PMID- 34430790 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20240403 IS - 2475-0379 (Electronic) IS - 2475-0379 (Linking) VI - 5 IP - 6 DP - 2021 Aug TI - Subcutaneous engineered factor VIIa marzeptacog alfa (activated) in hemophilia with inhibitors: Phase 2 trial of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, efficacy, and safety. PG - e12576 LID - 10.1002/rth2.12576 [doi] LID - e12576 AB - BACKGROUND: Marzeptacog alfa (activated) (MarzAA), a novel recombinant activated human factor VII (FVIIa) variant, was developed to provide increased procoagulant activity, subcutaneous (SC) administration, and longer duration of action in people with hemophilia. OBJECTIVES: To investigate if daily SC administration of MarzAA in subjects with inhibitors can provide effective prophylaxis. METHODS: This multicenter, open-label phase 2 trial (NCT03407651) enrolled men with severe congenital hemophilia with an inhibitor. All subjects had a baseline annualized bleeding rate (ABR) of >/=12 events/year. Subjects received a single 18 mug/kg intravenous dose of MarzAA to measure 24-hour pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamics (PD), single 30 mug/kg SC dose to measure 48-hour PK/PD, then daily SC 30 mug/kg MarzAA for 50 days. If spontaneous bleeding occurred, the dose was sequentially escalated to 60, 90, or 120 mug/kg, with 50 days at the final effective dose without spontaneous bleeding to proceed to a 30-day follow-up. The primary end point was reduction in ABR. Secondary end points were safety, tolerability, and antidrug antibody (ADA) formation. RESULTS: In the 11 subjects, the mean ABR significantly reduced from 19.8 to 1.6, and the mean proportion of days with bleeding significantly reduced from 12.3% to 0.8%. Of a total of 517 SC doses, six injection site reactions in two subjects were reported. No ADAs were detected. One fatal unrelated serious adverse event occurred: intracerebral hemorrhage due to untreated hypertension. CONCLUSIONS: The data demonstrated that MarzAA was highly efficacious for prophylactic treatment in patients with inhibitors by significantly decreasing bleed frequency and duration of bleeding episodes. CI - (c) 2021 Catalyst Biosciences. Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH). FAU - Mahlangu, Johnny AU - Mahlangu J AD - Haemophilia Comprehensive Care Center Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital University of the Witwatersrand and NHLS Johannesburg South Africa. FAU - Levy, Howard AU - Levy H AD - Catalyst Biosciences South San Francisco CA USA. FAU - Kosinova, Marina V AU - Kosinova MV AD - Hematology Kemerovo Regional Clinical Hospital Kemerovo Russia. FAU - Khachatryan, Heghine AU - Khachatryan H AD - R.H. Yeolyan Hemophilia and Thrombophilia Center Yerevan Republic of Armenia. FAU - Korczowski, Bartosz AU - Korczowski B AD - Institute of Medical Sciences College of Medical Sciences of the University of Rzeszow, University of Rzeszow Rzeszow Poland. FAU - Makhaldiani, Levani AU - Makhaldiani L AD - K. Eristavi National Center of Experimental and Clinical Surgery Tbilisi Georgia. FAU - Iosava, Genadi AU - Iosava G AD - Institute of Hematology and Transfusiology Tbilisi Georgia. FAU - Lee, Martin AU - Lee M AD - Fielding School of Public Health University of California Los Angeles Los Angeles CA USA. FAU - Del Greco, Frank AU - Del Greco F AD - Catalyst Biosciences South San Francisco CA USA. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210817 PL - United States TA - Res Pract Thromb Haemost JT - Research and practice in thrombosis and haemostasis JID - 101703775 PMC - PMC8371347 OTO - NOTNLM OT - *hemophilia OT - *marzeptacog alfa (activated) OT - *prophylaxis OT - *recombinant FVIIa OT - *subcutaneous injection EDAT- 2021/08/26 06:00 MHDA- 2021/08/26 06:01 PMCR- 2021/08/17 CRDT- 2021/08/25 06:30 PHST- 2021/06/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/07/15 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/07/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/08/25 06:30 [entrez] PHST- 2021/08/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/08/26 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2021/08/17 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S2475-0379(22)01441-8 [pii] AID - RTH212576 [pii] AID - 10.1002/rth2.12576 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Res Pract Thromb Haemost. 2021 Aug 17;5(6):e12576. doi: 10.1002/rth2.12576. eCollection 2021 Aug.