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Multi-national Study Investigating the Effect and Safety of rFXIII on Transfusion Needs in Patients Undergoing Heart Surgery

A Multi-Centre, Randomised, Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Trial on Efficacy and Safety of FXIII Replenishment With Two Different Doses of Recombinant Factor XIII Following Cardiopulmonary Bypass Surgery

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00914589
Enrollment
479
Registered
2009-06-05
Start date
2009-07-31
Completion date
2011-02-28
Last updated
2017-03-07

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Conditions

Acquired Bleeding Disorder, Cardiac Surgery Requiring Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Brief summary

This trial is conducted in Canada, Asia, Europe and USA. The aim of this clinical trial is to investigate the effect and safety of rFXIII on transfusion needs in patients undergoing heart surgery.

Interventions

Single dose via slow intravenous (i.v.) push at a rate not exceeding two mL per minute

DRUGplacebo

Single dose via slow intravenous (i.v.) push at a rate not exceeding two mL per minute

Sponsors

Novo Nordisk A/S
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* \- Planned coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) or CABG plus single heart valve replacement/repair or planned replacement/repair of a single heart valve

Exclusion criteria

* Known intolerance to protamine * Known or suspected allergy to the used antifibrinolytic agent * Refusal to receive blood or blood product * Planned surgery including the aortic arch and/or descending aorta * Planned surgery including any implantable ventricular assist device * Adult congenital heart diseases * Two or more previous cardiac surgery procedures * Any known autoimmune diseases: Collagen vascular disease (Systemic lupus erythematosus, Rheumatoid arthritis, Sjögrens syndrome) - Endocrine: hyperthyroidism (Graves disease), adrenal insufficiency, Hashimoto's thyroiditis - Neurologic: Multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis - Skin: pemphigous vulgaris Hematologic: Pernicious anaemia, Autoimmune haemolytic anaemia - Vasculitis - Primary or secondary antiphospholipid syndrome * Weight above 140 kg

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Percentage of Subjects Avoiding Any Allogeneic Transfusions for Seven Days Post-operative or Until Discharge, Whichever Came Firstmeasured ongoing from dosing until day 7 or discharge, whichever came firstProportion of patients avoiding blood products given via allogeneic transfusion. Blood products were defined as any of the following: RBC, platelets, FFP, fibrinogen concentrate and clotting factor(s) concentrate, including cryoprecipitate.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Percentage of Subjects With Thromboembolic Eventsmeasured from screening until 5-7 weeks post Trial Drug AdministrationPercentage of subjects with thromboembolic events (AMI, cerebrovascular thromboembolic event, peripheral artery occlusion, DVT, pulmonary embolism) until end of trial
Percentage of Subjects With rFXIII Antibody Reactionmeasured from screening until 5-7 weeks post Trial Drug AdministrationImmunogenicity as number of subjects who manifested FXIII antibody reaction until end of trial. The percentage may be derived from the number of subjects treated with rFXIII with available antibody measurement at visit 8.
Percentage of Subjects With Critical Adverse Eventsmeasured from screening until 5-7 weeks post Trial Drug AdministrationPercentage of subjects with critical adverse events (thromboembolic events (AMI, cerebrovascular thromboembolic event, peripheral artery occlusion, DVT, pulmonary embolism), renal dysfunction, re-operation and death) until end of trial
Percentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse Eventsmeasured from screening until 5-7 weeks post Trial Drug AdministrationPercentage of subjects with serious adverse events until end of trial.

Countries

Canada, Denmark, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

Participant flow

Recruitment details

Of a total of 32 initiated trial sites, 30 sites randomised and dosed at least one patient. The country distribution for these 30 sites was as follows (number of sites per country in parenthesis): Canada (5), Denmark (1), Germany (4), Great Britain (3), Israel (2), Italy (2), Japan (4), Spain (3) and the United States (6).

Pre-assignment details

Seventy (70) of 479 subjects randomised in the trial were withdrawn before trial product administration.

