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ArticleHaemophilia : the official journal of the World Federation of Hemophilia2021

Exploratory in vitro evaluation of thrombin generation of eptacog beta (recombinant human fviia) and emicizumab in congenital haemophilia A plasma.

Jerry Grandoni, Véronique Duretz, Daniel Bonzo, Sean Evans, Jean-Luc Plantier

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Article in Haemophilia : the official journal of the World Federation of Hemophilia, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Safety and Use of Eptacog Beta 225 µg/kg in Patients With Haemophilia A or B With Inhibitors.Haemophilia : the official journal of the World Federation of Hemophilia · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jerry GrandoniLFB USA, Framingham, MA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7005-7852
Véronique DuretzLFB Biotechnologies, Les Ulis, France.
Daniel BonzoLFB USA, Framingham, MA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9763-3597
Sean EvansLFB USA, Framingham, MA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2908-8942
Jean-Luc PlantierLFB Biotechnologies, Les Ulis, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0175-9516
LFB (United States) · USLFB (France) · FR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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aimEptacog beta is a recombinant activated human factor VII approved to treat and control bleeding in haemophilia A and B patients with inhibitors. Emicizumab is a factor VIIIa mimetic antibody approved for prophylactic treatment of haemophilia A with and without inhibitors (HAI and HA, respectively). Inhibitor patients treated with emicizumab should expect breakthrough bleeding that requires bypassing agent treatment to restore haemostasis. The aim of this study is to quantify the in vitro thrombin generation induced by the addition of eptacog beta to HAI and HA plasma containing emicizumab.

methodsThrombin generation assays were performed using HAI and HA plasma. Thrombin generation parameters were examined using a fixed effects model with inhibitor titre, eptacog beta concentration and emicizumab concentration as main effects, and eptacog beta concentration with inhibitor and emicizumab concentration with inhibitor as interaction effects.

resultsA significant increase in peak thrombin, ETP and velocity was observed when combinations of eptacog beta (0, 1, 2 or 5 µg/ml) and emicizumab (0, 50 or 100 µg/ml) were evaluated in HA and HAI plasma; the effect remained below that observed in Normal Plasma (NP). A small shortening of lag time below that of NP was observed.

conclusionsEptacog beta and emicizumab induced thrombin generation in haemophilia A plasma (with and without inhibitors) with the thrombin generation parameters remaining below those of normal plasma. These data provide in vitro proof of concept supporting the concept of use of eptacog beta for the treatment and control of breakthrough bleeding in patients on emicizumab prophylaxis.

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Hemophilia AAntibodies, BispecificAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedFactor VIIaHumansRecombinant ProteinsThrombinAntibodies, BispecificAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedemicizumabFactor VIIarecombinant FVIIaRecombinant ProteinsThrombinemicizumabeptacog betahaemophilia AinhibitorsrFVIIasevenfactthrombin generation

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PMID33550714
PMCPMC8048629
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