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Trial reportThrombosis and haemostasis2021

Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Emicizumab in Persons with Hemophilia A with Factor VIII Inhibitors: HAVEN 1 Study.

Christophe Schmitt, Joanne I Adamkewicz, Jin Xu, Claire Petry, Olivier Catalani, Guy Young, Claude Negrier, Michael U Callaghan, Gallia G Levy

Registry-linked trialOpen access · hybridAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase IIIMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Thrombosis and haemostasis, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02622321 (A Randomized, Multicenter, Open-Label, Phase III Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, and Pharmacokinetics of Prophylactic Emicizumab Versus no Prophylaxis in Hemophilia A Patients With Inhibitors), which is not on this map. Cited by 46 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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46citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
7.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT02622321 phase3completednot on this map

A Randomized, Multicenter, Open-Label, Phase III Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, and Pharmacokinetics of Prophylactic Emicizumab Versus no Prophylaxis in Hemophilia A Patients With Inhibitors

TypeinterventionalSponsorHoffmann-La RocheRan2015 to 2020Enrolled113ConditionsHemophilia AArmsEmicizumab, rFVIIa, aPCC
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 94 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Outcomes of Emicizumab in Acquired Hemophilia Patients: A Systematic Review.Clinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis : official journal of the International Academy of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis
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  7. Emicizumab dose up-titration in case of suboptimal bleeding control in people with haemophilia A.Haemophilia : the official journal of the World Federation of Hemophilia · 2023
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  11. Factor VIIIResearch and practice in thrombosis and haemostasis · 2026
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  15. Estimating the Factor VIII-Equivalent Activity of Emicizumab Using Global Assays of Haemostasis.Haemophilia : the official journal of the World Federation of Hemophilia · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Christophe SchmittDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basel, Switzerland.
Joanne I AdamkewiczDepartment of Oncology Biomarker Development, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States.
Jin XuDepartment of Clinical Research, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States.
Claire PetryDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basel, Switzerland.
Olivier CatalaniDepartment of Pharma-Development, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basel, Switzerland.
Guy YoungHemostasis and Thrombosis Program, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States.
Claude NegrierHematology Department, Louis Pradel Hospital, University Claude Bernard, Lyon, France.
Michael U CallaghanDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan, United States.
Gallia G LevyDepartment of Pharma Development, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States.
Roche (Switzerland) · CHChildren's Hospital of Los Angeles · USHôpital Louis Pradel · FRMichigan United · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Emicizumab, a bispecific monoclonal antibody, bridges activated factor IX (FIXa) and FX, replacing the function of missing FVIIIa to restore effective hemostasis in persons with hemophilia A (PwHA). Here we assess pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) biomarkers in PwHA with FVIII inhibitors in the Phase III HAVEN 1 study (NCT02622321). Blood samples from 112 PwHA receiving 1.5 mg/kg once-weekly subcutaneous emicizumab were analyzed at central laboratories. Emicizumab concentrations for PK analysis were measured via validated immunoassay. PD effects were assessed using FVIII chromogenic activity assay containing human factors (Hyphen Biophen FVIII:C), and by FXIa-triggered thrombin generation (TG). Activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT), prothrombin time (PT), antigen levels of FIX and FX, fibrinogen, D-dimer, and prothrombin fragment 1.2 (PF1.2) levels were determined. Emicizumab trough concentrations ≥ 50 µg/mL were maintained throughout the study. FVIII-like activity and TG (peak height) correlated with emicizumab concentrations and remained above 20 U/dL and 100 nM, respectively, with a weekly maintenance dose, theoretically converting persons with severe hemophilia A to a mild disease phenotype. aPTT was normalized at subtherapeutic concentrations of emicizumab. Plasma concentrations of target antigens FIX and FX were not significantly affected by emicizumab treatment; nor were fibrinogen, PT (international normalized ratio), D-dimer, or PF1.2. The PK profile of once-weekly emicizumab in HAVEN 1 provides sustained therapeutic plasma levels, consistent with population PK models. Both the PK profile and the PD and safety biomarkers are consistent with the established efficacy of emicizumab prophylaxis in PwHA with FVIII inhibitors.

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AdolescentAdultAgedAntibodies, BispecificAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedBlood CoagulationChildFactor VIIIHemophilia AHumansMaleMiddle AgedTreatment OutcomeYoung AdultAntibodies, BispecificAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedemicizumabFactor VIII

Identifiers

PMID33086400
PMCPMC7895541
OpenAlexW3094025934

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