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==Overview==
==Overview==
Medical treatment of [[vWD]] involves normalizing the von Willebrand factor and factor VIII levels. Endogenous factor levels can be increased by the use of desmopressin or by infusing exogenous coagulation factors example high-purity or low-purity von Willebrand factor concentrate.<ref name="pmid17403090">{{cite journal| author=Borel-Derlon A, Federici AB, Roussel-Robert V, Goudemand J, Lee CA, Scharrer I et al.| title=Treatment of severe von Willebrand disease with a high-purity von Willebrand factor concentrate (Wilfactin): a prospective study of 50 patients. | journal=J Thromb Haemost | year= 2007 | volume= 5 | issue= 6 | pages= 1115-24 | pmid=17403090 | doi=10.1111/j.1538-7836.2007.02562.x | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17403090  }} </ref><ref name="pmid15086321">{{cite journal| author=Lethagen S, Carlson M, Hillarp A| title=A comparative in vitro evaluation of six von Willebrand factor concentrates. | journal=Haemophilia | year= 2004 | volume= 10 | issue= 3 | pages= 243-9 | pmid=15086321 | doi=10.1111/j.1365-2516.2004.00893.x | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=15086321  }} </ref>
The mainstay of management is medical therapy.


Pharmacologic medical therapy is recommended in vWD patients.<ref name="pmid23937614">{{cite journal| author=Leissinger C, Carcao M, Gill JC, Journeycake J, Singleton T, Valentino L| title=Desmopressin (DDAVP) in the management of patients with congenital bleeding disorders. | journal=Haemophilia | year= 2014 | volume= 20 | issue= 2 | pages= 158-67 | pmid=23937614 | doi=10.1111/hae.12254 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23937614  }} </ref><ref name="pmid27913547">{{cite journal| author=Lavin M, O'Donnell JS| title=New treatment approaches to von Willebrand disease. | journal=Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program | year= 2016 | volume= 2016 | issue= 1 | pages= 683-689 | pmid=27913547 | doi=10.1182/asheducation-2016.1.683 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=27913547  }} </ref><ref name="pmid23633542">{{cite journal| author=Castaman G, Goodeve A, Eikenboom J, European Group on von Willebrand Disease| title=Principles of care for the diagnosis and treatment of von Willebrand disease. | journal=Haematologica | year= 2013 | volume= 98 | issue= 5 | pages= 667-74 | pmid=23633542 | doi=10.3324/haematol.2012.077263 | pmc=3640108 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23633542  }} </ref> Medical therapy depends on the type of vWD. Desmopressin is used for type 1 and 2 vWD. VWF-Factor VIII or vWF concentrate
Medical therapy of [[von Willebrand's disease]] ( [[vWD]]) involves normalizing the [[von Willebrand factor]] and [[factor VIII]] levels. Endogenous factor levels can be increased by the use of desmopressin or by infusing exogenous coagulation factors example high-purity or low-purity von Willebrand factor concentrate.<ref name="pmid17403090">{{cite journal| author=Borel-Derlon A, Federici AB, Roussel-Robert V, Goudemand J, Lee CA, Scharrer I et al.| title=Treatment of severe von Willebrand disease with a high-purity von Willebrand factor concentrate (Wilfactin): a prospective study of 50 patients. | journal=J Thromb Haemost | year= 2007 | volume= 5 | issue= 6 | pages= 1115-24 | pmid=17403090 | doi=10.1111/j.1538-7836.2007.02562.x | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17403090  }} </ref><ref name="pmid15086321">{{cite journal| author=Lethagen S, Carlson M, Hillarp A| title=A comparative in vitro evaluation of six von Willebrand factor concentrates. | journal=Haemophilia | year= 2004 | volume= 10 | issue= 3 | pages= 243-9 | pmid=15086321 | doi=10.1111/j.1365-2516.2004.00893.x | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=15086321  }} </ref>
is used in some of type 2 vWD and all of type 2 vWD. Alternate  or additional therapy involves the use of tranexamic acid, IL-11
 
