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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Thromb Haemost 2019; 119(03): 368-376
DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1677700
Coagulation and Fibrinolysis
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Impact of Adopting Population Pharmacokinetics for Tailoring Prophylaxis in Haemophilia A Patients: A Historically Controlled Observational Study

Michaela Stemberger
1   Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, Klinikum der Universität München, Munich, Germany
2   Abteilung für Transfusionsmedizin, Zelltherapeutika und Hämostaseologie, Klinikum der Universität München, Munich, Germany
,
Felix Kallenbach
2   Abteilung für Transfusionsmedizin, Zelltherapeutika und Hämostaseologie, Klinikum der Universität München, Munich, Germany
,
Elisabeth Schmit
2   Abteilung für Transfusionsmedizin, Zelltherapeutika und Hämostaseologie, Klinikum der Universität München, Munich, Germany
,
Alanna McEneny-King
3   School of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
,
Federico Germini
4   Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
5   Department of Health Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
,
Cindy H. T. Yeung
4   Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
,
Andrea N. Edginton
3   School of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
,
Sylvia von Mackensen
6   Institut und Poliklinik für Medizinische Psychologie, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
,
Karin Kurnik
7   Zentrum für Pädiatrische Hämostaseologie, Dr. von Haunersches Kinderspital, Klinikum der Universität München, Munich, Germany
,
Alfonso Iorio
4   Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
8   McMaster-Bayer Chair for Clinical Epidemiology Research in Bleeding Disorders, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Funding The logistical operation of the study in Munich, including blood sampling and laboratory measurement for the PK studies, were sponsored by a research grant from Bayer Health Care and by Baxter Germany. The WAPPS-Hemo research program was solely supported by a B-CHERP grant, Association of the Hemophilia Centers Directors of Canada.
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26. September 2018

09. Dezember 2018

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27. Januar 2019 (online)

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Abstract

Background Performing individual pharmacokinetics (PK) studies in clinical practice can be simplified by adopting population PK-based profiling on limited post-infusion samples. The objective of this study was to assess the impact of population PK in tailoring prophylaxis in patients with haemophilia A.

Patients and Methods Individual weekly treatment plans were developed considering predicted plasma factor activity levels and patients' lifestyle. Patients were trained using a visual traffic-light scheme to help modulate their level of physical activity with respect to factor infusions timing. Annualized joint bleeding rate (ABJR), haemophilia-specific quality of life questionnaire for adults (Haemo-QoL-A) and factor utilization were measured for 12 months before and after tailoring, compared within patients and analysed separately for those previously on prophylaxis (P), situational prophylaxis (SP) or on-demand (OD).

Results Sixteen patients previously on P, 10 on SP and 10 on OD were enrolled in the study. The median (lower, upper quartile) ABJR changed from 2.0 (0, 4.0) to 0 (0, 1.6) for P (p = 0.003), from 2.0 (2.0, 13.6) to 3.0 (1.4, 7.2) for SP (p = 0.183) and from 16.0 (13.0, 25.0) to 2.3 (0, 5.0) for OD (p = 0.003). The Haemo-QoL-A total score improved for 58% of P, 50% of SP and 29% of OD patients. Factor utilization (IU/kg/patient/year) increased by 2,400 (121; 2,586) for P, 1,052 (308; 1,578) for SP and 2,086 (1,498; 2,576) for OD. One of 138 measurements demonstrated a factor activity level below the critical threshold of 0.03 IU/mL while the predicted level was above the threshold.

Conclusion Implementing tailored prophylaxis using a Bayesian forecasting approach in a routine clinical practice setting may improve haemophilia clinical outcomes.

Keywords

haemophilia - pharmacokinetics - prophylaxis - individualized - personalized

Authors' Contributions

M.S. and A.I. designed the study. M.S. coordinated the study. M.S. and K.K. conducted the study in Munich and collected the data. F.K. and E.S. performed the PK studies and laboratory assays. A.M.K. and A.N.E. performed the PopPK modelling and individual PopPK estimations. S.v.M. analysed the Haemo-QoL-A data. M.S., A.I., C.H.T.Y. and F.G. drafted the manuscript, analysed and interpreted the data. All the authors critically revised the manuscript and gave final approval to the current version.


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