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ArticleHaemophilia : the official journal of the World Federation of Hemophilia

Investigation of the Suitability of the ROTEM Assay to Measure Coagulation Potential in Blood From Patients on Concizumab Prophylaxis.

Hermann Eichler, Nora V Butta, Anne Riddell, Cecilia Augustsson, Marianne Kjalke, Kasper Jensen, Andrea Paramo-Florencio, Jan Astermark, Pratima Chowdary, Victor Jiménez-Yuste

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  1. Laboratory Challenges in the Era of Novel Haemophilia Therapies.Transfusion medicine and hemotherapy : offizielles Organ der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Transfusionsmedizin und Immunhamatologie · 2026
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  3. Updates on Novel Non-Replacement Drugs for Hemophilia.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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10 authors.

Hermann EichlerInstitute of Clinical Haemostaseology and Transfusion Medicine, Saarland University and Saarland University Hospital, Homburg, Germany.
Nora V ButtaDepartment of Haematology, La Paz University Hospital, Coagulopathies and Disorders of Haemostasis Group IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain.
Anne RiddellKD Haemophilia and Thrombosis Centre, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK.
Cecilia AugustssonDepartment of Clinical Chemistry and Pharmacology, University and Regional Laboratories Region Skåne, Malmö, Sweden.
Marianne KjalkeNovo Nordisk A/S, Måløv, Denmark.
Kasper JensenNovo Nordisk A/S, Måløv, Denmark.
Andrea Paramo-FlorencioNovo Nordisk A/S, Aalborg, Denmark.
Jan AstermarkCentre for Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden.
Pratima ChowdaryKD Haemophilia and Thrombosis Centre, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK.
Victor Jiménez-YusteDepartment of Haematology, La Paz University Hospital, Coagulopathies and Disorders of Haemostasis Group IdiPaz, Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain.

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Novo Nordisk A/S
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRotational thromboelastometry (ROTEM) aims to measure the coagulation potential in whole blood. Concizumab, an anti-tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI) antibody for prophylaxis in haemophilia, enhances tissue factor (TF)-initiated coagulation by preventing inhibition of activated factor X (FXa), thus increasing thrombin generation.

objectivesTo evaluate a modified ROTEM assay for monitoring patients on concizumab prophylaxis.

methodsThe TF reagent (r_exTEM) was diluted 50,000-fold to make the ROTEM assay sensitive to haemophilia and to concizumab. The effect of concizumab was evaluated in the modified ROTEM in haemophilia A (HA)-like blood (normal blood with added anti-FVIII antibody). ROTEM analysis was performed in blood from patients participating in the explorer7/8 trials during 24 weeks of concizumab prophylaxis. Rotrol N plasma was used as quality control.

resultsIn vitro experiments showed concizumab concentration-dependent reduction in clot time (CT) and increase in clot development (α-angle) in HA-like blood. At three of four clinical sites, CT and clot development were stable, variance of the control plasma was ≤12.4% and TF content of the diluted reagent (r_exTEM) was consistent. At these three sites, the correlation between CT versus concizumab exposure, free TFPI and thrombin generation assay parameters was weak (-0.508 to +0.359). Prothrombin time positively correlated with CT (0.523) and negatively correlated with α-angle (-0.659).

conclusionDue to the poor correlation between ROTEM parameters, concizumab exposure, free TFPI and thrombin generation parameters and the lack of consistent and reliable performance of the modified ROTEM assay, it cannot be recommended for general monitoring of patients on concizumab prophylaxis.

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Antibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedBlood CoagulationHemophilia AThrombelastographyBlood Coagulation TestsHumansMaleAntibodies, Monoclonal, Humanizedconcizumabblood coagulation testsconcizumabhaemophilia Ahaemophilia Bhaemostasisthromboelastometry

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PMCPMC12984451

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