• Anne-Sophie Ducloy-Bouthors, Sixtine Gilliot, Maeva Kyheng, David Faraoni, Alexandre Turbelin, Hawa Keita-Meyer, Agnès Rigouzzo, Gabriela Moyanotidou, Benjamin Constant, Francoise Broisin, Agnès L Gouez, Rémi Favier, Edith Peynaud, Louise Ghesquiere, Gilles Lebuffe, Alain Duhamel, Delphine Allorge, Sophie Susen, Benjamin Hennart, Emmanuelle Jeanpierre, Pascal Odou, and TRACES working group.
• Obstetric Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Jeanne de Flandre Women's Hospital, Lille University Medical Centre, Lille, France; Groupe de Recherche sur les formes Injectables et les Technologies Associées, ULR 7365, Université de Lille, Lille, France. Electronic address: anne-sophie.bouthors@chru-lille.fr.
• Br J Anaesth. 2022 Dec 1; 129 (6): 937945937-945.

BackgroundThe optimal dose of tranexamic acid to inhibit hyperfibrinolysis in postpartum haemorrhage is unclear. Tranexamic Acid to Reduce Blood Loss in Hemorrhagic Cesarean Delivery (TRACES) was a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised, multicentre dose-ranging study to determine the dose-effect relationship for two regimens of intravenous tranexamic acid vs placebo.MethodsWomen experiencing postpartum haemorrhage during Caesarean delivery were randomised to receive placebo (n=60), tranexamic acid 0.5 g (n=57), or tranexamic acid 1 g i.v. (n=58). Biomarkers of fibrinolytic activation were assayed at five time points, with inhibition of hyperfibrinolysis defined as reductions in the increase over baseline in D-dimer and plasmin-antiplasmin levels and in the plasmin peak time.ResultsIn the placebo group, hyperfibrinolysis was evidenced by a mean increase over baseline [95% confidence interval] of 93% [68-118] for D-dimer level at 120 min and 56% [25-87] for the plasmin-antiplasmin level at 30 min. A dose of tranexamic acid 1 g was associated with smaller increases over baseline (D-dimers: 38% [13-63] [P=0.003 vs placebo]; plasmin-antiplasmin: -2% [-32 to 28] [P=0.009 vs placebo]). A dose of tranexamic acid 0.5 g was less potent, with non-significant reductions (D-dimers: 58% [32-84] [P=0.06 vs placebo]; plasmin-antiplasmin: 13% [18-43] [P=0.051]). Although both tranexamic acid doses reduced the plasmin peak, reduction in plasmin peak time was significant only for the 1 g dose of tranexamic acid.ConclusionsFibrinolytic activation was significantly inhibited by a dose of intravenous tranexamic acid 1 g but not 0.5 g. Pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic modelling of these data might identify the best pharmacodynamic monitoring criteria and the optimal tranexamic acid dosing regimen for treatment of postpartum haemorrhage.Clinical Trial RegistrationNCT02797119.Copyright © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.

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