Pharmacologic medical therapy is recommended in [[von Willebrand's disease]] patients.<ref name="pmid23937614">{{cite journal| author=Leissinger C, Carcao M, Gill JC, Journeycake J, Singleton T, Valentino L| title=Desmopressin (DDAVP) in the management of patients with congenital bleeding disorders. | journal=Haemophilia | year= 2014 | volume= 20 | issue= 2 | pages= 158-67 | pmid=23937614 | doi=10.1111/hae.12254 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23937614  }} </ref><ref name="pmid27913547">{{cite journal| author=Lavin M, O'Donnell JS| title=New treatment approaches to von Willebrand disease. | journal=Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program | year= 2016 | volume= 2016 | issue= 1 | pages= 683-689 | pmid=27913547 | doi=10.1182/asheducation-2016.1.683 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=27913547  }} </ref><ref name="pmid23633542">{{cite journal| author=Castaman G, Goodeve A, Eikenboom J, European Group on von Willebrand Disease| title=Principles of care for the diagnosis and treatment of von Willebrand disease. | journal=Haematologica | year= 2013 | volume= 98 | issue= 5 | pages= 667-74 | pmid=23633542 | doi=10.3324/haematol.2012.077263 | pmc=3640108 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23633542  }} </ref> Medical therapy depends on the type of [[von Willebrand's disease]]. Desmopressin is used for type 1 and 2 [[von Willebrand's disease]]. [[von Willebrand factor]]-Factor VIII or [[von Willebrand factor]] concentrate
is used in some of type 2 [[von Willebrand's disease]] and all of type 2 [[von Willebrand's disease]]. Alternate  or additional therapy involves the use of tranexamic acid, IL-11
<ref name="pmid23238591">{{cite journal| author=Ragni MV, Novelli EM, Murshed A, Merricks EP, Kloos MT, Nichols TC| title=Phase II prospective open-label trial of recombinant interleukin-11 in desmopressin-unresponsive von Willebrand disease and mild or moderate haemophilia A. | journal=Thromb Haemost | year= 2013 | volume= 109 | issue= 2 | pages= 248-54 | pmid=23238591 | doi=10.1160/TH12-06-0447 | pmc=3689588 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23238591  }} </ref><ref name="pmid21833452">{{cite journal| author=Ragni MV, Jankowitz RC, Jaworski K, Merricks EP, Kloos MT, Nichols TC| title=Phase II prospective open-label trial of recombinant interleukin-11 in women with mild von Willebrand disease and refractory menorrhagia. | journal=Thromb Haemost | year= 2011 | volume= 106 | issue= 4 | pages= 641-5 | pmid=21833452 | doi=10.1160/TH11-04-0274 | pmc=3947632 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21833452  }} </ref> or aminocaproic acid.
<ref name="pmid23238591">{{cite journal| author=Ragni MV, Novelli EM, Murshed A, Merricks EP, Kloos MT, Nichols TC| title=Phase II prospective open-label trial of recombinant interleukin-11 in desmopressin-unresponsive von Willebrand disease and mild or moderate haemophilia A. | journal=Thromb Haemost | year= 2013 | volume= 109 | issue= 2 | pages= 248-54 | pmid=23238591 | doi=10.1160/TH12-06-0447 | pmc=3689588 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23238591  }} </ref><ref name="pmid21833452">{{cite journal| author=Ragni MV, Jankowitz RC, Jaworski K, Merricks EP, Kloos MT, Nichols TC| title=Phase II prospective open-label trial of recombinant interleukin-11 in women with mild von Willebrand disease and refractory menorrhagia. | journal=Thromb Haemost | year= 2011 | volume= 106 | issue= 4 | pages= 641-5 | pmid=21833452 | doi=10.1160/TH11-04-0274 | pmc=3947632 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21833452  }} </ref> or aminocaproic acid.


