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Patient cases

Transitioning from IVIG to SCIG

Pathology:

CIDP

Case provided by Dr. Filip Eftimov

 

KEY TAKEAWAYS

  • IVIG is strongly recommended for induction treatment and SCIG is strongly recommended for maintenance treatment1
  • Determining treatment dependency should be done before starting the maintenance treatment
  • Objective measures should be used to capture changes1
  • IVIG or SCIG can be used for maintenance treatment with the lowest dose/highest infusion interval possible
  • While IVIG maintenance dose is established, different infusion parameters exist for SCIG2