Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy

In total, 82% of patients were interested in more convenient treatments, emphasizing the importance of shared decision-making and open discussions with physicians in rare disease management.

Takeda's Hyqvia is the only FDA-approved combination of immunoglobulin and hyaluronidase, which makes it a facilitated subcutaneous immunoglobulin infusion, for patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy.

Expert neurologist Dr Lewis discusses the ‘typical’ and CIDP variants, and the new criteria for the variants in the updated guidelines.

Dr Lewis gives a comprehensive overview of CIDP and describes the most common symptoms seen in patients.

The professor of neurology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center talked about findings from the ADHERE trial assessing efgartigimod, a human IgG1 antibody Fc fragment, as a treatment for patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. [WATCH TIME: 6 minutes] 

Results showed that 67% of treated patients in Stage A demonstrated evidence of clinical improvement, indicating that IgG autoantibodies play a significant role in the underlying biology of CIDP.

Patients on Hyqvia experienced longer time to relapse compared with those on placebo, with Kaplan-Meier estimate curves separating early, at approximately week 4.

CSL Behring's subcutaneous immune globulin is the first and only immune globulin available in prefilled syringes for patients with primary immunodeficiency or chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy.

New study data showed nerve ultrasound had a sensitivity of 97.4% and specificity of 78.9%, with an added value in the detection of treatment-responsive chronic inflammatory neuropathy of 21.1%.

This guide includes everything you need to know about subcutaneous immunoglobulin (Hizentra, CSL Behring) in the treatment of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy as well as primary immunodeficiency.

The director of the electromyography laboratory and a professor of neurology at Cedars-Sinai discussed the misdiagnosis of the rare condition.

The director of the electromyography laboratory and a professor of neurology at Cedars-Sinai spoke about the treatment options for CIDP.

Jeffrey Allen, MD, spoke about the breakthrough barrier in CIDP and the importance of the guidelines for diagnosis.