Studies have shown, in haemophilia patients, the effectiveness of Anti TFPI antibody (aTFPIAb) to prevent joint and muscular bleeding (tissues poor in Tissue Factor (TF)). However, cases of cerebral thrombosis (tissues rich in TF) have been observed in some patients treated with this antibody. Because an inter-individual variation in thrombin generation correction by aTFPIAb, an aTFPIAb concentration effective at low TF concentration could be at the same time thrombogenic at high TF concentration.
The aim of this study is to determine, for each patient, the minimum concentration of aTFPIAb necessary to restore thrombin generation in the presence of low (1pM) TF concentration and to evaluate at this concentration of aTFPIAb a potential thrombogenic effect in the presence of a high (10pM) TF concentration.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
20
Thrombin generation will be measured in Platelets rich plasma induced either by 1 pM TF or 10 pM TF concentration in presence of different aTFPIAb concentrations (0; 0.5 µg/ml; 0.75 µg/ml; 1.0 µg/ml; 2.0 µg/ml; 4.0 µg/ml)
CHU Saint-Etienne
Saint-Etienne, France
minimum concentration of anti-TFPI antibody
Determine the minimum concentration of anti-TFPI antibody (µg/ml) that normalizes the peak to 1 pM FT
Time frame: day 1
Measurement of the clot structure
Measurement of the clot structure (density fibers in g/cm3) by scanning electron microscopy
Time frame: day 1
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