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Placebo
Recombinant factor XIII placebo was administered as a single dose via slow i.v. push at a rate not exceeding two mL per minute.
128
FXIII17.5IU/Kg
Recombinant factor XIII at a single dose of 17.5 IU/kg lean body mass (LBM) was administered via slow i.v. push at a rate not exceeding two mL per minute.
143
FXIII35IU/Kg
Recombinant factor XIII at a single dose of 35 IU/kg lean body mass (LBM) was administered via slow i.v. push at a rate not exceeding two mL per minute.
138
Total409

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000FG001FG002
Overall StudyAdverse Event101
Overall StudyDeath011
Overall StudyProtocol Violation863
Overall Studyunclassified1697

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicPlaceboFXIII17.5IU/KgFXIII35IU/KgTotal
Age, Continuous68.8 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 8.4
68.7 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 9
69.0 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 7.9
68.8 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 8.4
Sex: Female, Male
Female
28 Participants24 Participants21 Participants73 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
100 Participants119 Participants117 Participants336 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
EG002
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
— / —— / —— / —
other
Total, other adverse events
120 / 128129 / 143128 / 138
serious
Total, serious adverse events
35 / 12843 / 14332 / 138

Outcome results

Primary

Percentage of Subjects Avoiding Any Allogeneic Transfusions for Seven Days Post-operative or Until Discharge, Whichever Came First

Proportion of patients avoiding blood products given via allogeneic transfusion. Blood products were defined as any of the following: RBC, platelets, FFP, fibrinogen concentrate and clotting factor(s) concentrate, including cryoprecipitate.

Time frame: measured ongoing from dosing until day 7 or discharge, whichever came first

Population: Full analysis set consisted of all subjects who were randomised and exposed to randomised treatment.

ArmMeasureGroupValue (NUMBER)
PlaceboPercentage of Subjects Avoiding Any Allogeneic Transfusions for Seven Days Post-operative or Until Discharge, Whichever Came FirstTransfused35.2 percentage (%) of subjects
PlaceboPercentage of Subjects Avoiding Any Allogeneic Transfusions for Seven Days Post-operative or Until Discharge, Whichever Came FirstNot transfused64.8 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII17.5IU/KgPercentage of Subjects Avoiding Any Allogeneic Transfusions for Seven Days Post-operative or Until Discharge, Whichever Came FirstTransfused35.7 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII17.5IU/KgPercentage of Subjects Avoiding Any Allogeneic Transfusions for Seven Days Post-operative or Until Discharge, Whichever Came FirstNot transfused64.3 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII35IU/KgPercentage of Subjects Avoiding Any Allogeneic Transfusions for Seven Days Post-operative or Until Discharge, Whichever Came FirstTransfused34.1 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII35IU/KgPercentage of Subjects Avoiding Any Allogeneic Transfusions for Seven Days Post-operative or Until Discharge, Whichever Came FirstNot transfused65.9 percentage (%) of subjects
p-value: 0.864895% CI: [0.6095, 1.8029]Regression, Logistic
p-value: 0.963495% CI: [0.5673, 1.7176]Regression, Logistic
Secondary

Percentage of Subjects With Critical Adverse Events

Percentage of subjects with critical adverse events (thromboembolic events (AMI, cerebrovascular thromboembolic event, peripheral artery occlusion, DVT, pulmonary embolism), renal dysfunction, re-operation and death) until end of trial

Time frame: measured from screening until 5-7 weeks post Trial Drug Administration

Population: The safety analysis set included all subjects who were exposed to at least one dose of trial product.

