Thrombin Generation Assay (TGA) as Predictive Test for Haemostatic. Effectiveness of FVIII Concentrates in Haemophiliac A With Inhibitors

NCT ID: NCT01505946

Last Updated: 2013-06-17

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

25 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-03-31

Study Completion Date

2016-06-30

Brief Summary

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This is an observational, prospective, longitudinal, multicenter, cohort study designed with the scope to verify whether or not TGA may predict effectiveness of different FVIII concentrates class (devoid or rich of VWF) in patient affected by severe or moderately severe inherited haemophilia A and inhibitors.

Detailed Description

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Rationale:

Hemophilia A is a serious and common hereditary bleeding disorder caused by deficiency of coagulation factor VIII (FVIII). Patients with this disease are treated with recombinant factor VIII or factor VIII concentrates derived from plasma.

Administration of exogenous FVIII in 15-35% of cases, cause the formation of antibodies to FVIII (inhibitors) that neutralize the activity of factor VIII, making the treatment ineffective.The development of inhibitors of factor VIII (FVIII) is the most serious and challenging complication of the treatment of hemophilia A and represents the highest economic burden for a chronic disease. Therefore, research is making great efforts to optimize the best therapeutic approach for the disease.

It has been observed that FVIII inhibitors display a wide range of immunoreactivity when tested against different classes of FVIII concentrates (with/without von Willebrand factor -VWF). It has been demonstrated that the different inhibitors reactivity may correlate with different ability of inhibitors to impair thrombin generation, as tested by Thrombin Generation Assay (TGA). In these patients TGA assay might be a tool to predict which FVIII concentrate has the greater haemostatic effectiveness.

It is also uncertain if the different classes of FVIII used in ITI protocols may have a different effectiveness in reducing the occurrence of BT bleedings and if this may correlate to lower reactivity, epitope specificity, VWF content and may be predicted by TGA. It would be very helpful to be able to give an evidence based diagnostic and prognostic instrument, the TGA, to aid physician to optimize the therapy for all inhibitors patients.

Conditions

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Severe Hemophilia A With Inhibitor

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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LOW RESPONDERS

Documented low anamnestic response after FVIII exposure (FVIII inhibitors titre \>0.6 and \< 5 BU/ml tested by Bethesda assay, Nijmegen modification). Patients who have never been submitted to ITI and also those patients who have completed ITI with partial success (defined as inhibitors titre \>0.6 and \< 5 BU/ml and no increase in the INH titer \> 5 BU over treatment with FVIII)

TGA (Thrombin generation Assay)

Intervention Type OTHER

TGA will be performed on plasma in order to evaluate differences in the ability to stimulate the thrombin generation among the different class of FVIII concentrates and possibly identify the "most effective". The TGA will be quarterly repeated in order to verify if it is also adequate to check the therapy effectiveness during the study period

HIGH RESPONDERS

Patients who documented high response after FVIII exposure (FVIII inhibitors titre \> 5 BU/ml tested by Bethesda assay, Nijmegen modification) and who are potential candidates to a first or rescue ITI

TGA (Thrombin generation Assay)

Intervention Type OTHER

TGA will be performed on plasma in order to evaluate differences in the ability to stimulate the thrombin generation among the different class of FVIII concentrates and possibly identify the "most effective". The TGA will be quarterly repeated in order to verify if it is also adequate to check the therapy effectiveness during the study period

Interventions

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TGA (Thrombin generation Assay)

TGA will be performed on plasma in order to evaluate differences in the ability to stimulate the thrombin generation among the different class of FVIII concentrates and possibly identify the "most effective". The TGA will be quarterly repeated in order to verify if it is also adequate to check the therapy effectiveness during the study period

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Diagnosis of inherited, severe (FVIII:C \< 1%) or moderately severe haemophilia A (FVIII ≤ 2%)
* Any age
* Ability to comply with study methods and willingness to participate to the study
* Written informed consent.

FOR THE LOW RESPONDERS COHORT

\- Documented low anamnestic response after FVIII exposure (FVIII inhibitors titre \>0.6 and \< 5 BU/ml tested by Bethesda assay, Nijmegen modification). It will be included in this study those patients who have never been submitted to ITI and also those patients who have completed ITI with partial success (defined as inhibitors titre \>0.6 and \< 5 BU/ml and no increase in the INH titer \> 5 BU over treatment with FVIII)


* Documented high response after FVIII exposure (FVIII inhibitors titre \> 5 BU/ml tested by Bethesda assay, Nijmegen modification). It will be included in this study those patients who are potential candidates to a first or rescue ITI.
* Any historical peak ≥ 5 BU

Exclusion Criteria

* Diagnosis of acquired haemophilia
* Diagnosis of inherited mild haemophilia A (FVIII \> 2%)
* Life expectancy lower than 1 year
* Psychiatric illness and any other conditions may impair ability to comply with study methods
Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Thrombinoscope

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Grifols Italia S.p.A

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Elena Santagostino, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Angelo Bianchi Bonomi" Haemophilia Thrombosis Centre I.R.C.S.S. Maggiore Hospital and University of Milan Via Pace 9, 20122 Milan - Italy

Locations

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Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Consorziale Policlinico di Bari

Bari, Apulia, Italy

Site Status ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Ospedale Civile dell' Annunziata

Cosenza, Calabria, Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

Az. Universitaria Policlinico "Federico II" Dip. Assist. di Clinica Medica

Napoli, Campania, Italy

Site Status ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

UO Angiologia e Malattie della Coagulazione "Marino Golinelli" Az Osp. Policlinico S. Orsola Malpighi

Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

Azienda Ospedaliera "Santa Maria della Misericordia"

Udine, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

Ematologia Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Cellulari Università La Sapienza - Policlinico Umberto I

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Site Status ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù di Roma

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

Università Cattolica - Policlinico A. Gemelli

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Site Status ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Centro di Riferimento Emostasi e Trombosi in età pediatrica Ospedale dei bambini G. Di Cristina

Palermo, Palermo, Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

Azienda Ospedialiera Ospedale Infantile Regina Margherita - S.Anna

Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

Ospedale Le Molinette "S. G. Battista"

Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

Agenzia per l'Emofilia Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi

Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

Az. Ospedaliera di Padova, Clinica Medica IIa

Padua, Veneto, Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

Azienda Ospedaliera Univesitaria Integrata di Verona - Borgo Roma

Verona, Veneto, Italy

Site Status ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Dipartimento di Terapie Cellulari ed Ematologia Ospedale San Bortolo

Vicenza, Veneto, Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Italy

Central Contacts

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Elena Santagostino, Scientific Coordinator

Role: CONTACT

+39 02 55035273

Elisa Mancuso

Role: CONTACT

+39 02 55035273

Facility Contacts

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Filomena Daniele, MD

Role: primary

Lelia Valdrè, MD

Role: primary

Giovanni Barillari, MD

Role: primary

Matteo Luciani, MD

Role: primary

Fabio Gagliano, Physician

Role: primary

Maria Messina, MD

Role: primary

Alessandra Borchiellini, MD

Role: primary

Massimo Morfini, MD

Role: primary

Ezio Zanon, MD

Role: primary

Giancarlo Castaman, MD

Role: primary

References

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Other Identifiers

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373

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

PredicTGA

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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