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Submitted on March 5, 2002
Accepted on April 1, 2002
From the Cardiology Department (E.I.L.), Rabin Medical Center, Petach-Tikva, Israel; The Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute (E.I.L., J.D.M., M.R.), Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY; the Cardiovascular Biology Research Laboratory (J.I.O., J.R., J.A.D., J.J.B.), Cardiovascular Institute, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY; Novo Nordisk A/S (M.Z., E.E., M.S.T.), Copenhagen, Denmark; and the Cleveland Clinic Foundation (A.M.L.), Cleveland, Ohio.
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: Juan.Badimon{at}mssm.edu.
AbstractFFR-rFVIIa is an inactivated recombinant factor VIIa (rFVIIa) that inhibits the binding of factor VIIa to tissue factor (TF). It has been shown to prevent TF-induced thrombosis in animals. The present study is a substudy of the Active Site Inhibited Seven (ASIS) trial and examines the antithrombotic effect of 3 doses of FFR-rFVIIa in 24 patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Group 1 (n=9) received 400 µg/kg FFR-rFVIIa and 40 to 50 U/kg heparin, group 2 (n=7) received 200 µg/kg FFR-rFVIIa and 100 U/kg heparin, and group 3 (n=8) received 50 µg/kg FFR-rFVIIa and 100 U/kg heparin. Blood thrombogenicity was assessed as total thrombus area and fibrin deposition on the perfusion chamber at shear rate conditions typical of mild-moderate coronary stenosis. Baseline blood thrombogenicity was evaluated a day before PCI, after heparin administration. A second perfusion chamber study was performed just before PCI, 15 minutes after the administration of heparin and FFR-rFVIIa. Thrombus formation at a high shear rate was markedly reduced in groups 1 and 2 after drug administration, by 79% to 84% and 76% to 87%, respectively (P<0.004 [group 1], P<0.04 [group 2]). In group 3, moderate thrombus reduction of 46% to 48% was achieved (P<0.04). Fibrin deposition in all 3 groups was nearly eliminated after drug administration. Our data demonstrate that FFR-rFVIIa has a potent antithrombotic effect at different shear rates and severe arterial injury conditions.
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