ArmMeasureGroupValue (NUMBER)
PlaceboPercentage of Subjects With Critical Adverse EventsAll events14.84 percentage (%) of subjects
PlaceboPercentage of Subjects With Critical Adverse EventsPeri-operative Acute Myocardial Infarcti6.25 percentage (%) of subjects
PlaceboPercentage of Subjects With Critical Adverse EventsRenal dysfunction7.03 percentage (%) of subjects
PlaceboPercentage of Subjects With Critical Adverse EventsRe-operation1.56 percentage (%) of subjects
PlaceboPercentage of Subjects With Critical Adverse EventsCerebrovascular Thromboembolic Event2.34 percentage (%) of subjects
PlaceboPercentage of Subjects With Critical Adverse EventsDeath0.00 percentage (%) of subjects
PlaceboPercentage of Subjects With Critical Adverse EventsDeep vein thrombosis0.78 percentage (%) of subjects
PlaceboPercentage of Subjects With Critical Adverse EventsPeripheral artery Occlusion0.00 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII17.5IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Critical Adverse EventsRenal dysfunction6.99 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII17.5IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Critical Adverse EventsDeep vein thrombosis0.00 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII17.5IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Critical Adverse EventsRe-operation5.59 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII17.5IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Critical Adverse EventsCerebrovascular Thromboembolic Event1.40 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII17.5IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Critical Adverse EventsDeath0.70 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII17.5IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Critical Adverse EventsAll events16.78 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII17.5IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Critical Adverse EventsPeri-operative Acute Myocardial Infarcti6.99 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII17.5IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Critical Adverse EventsPeripheral artery Occlusion0.00 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII35IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Critical Adverse EventsRenal dysfunction3.62 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII35IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Critical Adverse EventsPeri-operative Acute Myocardial Infarcti5.07 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII35IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Critical Adverse EventsAll events11.59 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII35IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Critical Adverse EventsRe-operation2.90 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII35IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Critical Adverse EventsDeep vein thrombosis0.72 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII35IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Critical Adverse EventsDeath0.72 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII35IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Critical Adverse EventsCerebrovascular Thromboembolic Event0.00 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII35IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Critical Adverse EventsPeripheral artery Occlusion0.72 percentage (%) of subjects
Secondary

Percentage of Subjects With rFXIII Antibody Reaction

Immunogenicity as number of subjects who manifested FXIII antibody reaction until end of trial. The percentage may be derived from the number of subjects treated with rFXIII with available antibody measurement at visit 8.

Time frame: measured from screening until 5-7 weeks post Trial Drug Administration

Population: Safety analysis set includes all subj. exposed to at least one dose of trial product. 1 subj with a low titre antibody at baseline was also reported with low titre FXIII antibody at visit 8. 27, 19 and 17 subjects in placebo, FXIII 17.5 and 35 IU/KG, respectively, did not have antibody measurement.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
PlaceboPercentage of Subjects With rFXIII Antibody Reaction0 participants
FXIII17.5IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With rFXIII Antibody Reaction1 participants
FXIII35IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With rFXIII Antibody Reaction0 participants
Secondary

Percentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse Events

Percentage of subjects with serious adverse events until end of trial.

Time frame: measured from screening until 5-7 weeks post Trial Drug Administration

Population: The safety analysis set included all subjects who were exposed to at least one dose of trial product.