==Medical Therapy==
==Medical Therapy==


Medical treatment of [[vWD]] involves normalizing the von Willebrand factor and factor VIII levels. Endogenous factor levels can be increased by the use of desmopressin or by infusing exogenous coagulation factors example high-purity or low-purity von Willebrand factor concentrate.<ref name="pmid17403090">{{cite journal| author=Borel-Derlon A, Federici AB, Roussel-Robert V, Goudemand J, Lee CA, Scharrer I et al.| title=Treatment of severe von Willebrand disease with a high-purity von Willebrand factor concentrate (Wilfactin): a prospective study of 50 patients. | journal=J Thromb Haemost | year= 2007 | volume= 5 | issue= 6 | pages= 1115-24 | pmid=17403090 | doi=10.1111/j.1538-7836.2007.02562.x | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17403090  }} </ref><ref name="pmid15086321">{{cite journal| author=Lethagen S, Carlson M, Hillarp A| title=A comparative in vitro evaluation of six von Willebrand factor concentrates. | journal=Haemophilia | year= 2004 | volume= 10 | issue= 3 | pages= 243-9 | pmid=15086321 | doi=10.1111/j.1365-2516.2004.00893.x | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=15086321  }} </ref>
Medical treatment of [[von Willebrand's disease]] involves normalizing the von Willebrand factor and factor VIII levels. Endogenous factor levels can be increased by the use of desmopressin or by infusing exogenous coagulation factors example high-purity or low-purity von Willebrand factor concentrate.<ref name="pmid17403090">{{cite journal| author=Borel-Derlon A, Federici AB, Roussel-Robert V, Goudemand J, Lee CA, Scharrer I et al.| title=Treatment of severe von Willebrand disease with a high-purity von Willebrand factor concentrate (Wilfactin): a prospective study of 50 patients. | journal=J Thromb Haemost | year= 2007 | volume= 5 | issue= 6 | pages= 1115-24 | pmid=17403090 | doi=10.1111/j.1538-7836.2007.02562.x | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17403090  }} </ref><ref name="pmid15086321">{{cite journal| author=Lethagen S, Carlson M, Hillarp A| title=A comparative in vitro evaluation of six von Willebrand factor concentrates. | journal=Haemophilia | year= 2004 | volume= 10 | issue= 3 | pages= 243-9 | pmid=15086321 | doi=10.1111/j.1365-2516.2004.00893.x | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=15086321  }} </ref>


Pharmacologic medical therapy is recommended in vWD patients as shown below:<ref name="pmid23937614">{{cite journal| author=Leissinger C, Carcao M, Gill JC, Journeycake J, Singleton T, Valentino L| title=Desmopressin (DDAVP) in the management of patients with congenital bleeding disorders. | journal=Haemophilia | year= 2014 | volume= 20 | issue= 2 | pages= 158-67 | pmid=23937614 | doi=10.1111/hae.12254 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23937614  }} </ref><ref name="pmid27913547">{{cite journal| author=Lavin M, O'Donnell JS| title=New treatment approaches to von Willebrand disease. | journal=Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program | year= 2016 | volume= 2016 | issue= 1 | pages= 683-689 | pmid=27913547 | doi=10.1182/asheducation-2016.1.683 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=27913547  }} </ref><ref name="pmid23633542">{{cite journal| author=Castaman G, Goodeve A, Eikenboom J, European Group on von Willebrand Disease| title=Principles of care for the diagnosis and treatment of von Willebrand disease. | journal=Haematologica | year= 2013 | volume= 98 | issue= 5 | pages= 667-74 | pmid=23633542 | doi=10.3324/haematol.2012.077263 | pmc=3640108 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23633542  }} </ref>
Pharmacologic medical therapy is recommended in [[von Willebrand's disease]] patients as shown below:<ref name="pmid23937614">{{cite journal| author=Leissinger C, Carcao M, Gill JC, Journeycake J, Singleton T, Valentino L| title=Desmopressin (DDAVP) in the management of patients with congenital bleeding disorders. | journal=Haemophilia | year= 2014 | volume= 20 | issue= 2 | pages= 158-67 | pmid=23937614 | doi=10.1111/hae.12254 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23937614  }} </ref><ref name="pmid27913547">{{cite journal| author=Lavin M, O'Donnell JS| title=New treatment approaches to von Willebrand disease. | journal=Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program | year= 2016 | volume= 2016 | issue= 1 | pages= 683-689 | pmid=27913547 | doi=10.1182/asheducation-2016.1.683 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=27913547  }} </ref><ref name="pmid23633542">{{cite journal| author=Castaman G, Goodeve A, Eikenboom J, European Group on von Willebrand Disease| title=Principles of care for the diagnosis and treatment of von Willebrand disease. | journal=Haematologica | year= 2013 | volume= 98 | issue= 5 | pages= 667-74 | pmid=23633542 | doi=10.3324/haematol.2012.077263 | pmc=3640108 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23633542  }} </ref>


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|Demospressin at same dose as above or vWF-Factor VIII or vWF concentrate
|Demospressin at same dose as above or [[von Willebrand factor]]-Factor VIII or [[von Willebrand factor]] concentrate
|Tranexamic acid 1g 3 to 4 times daily
|Tranexamic acid 1g 3 to 4 times daily
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|vWF-Factor VIII or vWF concentrate
|[[Von Willebrand factor]]-Factor VIII or [[von Willebrand factor]] concentrate
|Tranexamic acid 1g 3 to 4 times daily
|Tranexamic acid 1g 3 to 4 times daily
|}
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Desmopressin is contraindicated in patients with type 2B disease.
Desmopressin is contraindicated in patients with type 2B disease.


