{"title":"Potential and emerging therapeutics for HHT.","authors":"Harish Eswaran, Raj S Kasthuri","doi":"10.1182/hematology.2024000675","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A 64-year-old woman with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) characterized by a pathological variant in ACVRL1 presents to the clinic for follow-up. Manifestations of HHT include frequent epistaxis and gastrointestinal bleeding, leading to iron-deficiency anemia. Bevacizumab is initiated, with resolution of the anemia. While maintained on a regimen of bevacizumab every 6 weeks, she continues to report frequent epistaxis and has ongoing iron-deficiency requiring periodic iron infusions. She also finds the bevacizumab infusions inconvenient. She is interested in discussing other options for managing her disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":12973,"journal":{"name":"Hematology. American Society of Hematology. Education Program","volume":"2024 1","pages":"724-727"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9000,"publicationDate":"2024-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11665724/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Hematology. American Society of Hematology. Education Program","FirstCategoryId":"95","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1182/hematology.2024000675","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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A 64-year-old woman with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) characterized by a pathological variant in ACVRL1 presents to the clinic for follow-up. Manifestations of HHT include frequent epistaxis and gastrointestinal bleeding, leading to iron-deficiency anemia. Bevacizumab is initiated, with resolution of the anemia. While maintained on a regimen of bevacizumab every 6 weeks, she continues to report frequent epistaxis and has ongoing iron-deficiency requiring periodic iron infusions. She also finds the bevacizumab infusions inconvenient. She is interested in discussing other options for managing her disease.