C5a neoepitope in vivo: Consequences for interpretation of patient complement analyses 

      Nilsson, Per; Thomas, Anub Mathew; Bergseth, Grete; Gustavsen, Alice; Volokhina, Elena B.; van den Heuvel, Lambertus P.; Barratt-Due, Andreas; Mollnes, Tom Eirik (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-06-10)
      The complement system has obtained renewed clinical focus due to increasing number of patients treated with eculizumab, a monoclonal antibody inhibiting cleavage of C5 into C5a and C5b. The FDA approved indications are paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria and atypical haemolytic uremic syndrome, but many other diseases are candidates for complement inhibition. It has been postulated that eculizumab ...
    • Sensitive, reliable and easy-performed laboratory monitoring of eculizumab therapy in atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome 

      Volokhina, Elena B.; van de Kar, Nicole C.A.J.; Bergseth, Grethe; van der Velden, Thea J.A.M.; Westra, Dineke; Wetzels, Jack F.M.; van den Heuvel, Lambertus P.; Mollnes, Tom Eirik (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-06-23)
      Complement C5 inhibitor eculizumab treatment in atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome is effective, but associated with high costs. Complement inhibition monitoring in these patients has not been standardized. In this study we evaluated novel functional assays for application in routine follow-up. We documented that the Wieslab® complement screen assay showed a sensitivity of 1–2% of C5 activity ...