For women with heavy menstrual bleeding, the [[combined oral contraceptive pill]] may be effective in reducing bleeding or in reducing the length or frequency of periods. Prophylactic treatment is sometimes given for patients with vWD who are scheduled for surgery. They can be treated with human derived medium purity [[factor VIII]] concentrates complexed to vWF.  [[Desmopressin]] works by raising the patient's own plasma levels of vWF by inducing release of vWF stored in the [[Weibel-Palade body|Weibel-Palade bodies]] in the endothelial cells.
For women with heavy menstrual bleeding, the [[combined oral contraceptive pill]] may be effective in reducing bleeding or in reducing the length or frequency of periods. Prophylactic treatment is sometimes given for patients with [[von Willebrand's disease]] who are scheduled for surgery. They can be treated with human derived medium purity [[factor VIII]] concentrates complexed to [[von Willebrand factor]].  [[Desmopressin]] works by raising the patient's own plasma levels of [[von Willebrand factor]] by inducing release of [[von Willebrand factor]] stored in the [[Weibel-Palade body|Weibel-Palade bodies]] in the endothelial cells.


Daily subcutaneous administration of [[interleukin-11]] have been used with success as an alternative modality which increases von Willebrand factor and factor VIII levels by a factor of 1.3 to 2. It is presumabed to increase [[von Willebrand factor]] messenger RNA levels in patients with type 1 von Willebrand’s disease that is unresponsive to treatment with desmopressin.<ref name="pmid23238591">{{cite journal| author=Ragni MV, Novelli EM, Murshed A, Merricks EP, Kloos MT, Nichols TC| title=Phase II prospective open-label trial of recombinant interleukin-11 in desmopressin-unresponsive von Willebrand disease and mild or moderate haemophilia A. | journal=Thromb Haemost | year= 2013 | volume= 109 | issue= 2 | pages= 248-54 | pmid=23238591 | doi=10.1160/TH12-06-0447 | pmc=3689588 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23238591  }} </ref> [[Interleukin-11]] reduced the severity of bleeding in women with menorrhagia.<ref name="pmid21833452">{{cite journal| author=Ragni MV, Jankowitz RC, Jaworski K, Merricks EP, Kloos MT, Nichols TC| title=Phase II prospective open-label trial of recombinant interleukin-11 in women with mild von Willebrand disease and refractory menorrhagia. | journal=Thromb Haemost | year= 2011 | volume= 106 | issue= 4 | pages= 641-5 | pmid=21833452 | doi=10.1160/TH11-04-0274 | pmc=3947632 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21833452  }} </ref>
Daily subcutaneous administration of [[interleukin-11]] have been used with success as an alternative modality which increases von Willebrand factor and factor VIII levels by a factor of 1.3 to 2. It is presumabed to increase [[von Willebrand factor]] messenger RNA levels in patients with type 1 von Willebrand’s disease that is unresponsive to treatment with desmopressin.<ref name="pmid23238591">{{cite journal| author=Ragni MV, Novelli EM, Murshed A, Merricks EP, Kloos MT, Nichols TC| title=Phase II prospective open-label trial of recombinant interleukin-11 in desmopressin-unresponsive von Willebrand disease and mild or moderate haemophilia A. | journal=Thromb Haemost | year= 2013 | volume= 109 | issue= 2 | pages= 248-54 | pmid=23238591 | doi=10.1160/TH12-06-0447 | pmc=3689588 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23238591  }} </ref> [[Interleukin-11]] reduced the severity of bleeding in women with menorrhagia.<ref name="pmid21833452">{{cite journal| author=Ragni MV, Jankowitz RC, Jaworski K, Merricks EP, Kloos MT, Nichols TC| title=Phase II prospective open-label trial of recombinant interleukin-11 in women with mild von Willebrand disease and refractory menorrhagia. | journal=Thromb Haemost | year= 2011 | volume= 106 | issue= 4 | pages= 641-5 | pmid=21833452 | doi=10.1160/TH11-04-0274 | pmc=3947632 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21833452  }} </ref>

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Prince Tano Djan, BSc, MBChB [2]

Overview

The mainstay of management is medical therapy.

