Cooperative Study of Factor VIII Inhibitors

Summary

To test the efficacy of prothrombin complex concentrates (Factor IX) in the treatment of hemophiliac patients who had inhibitors to Factor VIII.

Timeline

Start

1978-07

Primary completion

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Completion

1979-07

Publications

• Background Eyster ME, Gill FM, Blatt PM, Hilgartner MW, Ballard JO, Kinney TR. Central nervous system bleeding in hemophiliacs. Blood. 1978 Jun;51(6):1179-88. No abstract available.
• Background Lusher JM, McMillan CW. Severe factor VIII and factor IX deficiency in females. Am J Med. 1978 Oct;65(4):637-48. doi: 10.1016/0002-9343(78)90852-5.
• Background Kasper CK. Effect of prothrombin complex concentrates on factor VIII inhibitor levels. Blood. 1979 Dec;54(6):1358-68.
• Background Lusher JM, Shapiro SS, Palascak JE, Rao AV, Levine PH, Blatt PM. Efficacy of prothrombin-complex concentrates in hemophiliacs with antibodies to factor VIII: a multicenter therapeutic trial. N Engl J Med. 1980 Aug 21;303(8):421-5. doi: 10.1056/NEJM198008213030803.
• Background Gerety RJ, Eyster ME, Tabor E, Drucker JA, Lusch CJ, Prager D, Rice SA, Bowman HS. Hepatitis B virus, hepatitis A virus and persistently elevated aminotransferases in hemophiliacs. J Med Virol. 1980;6(2):111-8. doi: 10.1002/jmv.1890060203.

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