Web Design and Development by Hemochromatosis Management Working Group. 2001;38(1 Suppl 2):25-28. Treatment of resistant hypertension. Hemochromatosis. These researchers carried out a review of TP requests for individuals on TRT at their BC over a 3-year period from 2014 through 2016, as well as the total number of TP collections. Omaha, NE: eMedicine.com; updated December 12, 2001. Am J Gastroenterol. Monitoring response in PV and ET should use the ELN clinico-hematologic criteria. A study about how to achieve the most effective blood-letting therapy may also need to be conducted in the future. Philadelphia-negative classical myeloproliferative neoplasms: Critical concepts and management recommendations from European LeukemiaNet. Waltham, MA: UpToDate; reviewed May 2021. The guideline developers recommend treatment by phlebotomy of patients with non-HFE iron overload who have an elevated hepatic iron concentration. In the first trial (STOP) a chronic transfusion regimen for maintaining sickle hemoglobin lower than 30 % was compared with standard care in 130 children with sickle cell disease judged (through transcranial Doppler ultrasonography) as high-risk for first stroke. With few exceptions, patients should have a pretreatment hemoglobin of 12.5g/dL. Iron reduction as an adjuvant to interferon therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis C who have previously not responded to interferon: A multicenter, prospective, randomized, controlled trial. During maintenance of NID for 28 months, gouty attacks markedly diminished in every patient, from a cumulative amount of 48 and 53 attacks per year before (year -2, -1), to 32, 11 and 7 during induction (year 0) and maintenance (year +1, +2) of NID, respectively. Fatima T, McKinney C, Major TJ, et al. Fatima et al (2018) noted that iron could contribute to gouty inflammation by forming complexes with monosodium urate (MSU) crystals, stimulating oxidative stress through the generation of reactive oxygen species, and contributing to granulocyte and complement activation. stream Chin-Yee B, Lazo-Langner A, Butler-Foster T, et al. Am J Hematol. The following Guidelines for therapeutic apheresis (TA) allied health staff, developed by the Allied Health . Chronic migraine. evoked migraine, pricking blood used as a complementary therapy, case report, specialists' experience summary, reviews, surveys, news articles, animal studies were excluded. to advance the field through the development and delivery of standards, accreditation and education programs. During treatment for hereditary hemochromatosis, dietary adjustments are unnecessary. These researchers carried out HFE mutation analysis to detect C282Y, H63D, and S65C in each patient; in 2 patients, HFE exons were sequenced. .strikeThrough { Zhao et al (2009) examined a more effective therapy for acute GA (AGA). endobj PROs have been recommended to be reported for RCTs. These researchers discussed the role performed by some of these conditions in triggering overt porphyria cutanea tarda. Waltham, MA: UpToDate; reviewed May 2021; May 2022. The authors concluded that their BC observed increased TP requests for patients on TRT from 2014 through 2016. A meta-analysis on pricking blood therapy for migraine. } 2000;85(8):865-867. Available at: http://www.emedicine.com/DERM/topic344.htm. Tefferi (2012) stated that PV and ET are myelo-proliferative neoplasms (MPN) primarily characterized by erythrocytosis and thrombocytosis, respectively. Instructions After Your Procedure. J Infus Nurs. } Mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular Hb concentration and serum ferritin were also reduced. Efficacy and safety of phlebotomy to reduce transfusional iron overload in adult, long-term survivors of acute leukemia. An improvement of the clinical and biochemical picture of porphyria cutanea tarda in both patients was obtained with chloroquine therapy given that their chronic anemia did not permit phlebotomy. The median time to development of polycythemia whereby 50 % of patients developed polycythemia was 50 months. Finazzi G, Barbui T. Evidence and expertise in the management of polycythemia vera and essential thrombocythemia. Biomed Res Int. Yao Q, Zhang X, Mu Y, et al. The mean Hb level at all clinic visits was 173 g/L (range of 134 to 205 g/L; n = 108); Hb concentrations of 180 g/L or more (calculated HCT of greater than or equal to 54%) were measured at 25 % of appointments. The effective rate was 96.7 % in the observation group, which was better than 86.7 % in the control group (p < 0.01). When PV is suspected, the presence of a JAK2 mutation confirms the diagnosis and its absence, combined with normal or increased serum erythropoietin level, excludes the diagnosis. Furthermore, UpToDate reviews on Treatment of resistant hypertension (Townsend, 2020), Treatment of hypertension in older adults, particularly isolated systolic hypertension (Egan, 2020) and Overview of hypertension in adults (Basile and Bloch , 2020) do not mention phlebotomy as a management / therapeutic option. London, UK: British Society for Haematology; 2005. Follow-up with monthly phlebotomies after discharge yielded a favorable outcome with normal transplant functions. Patients with hemochromatosis and iron overload should be monitored for re-accumulation of iron and undergo maintenance phlebotomy. 