Medical therapy of von Willebrand's disease ( vWD) involves normalizing the von Willebrand factor and factor VIII levels. Endogenous factor levels can be increased by the use of desmopressin or by infusing exogenous coagulation factors example high-purity or low-purity von Willebrand factor concentrate.[1][2]

Pharmacologic medical therapy is recommended in von Willebrand's disease patients.[3][4][5] Medical therapy depends on the type of von Willebrand's disease. Desmopressin is used for type 1 and 2 von Willebrand's disease. von Willebrand factor-Factor VIII or von Willebrand factor concentrate is used in some of type 2 von Willebrand's disease and all of type 2 von Willebrand's disease. Alternate or additional therapy involves the use of tranexamic acid, IL-11 [6][7] or aminocaproic acid.

Medical Therapy

Medical treatment of von Willebrand's disease involves normalizing the von Willebrand factor and factor VIII levels. Endogenous factor levels can be increased by the use of desmopressin or by infusing exogenous coagulation factors example high-purity or low-purity von Willebrand factor concentrate.[1][2]

Pharmacologic medical therapy is recommended in von Willebrand's disease patients as shown below:[3][4][5]

Type Treatment Additional/Alternative treatement
Low vWF Desmopressin administered intravenously 0.3μg per kilogram body weight,

intranasally 300μg (150μg per nostril);

in patients with body weight <50Kg, only one dose of 150μg or subcutaneously 0.3μg/kilogram

Tranexamic acid 1g 3 to 4 times daily
1 Demospressin at same dose as above Tranexamic acid 1g 3 to 4 times daily
2 Demospressin at same dose as above or von Willebrand factor-Factor VIII or von Willebrand factor concentrate Tranexamic acid 1g 3 to 4 times daily
3 Von Willebrand factor-Factor VIII or von Willebrand factor concentrate Tranexamic acid 1g 3 to 4 times daily

Desmopressin is contraindicated in patients with type 2B disease.

For women with heavy menstrual bleeding, the combined oral contraceptive pill may be effective in reducing bleeding or in reducing the length or frequency of periods. Prophylactic treatment is sometimes given for patients with von Willebrand's disease who are scheduled for surgery. They can be treated with human derived medium purity factor VIII concentrates complexed to von Willebrand factor. Desmopressin works by raising the patient's own plasma levels of von Willebrand factor by inducing release of von Willebrand factor stored in the Weibel-Palade bodies in the endothelial cells.

Daily subcutaneous administration of interleukin-11 have been used with success as an alternative modality which increases von Willebrand factor and factor VIII levels by a factor of 1.3 to 2. It is presumabed to increase von Willebrand factor messenger RNA levels in patients with type 1 von Willebrand’s disease that is unresponsive to treatment with desmopressin.[6] Interleukin-11 reduced the severity of bleeding in women with menorrhagia.[7]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Borel-Derlon A, Federici AB, Roussel-Robert V, Goudemand J, Lee CA, Scharrer I; et al. (2007). "Treatment of severe von Willebrand disease with a high-purity von Willebrand factor concentrate (Wilfactin): a prospective study of 50 patients". J Thromb Haemost. 5 (6): 1115–24. doi:10.1111/j.1538-7836.2007.02562.x. PMID 17403090.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Lethagen S, Carlson M, Hillarp A (2004). "A comparative in vitro evaluation of six von Willebrand factor concentrates". Haemophilia. 10 (3): 243–9. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2516.2004.00893.x. PMID 15086321.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Leissinger C, Carcao M, Gill JC, Journeycake J, Singleton T, Valentino L (2014). "Desmopressin (DDAVP) in the management of patients with congenital bleeding disorders". Haemophilia. 20 (2): 158–67. doi:10.1111/hae.12254. PMID 23937614.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Lavin M, O'Donnell JS (2016). "New treatment approaches to von Willebrand disease". Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program. 2016 (1): 683–689. doi:10.1182/asheducation-2016.1.683. PMID 27913547.
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  6. 6.0 6.1 Ragni MV, Novelli EM, Murshed A, Merricks EP, Kloos MT, Nichols TC (2013). "Phase II prospective open-label trial of recombinant interleukin-11 in desmopressin-unresponsive von Willebrand disease and mild or moderate haemophilia A." Thromb Haemost. 109 (2): 248–54. doi:10.1160/TH12-06-0447. PMC 3689588. PMID 23238591.
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