• J Trauma · May 2010

    Comparative Study

    Prothrombin complex concentrate versus recombinant factor VIIa for reversal of hemodilutional coagulopathy in a porcine trauma model.

    • Gerhard Dickneite, Bärbel Dörr, Franz Kaspereit, and Kenichi A Tanaka.
    • Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, CSL Behring GmbH, Marburg, Germany. gerhard.dickneite@cslbehring.com
    • J Trauma. 2010 May 1;68(5):1151-7.

    BackgroundFluid resuscitation after traumatic injury may necessitate coagulation factor replacement to prevent bleeding complications of dilutional coagulopathy. Recombinant activated factor VII (rFVIIa) is being widely investigated as a hemostatic agent in trauma. Multicomponent therapy with prothrombin complex concentrate (PCC) containing coagulation factors II, VII, IX, and X might offer potential advantages.MethodsAnesthetized mildly hypothermic normotensive pigs were hemodiluted by substituting 65% to 70% of total blood volume in phases with hydroxyethyl starch and red cells. Thereafter, animals received 12.5 mL . kg isotonic saline placebo, 35 IU . kg PCC, or 180 microg x kg rFVIIa. Immediately afterward, a standardized spleen injury was inflicted, and prothrombin time (PT) and hemostasis were assessed. Thrombin generation was also determined.ResultsHemodilution depleted levels of factors II, VII, IX, and X markedly, prolonged PT and decreased thrombin formation. PCC and rFVIIa both fully normalized the hemodilution-induced lengthening of PT. In PCC recipients, peak thrombin generation was greater by a median of 60.7 nM (confidence interval 56.4-64.9 nM) compared with the rFVIIa group (p = 0.008). After spleen trauma, time to hemostasis was shortened to a median of 35 minutes in animals treated with PCC versus 94 minutes with rFVIIa (p = 0.016).ConclusionsIn a pilot study involving an in vivo large-animal model of spleen trauma, PCC accelerated hemostasis and augmented thrombin generation compared with rFVIIa. Further investigations are warranted on PCC as a hemostatic agent in trauma.

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