1. Transfusion. Iron depletion was obtained within 28 weeks and was associated with endogenous production of EPO. Arch Pediatr. Waltham, MA: UpToDate; reviewed May 2017. The total effective rate in the combination group was 85.0 % (17/20) which was better than 75.0 % (15/20) in the WM group (p < 0.05). Dtsch Med Wochenschr. Besa EC, Woermann U.Polycythemia vera. Therapeutic phlebotomy is used to remove excess iron and maintain low normal body iron stores in patients with hemochromatosis. 2022 All Rights Reserved. Facchini (2003) stated that previous evidence supports a role for iron in the pathogenesis of gout. eMedicine Pediatrics Topic 2528. Of the 4 placed on dual hydroxyurea and phlebotomy therapy, all showed at least partial clinical improvement. Franchini M, Veneri D. Hereditary hemochromatosis. Iron overload in mild sideroblastic anaemias. These researchers stated that large-scale, multi-center RCTs with proper outcome measurements and long-term follow-up are needed to provide convincing proof. The included articles were examined for bias risk by using the Cochrane risk of bias assessment tool. Abstract Background: Therapeutic phlebotomy (TP) is a well-established medical intervention that evolved from the historical practice of bloodletting. These researchers identified 39 patients on TRT who presented for blood donation over a 2-year period. If the hematocrit cannot be kept below the upper limit of normal, even when the serum testosterone concentration is at the low end of the normal range during testosterone treatment, the patient should be evaluated for hypoxia and sleep apnea. If it increases above the upper limit of normal, a cause should be sought, and if none is found, the dose of testosterone should be decreased or stopped. Bacon BR, Adams PC, Kowdley KV, et al, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. These investigators reported a case series of 14 pediatric patients with HbSC treated to maximum tolerated dose (MTD) with hydroxyurea. Adult congenital heart disease. Available at:http://www.mayo.edu/cardiologyreview/Chapter63.pdf. These investigators stated that therapeutic phlebotomy was feasible and effective, and would prevent complications of iron overload. Crit Rev Clin Lab Sci. Amelioration of painful crises in sickle cell disease by venesections. These investigatorspresented a patient with Hb SC disease with an excellent baseline functional status who developed splenic infarction at a high altitude. GUIDELINES FOR THERAPEUTIC PHLEBOTOMY PERFORMED BY THE CLINICAL SERVICE Policy: Therapeutic phlebotomies are performed on outpatients and inpatients on a Monday-Friday, 0800-1630 basis either in the DeGowin Blood Center Patient Services area or on the inpatient unit. Pharma / TRT. The trial closed early due to a significant difference in risk of stroke between participants who stopped transfusion and those who continued as measured by re-occurrence of abnormal velocities on Doppler examination or the occurrence of overt stroke in the group that stopped transfusion. 2017;64(1):188-196. padding: 15px; Lastly, these investigators demonstrated that BLT was safer than WM in treating AGA (RR = 0.36, 95 % CI: 0.13 to 0.97, p = 0.04). 2008;93(3):372-380. These researchers stated that further rigorously designed trials are needed to confirm these findings. Approach to the patient with suspected iron overload. Avoid activities that may strain the arm used during your procedure (such as exercise and heavy lifting) for at least 1 day after your procedure. The moxibustion was adopted for 10 days. The three new AABB Guides cover key guidelines on patient blood management (PBM) and pneumatic tube delivery systems. color: red For this reason, complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies are used to improve the symptoms of the common cold. Swan L, Birnie DH, Hillis WS. Furthermore, BLT could dramatically reduce CRP level (MD = -3.64, 95 % CI: -6.72 to -0.55, p = 0.02). Bouchair et al (2000) reported the findings of sickle cell disease patients who suffered from frequent painful crises and were submitted to phlebotomies in order to reduce hospitalization days due to pain. Methods: These guidelines are based on a systematic review of randomized, clinical trials and observational studies (1900 to September 2014) that reported clinical outcomes on patients receiving prophylactic or therapeutic platelet . This threshold has been interpreted by some physicians and patients to indicate the need for phlebotomy or blood donation while on TRT. This meant the trial was terminated early. Risk of bias will be assessed using the Cochrane Risk of Bias Assessment Tool, while confidence in the accumulated evidence will be evaluated using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) instrument. Available at: https://www.renalandurologynews.com/home/news/nephrology/hyperuricemia/gout-risk-possibly-linked-to-iron-intake/. AABB (Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies) is an international, not-for-profit organization representing individuals and institutions involved in the fields of transfusion medicine and biotherapies. Dienstag JL, McHutchison JG. Moreover, the authors stated that confirmation of this will require RCT with detailed pre-treatment iron studies and appropriately powered to demonstrate a statistically significant benefit. Units drawn as therapeutic phlebotomies shall not be used for allogeneic transfusion unless the individual undergoing the therapeutic phlebotomy meets all allogeneic donor criteria with the exception of donation interval. All 5 RCTs published in manuscript form showed a trend towards a benefit from the phlebotomy plus IFN in attaining SVR, and the results of the meta-analysis were not dependent on any single RCT, since excluding any single RCT did not change the results. @media print { Warnes CA. According to guidelines from the Hemochromatosis Management Working Group (Barton et al, 1998), therapeutic phlebotomy should be initiated in men with serum ferritin levels of 300 ug/L or more and in women with Peto odds ratio for SVR in phlebotomy plus IFN group was 2.7; 95 % CI: 1.6 to 4.5, p < 0.0001. Many severely affected HbSC patients have been placed on hydroxyurea on a case-by-case basis, but there are no large scale prospective data on safety or effectiveness of hydroxyurea in this subset of patients with SCD. list-style-type: lower-roman; Eur Heart J. OL LI { Phlebotomy is an ancient medical procedure that has been performed for thousands of years. UpToDate [online serial]. } << /Type /Page /Parent 2 0 R /Resources 4 0 R /Contents 3 0 R >> 2004;44(6):833-837. Accessed November 12, 2002. list-style-image: url('https://www.aetna.com/cpb/medical/data/assets/images/purplearrow.jpg') !important; Interferon treatment regimes varied. 2013;43(5-6):303-312. This Clinical Policy Bulletin may be updated and therefore is subject to change. These investigators will include RCTs assessing BL for the common cold. color: red!important; The main goal of therapy is therefore to prevent thrombo-hemorrhagic complications and this is effectively and safely accomplished by the use of low-dose aspirin (PV and ET), phlebotomy (PV), and hydroxyurea (high-risk PV and ET). color: white; Kaplan-Meyer failure curves were used to estimate time until the development of polycythemia (HCT of greater than 50 %). Problems associated with the limited volume of data and clinical and methodological heterogeneity between the studies were acknowledged and addressed by the investigators in the discussion section of the review. JG Murphy, ed. During NID, attacks were also more often of milder severity. (b) Therapeutic phlebotomy shall be done only at the written request of the patient's physician or clinical practitioner, whichever is more consistent with AABB Standards. Townsend RR. The authors stated that this study had several drawbacks. << /Type /XObject /Subtype /Image /Width 3001 /Height 2251 /Interpolate true 1993;87(6):1954-1959. Zhongguo Zhen Jiu. Recurrent thrombosis in patients with polycythemia vera and essential thrombocythemia: Incidence, risk factors, and effect of treatments. Risk of stroke in adults with cyanotic congenital heart disease. 2016;241(7):737-744. } The above policy is based on the following references: Last Review J Tradit Chin Med. Rheumatology (Oxford). @ @ @De{~!De:Wg4{Aug|9d|O~RYST& @ @ @` *3]Acu/1YD*8Ls5bVC%/OFg*_k %@ @ @ YTfl The changes induced by the treatment were assessed by clinical scores, biological tests, and neurophysiological study of cortical excitability using transcranial magnetic stimulation techniques. Arthritis Res Ther. There are currently no systematic reviews of blood-letting therapy for chronic urticaria. Barton e al (2006) treated 4 white adults (1 man, 3 women) who had iron overload associated with daily ingestion of iron supplements for 7, 15, 35, and 61 years, respectively. Accessed July 23, 2022. 1983;1(8321):375-378. Rochester, MN: Mayo Clinic; January 2000; Ch. /ColorSpace 6 0 R /BitsPerComponent 8 /Length 197438 /Filter /FlateDecode } Yao and colleagues (2019) stated that many trials have reported that blood-letting therapy is effective for treating chronic urticaria. Those who failed to show clinical improvement after at least 6 months at MTD were offered phlebotomy in addition to hydroxyurea; 5 out of 11 patients with HbSC who achieved MTD failed to demonstrate clinical improvement on hydroxyurea. 1984;169(4):184-187. Charnow JA. Hepatology. Dual therapy with hydroxyurea and phlebotomy may be an effective approach to patients with HbSC that do not experience improvement with hydroxyurea alone. Li et al (2022) noted that blood-letting therapy (BLT) is often used for the treatment of AGA; however, limited evidence-based reports exist on the safety and effectiveness of BLT. In a prospective, randomized, 1-year clinical trial that compared the safety and efficacy of the once-daily oral iron chelator deferasirox versus phlebotomy for the treatment of iron overload in children with beta-thalassemia major following HSCT. Iron chelation and phlebotomy therapies were started simultaneously in the early post-operative period to avoid iron-related organ toxicity and transplant failure. AABB is now the Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies. 2005:58-65. 