ArmMeasureGroupValue (NUMBER)
PlaceboPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsGeneral disorders and administration sit1.56 percentage (%) of subjects
PlaceboPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsCardiac disorders8.59 percentage (%) of subjects
PlaceboPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsEye disorders0.00 percentage (%) of subjects
PlaceboPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsGastrointestinal disorders1.56 percentage (%) of subjects
PlaceboPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsBlood and lymphatic system disorders0.00 percentage (%) of subjects
PlaceboPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsInfections and infestations5.47 percentage (%) of subjects
PlaceboPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsInjury, poisoning and procedural compli2.34 percentage (%) of subjects
PlaceboPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsInvestigations0.00 percentage (%) of subjects
PlaceboPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsMusculoskeletal and connective tissue d0.00 percentage (%) of subjects
PlaceboPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsNeoplasms benign, malignant and unspecif0.78 percentage (%) of subjects
PlaceboPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsNervous system disorders3.91 percentage (%) of subjects
PlaceboPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsPsychiatric disorders0.00 percentage (%) of subjects
PlaceboPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsRenal and urinary disorders1.56 percentage (%) of subjects
PlaceboPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal d7.03 percentage (%) of subjects
PlaceboPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsSkin and subcutaneous tissue disorders0.78 percentage (%) of subjects
PlaceboPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsVascular disorders1.56 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII17.5IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsInfections and infestations5.59 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII17.5IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsInjury, poisoning and procedural compli4.90 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII17.5IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsInvestigations0.00 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII17.5IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal d6.29 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII17.5IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsMusculoskeletal and connective tissue d0.70 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII17.5IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsNeoplasms benign, malignant and unspecif0.00 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII17.5IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsVascular disorders1.40 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII17.5IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsNervous system disorders2.80 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII17.5IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsBlood and lymphatic system disorders0.70 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII17.5IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsSkin and subcutaneous tissue disorders0.00 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII17.5IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsCardiac disorders12.59 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII17.5IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsPsychiatric disorders0.70 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII17.5IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsEye disorders0.70 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII17.5IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsGastrointestinal disorders0.70 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII17.5IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsGeneral disorders and administration sit0.00 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII17.5IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsRenal and urinary disorders2.10 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII35IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsNervous system disorders2.17 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII35IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsInfections and infestations3.62 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII35IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsRenal and urinary disorders2.17 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII35IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsEye disorders0.00 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII35IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsInjury, poisoning and procedural compli2.90 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII35IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsVascular disorders1.45 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII35IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsBlood and lymphatic system disorders0.00 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII35IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsInvestigations0.72 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII35IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsPsychiatric disorders0.72 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII35IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsGeneral disorders and administration sit2.17 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII35IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsMusculoskeletal and connective tissue d0.00 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII35IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal d7.25 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII35IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsCardiac disorders7.25 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII35IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsNeoplasms benign, malignant and unspecif0.00 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII35IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsGastrointestinal disorders0.00 percentage (%) of subjects
FXIII35IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Serious Adverse EventsSkin and subcutaneous tissue disorders0.00 percentage (%) of subjects
Secondary

Percentage of Subjects With Thromboembolic Events

Percentage of subjects with thromboembolic events (AMI, cerebrovascular thromboembolic event, peripheral artery occlusion, DVT, pulmonary embolism) until end of trial

Time frame: measured from screening until 5-7 weeks post Trial Drug Administration

Population: The safety analysis set included all subjects who were exposed to at least one dose of trial product.

ArmMeasureGroupValue (NUMBER)
PlaceboPercentage of Subjects With Thromboembolic EventsDeep vein thrombosis0.78 percentage of subjects
PlaceboPercentage of Subjects With Thromboembolic EventsCerebrovascular Thromboembolic Event2.34 percentage of subjects
PlaceboPercentage of Subjects With Thromboembolic EventsAll events9.38 percentage of subjects
PlaceboPercentage of Subjects With Thromboembolic EventsPeri-operative Acute Myocardial infarcti6.25 percentage of subjects
PlaceboPercentage of Subjects With Thromboembolic EventsPeripheral Artery Occlusion0.00 percentage of subjects
FXIII17.5IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Thromboembolic EventsCerebrovascular Thromboembolic Event1.40 percentage of subjects
FXIII17.5IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Thromboembolic EventsAll events8.39 percentage of subjects
FXIII17.5IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Thromboembolic EventsPeri-operative Acute Myocardial infarcti6.99 percentage of subjects
FXIII17.5IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Thromboembolic EventsDeep vein thrombosis0.00 percentage of subjects
FXIII17.5IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Thromboembolic EventsPeripheral Artery Occlusion0.00 percentage of subjects
FXIII35IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Thromboembolic EventsPeripheral Artery Occlusion0.72 percentage of subjects
FXIII35IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Thromboembolic EventsDeep vein thrombosis0.72 percentage of subjects
FXIII35IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Thromboembolic EventsAll events6.52 percentage of subjects
FXIII35IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Thromboembolic EventsCerebrovascular Thromboembolic Event0.00 percentage of subjects
FXIII35IU/KgPercentage of Subjects With Thromboembolic EventsPeri-operative Acute Myocardial infarcti5.07 percentage of subjects

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 23, 2026