Efficacy and Safety of Activated Recombinant Human Factor VII in Severely Injured Trauma Patients

Summary

This trial is conducted in Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania and North America. The aim of this trial is to evaluate the efficacy of activated recombinant human factor VII given in conjunction with standard therapy in the treatment of massive bleeding in subjects with severe blunt and/or penetrating trauma injury.

Timeline

Start

2002-03

Primary completion

2003-10

Completion

2003-10

Publications

• Results Rossaint R, Christensen MC, Choong PI, Boffard KD, Riou B, Rizoli S, Kluger Y, Lefering R, Morris S; NovoSeven(R) Trauma Study Group. Cost-Effectiveness of Recombinant Activated Factor VII as Adjunctive Therapy for Bleeding Control in Severely Injured Trauma Patients in Germany. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg. 2007 Oct;33(5):528-38. doi: 10.1007/s00068-007-6210-x. Epub 2007 Jul 20.
• Results Boffard KD, Riou B, Warren B, Choong PI, Rizoli S, Rossaint R, Axelsen M, Kluger Y; NovoSeven Trauma Study Group. Recombinant factor VIIa as adjunctive therapy for bleeding control in severely injured trauma patients: two parallel randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trials. J Trauma. 2005 Jul;59(1):8-15; discussion 15-8. doi: 10.1097/01.ta.0000171453.37949.b7.
• Results Rizoli SB, Boffard KD, Riou B, Warren B, Iau P, Kluger Y, Rossaint R, Tillinger M; NovoSeven Trauma Study Group. Recombinant activated factor VII as an adjunctive therapy for bleeding control in severe trauma patients with coagulopathy: subgroup analysis from two randomized trials. Crit Care. 2006;10(6):R178. doi: 10.1186/cc5133.
• Results Morris S, Ridley S, Munro V, Christensen MC. Cost effectiveness of recombinant activated factor VII for the control of bleeding in patients with severe blunt trauma injuries in the United Kingdom. Anaesthesia. 2007 Jan;62(1):43-52. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2006.04896.x.
• Results Champion HR, Fingerhut A, Escobar MA, Weiskopf RB. The role of data and safety monitoring in acute trauma resuscitation research. J Am Coll Surg. 2007 Jan;204(1):73-83. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2006.10.024.
• Results Klitgaard T, Tabanera y Palacios R, Boffard KD, Iau PT, Warren B, Rizoli S, Rossaint R, Kluger Y, Riou B; NovoSeven Trauma Study Group. Pharmacokinetics of recombinant activated factor VII in trauma patients with severe bleeding. Crit Care. 2006;10(4):R104. doi: 10.1186/cc4977.
• Results Kluger Y, Riou B, Rossaint R, Rizoli SB, Boffard KD, Choong PI, Warren B, Tillinger M. Safety of rFVIIa in hemodynamically unstable polytrauma patients with traumatic brain injury: post hoc analysis of 30 patients from a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trial. Crit Care. 2007;11(4):R85. doi: 10.1186/cc6092.
• Results Hsia CC, Chin-Yee IH, McAlister VC. Use of recombinant activated factor VII in patients without hemophilia: a meta-analysis of randomized control trials. Ann Surg. 2008 Jul;248(1):61-8. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318176c4ec.
• Results Levy JH, Fingerhut A, Brott T, Langbakke IH, Erhardtsen E, Porte RJ. Recombinant factor VIIa in patients with coagulopathy secondary to anticoagulant therapy, cirrhosis, or severe traumatic injury: review of safety profile. Transfusion. 2006 Jun;46(6):919-33. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2006.00824.x.

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