کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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3026835 | 1579199 | 2016 | 7 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
• Caucasian hip or knee replacement patients with moderate renal impairment received dabigatran etexilate 150 mg once daily
• Four of 100 patients had major bleeds and none had venous thromboembolism
• Results support this dabigatran dose in this patient population
• Results suggest that, if needed, the diluted thrombin time can be used to quantify dabigatran concentrations
BackgroundIn adults with moderate renal impairment (creatinine clearance [CrCl] 30–50 mL/min) undergoing total hip or knee replacement (THR/TKR), the recommended dose of dabigatran etexilate is 150 mg once daily (qd). We investigated the steady state pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and safety in these patients.MethodsSingle-arm, open-label phase 4 study (NCT01184989) in Caucasian patients receiving dabigatran etexilate 75 mg 1–4 h after surgery and 150 mg qd on days 2–10 (TKR) or days 2–35 (THR). Plasma total dabigatran concentrations (day 6 ± 1) were determined by high-performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry and indirectly using the commercially available diluted thrombin time (dTT) assay (Hemoclot® Thrombin Inhibitors).ResultsOf 112 patients (mean CrCl 42.5 mL/min, age 79.1 years, 69.6% female), 100 completed the study. Geometric mean trough and peak dabigatran concentrations were 47.5 ng/mL (10th–90th percentile 19.7–120) and 166 ng/mL (49.1–364), respectively. There were four major bleeding events and no venous thromboembolic events. Dabigatran concentrations determined from dTT (and falling within the assay range of 50–500 ng/mL) underestimated actual values by 7.6% (90% confidence interval 5.3, 9.9), which is within the acceptance limits of ± 15%.ConclusionsThese findings in Caucasians with moderate renal impairment undergoing THR or TKR support the use of the 150 mg qd dose of dabigatran etexilate. With adequate set-up, calibration and quality control the dTT assay might be appropriate for situations, such as serious bleeding or a need for urgent surgery, where determination of dabigatran levels would be helpful.
Journal: Thrombosis Research - Volume 144, August 2016, Pages 158–164