Compassionate Use of Stanate (TM) [Stannsoporfin]

Summary

The purpose of this protocol is to make Stanate (TM) \[stannsoporfin, tin-mesoporphyrin\] available to infants who meet the following criteria: 1. the infant has a very high level of bilirubin without an adequate clinical response to phototherapy; 2. the infant requires an exchange transfusion; and 3. the family refuses to allow the administration of blood products, particularly on religious grounds, such as within the Jehovah's Witness community.

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Publications

• Background Kappas A, Drummond GS, Munson DP, Marshall JR. Sn-Mesoporphyrin interdiction of severe hyperbilirubinemia in Jehovah's Witness newborns as an alternative to exchange transfusion. Pediatrics. 2001 Dec;108(6):1374-7. doi: 10.1542/peds.108.6.1374.

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