In:
Blood Coagulation & Fibrinolysis, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), Vol. 31, No. 1 ( 2020-01), p. 16-28
Abstract:
A zymogen-like activated factor X variant (FXa I16L ) is being developed for treating acute bleeding conditions. Activated factor V is an essential cofactor to FXa I16L for activating prothrombin to thrombin. Thrombi/emboli formation was observed microscopically in FXa I16L toxicity studies in animals. The objective of this research was to evaluate candidate biomarkers for FXa I16L -induced thrombi/emboli formation to inform safety monitoring and dose-escalation decisions in FXa I16L clinical trials. Effects of intravenous FXa I16L administration on platelets, fibrinogen, activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT), prothrombin time (PT), d -dimer, tissue factor pathway inhibitor, thrombin : antithrombin complex, antithrombin, and factor V, and protein C (PC) activities were evaluated in mice, rats, and monkeys. Mice had endogenous factor V activity 10× that of monkeys and were overly sensitive to FXa I16L -induced thrombi/emboli formation. In monkeys, decreases in fibrinogen and prolongation in aPTT and PT emerged as potential biomarkers for impending FXa I16L -induced thrombi/emboli formation, based on association of changes with microscopically observable thrombi/emboli (0–97 thrombi/emboli per monkey). PC decreases, measured by a clot-based assay, were also observed. A similar reduction in PC activity, when measured by clot-based assay, was observed in a phase 1 clinical trial. However, an in-vitro experiment with human plasma spiked with increasing concentrations of FXa I16L indicated dose-dependent FXa I16L -induced interference with clot-based assays and no depletion of PC or S by FXa I16L in non-clot-based assays. Nonclinical biomarker studies identified fibrinogen, aPTT and PT as potential biomarkers for monitoring the clinical safety of FXa I16L . Results of clot-based assays with FXa I16L treatment should be interpreted with caution.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0957-5235
,
1473-5733
DOI:
10.1097/MBC.0000000000000866
Language:
English
Publisher:
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Publication Date:
2020
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2035229-3
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