2019;2019:8650398. They conducted an institutional review board (IRB)-approved, single-center, retrospective chart review (2009 to 2013) to determine the rate of secondary polycythemia in 228 men treated with subcutaneously implanted testosterone pellets. Lancet. A total of 11 databases will be searched for studies conducted through June 2017. background: url('https://www.aetna.com/cpb/medical/data/assets/images/purplearrow.jpg') no-repeat; 2010;30(1):18-20. The changes of UA, high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and the joint syndrome and symptom score before and after treatment were observed. Hepatology. stream AABB or equivalent organizations, including apheresis industry sponsored events offering credits. One-year results from a prospective randomized trial comparing phlebotomy with deferasirox for the treatment of iron overload in pediatric patients with thalassemia major following curative stem cell transplantation. This Clinical Policy Bulletin contains only a partial, general description of plan or program benefits and does not constitute a contract. In 2 and 5 patients, deferasirox dose was increased to 15 and 20 mg/kg/day, respectively. 1988;109(5):406-413. xUKo1WL#ql+E @[|{UC){y.mt!x'I7wwdn,][FW}cl [v-~x^lt}MBl\`][7DSz$g]{'@xE:aRuZ2 The investigator cited a study (Facchini, 2003) showing that use of phlebotomy to maintain NID levels in patients with hyperuricemia was associated with a marked decrease in the incidence and severity of gouty attacks. During the trial, 11 children in the standard care group suffered a stroke compared to 1 in the transfusion group, odds ratio [OR] of 0.08 (95 % CI: 0.01 to 0.66). The mean number of pellets administered was 12 (range of 6 to 16). Inati et al (2017) stated that iron overload is well documented in patients with beta-thalassemia major, and patients who have undergone hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) remain at risk as a result of pre- and immediate post-HSCT transfusions. A decrease was noted in the frequency and intensity of several types of painful crises. Implanted central venous access ports for therapeutic phlebotomy in patients with HFE hemochromatosis and other non-thalassemia iron overload disorders J Vasc Access . Both BLT and WM produced comparable decreases in UA (MD = -18.72, 95 % CI: -38.24 to 0.81, p = 0.06) and ESR levels (MD = -3.01, 95 % CI: -6.89 to 0.86, p = 0.13). The Review Manager 5.3 software was used for meta-analysis. During the study period, the annual numbers of hospitalization days were respectively 20, 5,6 and 1. Association of subcutaneous testosterone pellet therapy with developing secondary polycythemia. Zhu Y, Yu H, Pan Y, et al. Both authors independently assessed the risk of bias of the included trials and extracted data. 1983;19(3):205-266. Asian J Androl. Survival is near-normal in ET and reasonably long in PV. These patientshad an Hb level equal to or above 9.5 g/dL. In the absence of indicators suggestive of significant liver disease (ALT, AST elevation), C282Y homozygotes who have an elevated ferritin (but less than 1,000 g/L) should proceed to phlebotomy without a liver biopsy. patients is blood donation or phlebotomy. Polycythemia vera: Diagnosis and treatment 2002. Am J Hematol. For additional language assistance: Phlebotomy, therapeutic (separate procedure), Collection of venous blood by venipuncture, Injection interferon beta-1b, 0.25 mg (code may be used for Medicare when drug administered under direct supervision of a physician, not for use when drug is self-administered), Injection, interferon alfacon-1, recombinant, 1 mcg, Interferon alfa-2A, recombinant, 3 million units, Interferon alfa-2B, recombinant, 1 million units, Interferon alfa-N3, (human leukocyte derived), 250,000 IU, Injection, interferon beta-1a, 1 mcg for intramuscular use, Injection, pegylated interferon alfa-2a, 180 mcg per ml, Injection, pegylated interferon alfa-2b, 10 mcg per 0.5 ml, Home injectable therapy; interferon, including administrative services, professional pharmacy services, care coordination, and all necessary supplies and equipment (drug and nursing visits coded separately), per diem, Abnormal level of blood mineral [non-alcoholic fatty liver disease with hyperferritinemia][not covered for hyperferritinemia in alcohol liver disease], Chronic myeloid leukemia, BCR/ABL-positive and negative, Essential (hemorrhagic) throbocythemia [unless with Polycythemia vera], Myelofibrosis [unless with Polycythemia vera], Multiple sclerosis (MS) [progressive multiple sclerosis], Alcoholic liver disease [hyperferritinemia in alcohol liver disease]. 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