Stuart J Connolly, Truman J Milling, John W Eikelboom, C Michael Gibson, John T Curnutte, Alex Gold, Michele D Bronson, Genmin Lu, Pamela B Conley, Peter Verhamme, Jeannot Schmidt, Saskia Middeldorp, Alexander T Cohen, Jan Beyer-Westendorf, Pierre Albaladejo, Jose Lopez-Sendon, Shelly Goodman, Janet Leeds, Brian L Wiens, Deborah M Siegal, Elena Zotova, Brandi Meeks, Juliet Nakamya, W Ting Lim, Mark Crowther
BACKGROUND: Andexanet alfa (andexanet) is a recombinant modified human factor Xa decoy protein that has been shown to reverse the inhibition of factor Xa in healthy volunteers. METHODS: In this multicenter, prospective, open-label, single-group study, we evaluated 67 patients who had acute major bleeding within 18 hours after the administration of a factor Xa inhibitor. The patients all received a bolus of andexanet followed by a 2-hour infusion of the drug. Patients were evaluated for changes in measures of anti-factor Xa activity and were assessed for clinical hemostatic efficacy during a 12-hour period...
September 22, 2016: New England Journal of Medicine