Thromb Haemost 2010; 104(02): 252-260
DOI: 10.1160/TH10-02-0127
Blood Coagulation, Fibrinolysis and Cellular Haemostasis
Schattauer GmbH

Population pharmacokinetics of fondaparinux administered at prophylactic doses after major orthopaedic surgery in everyday practice

Xavier Delavenne
1   Thrombosis Research Group (EA 3065), University Jean Monnet, Saint-Etienne, France
2   Clinical Pharmacology Dept., University Hospital, Saint-Etienne, France
,
Paul Zufferey
1   Thrombosis Research Group (EA 3065), University Jean Monnet, Saint-Etienne, France
3   Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Dept., University Hospital, Saint-Etienne, France
,
Denis Baylot
4   Clinique Mutualiste de Saint-Etienne, France
,
Philippe Nguyen
5   Central Hematology Laboratory, Robert Debré Hospital, Reims, France
,
Jeanne-Yvonne Borg
6   Hemostasis Unit, University Hospital of Rouen, France
,
Michaela Fontenay
7   Hematology Laboratory, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France
,
Beatrice Deygas
2   Clinical Pharmacology Dept., University Hospital, Saint-Etienne, France
8   Inserm, CIE3, Saint-Etienne, France
,
Patrick Mismetti
1   Thrombosis Research Group (EA 3065), University Jean Monnet, Saint-Etienne, France
2   Clinical Pharmacology Dept., University Hospital, Saint-Etienne, France
,
Silvy Laporte
1   Thrombosis Research Group (EA 3065), University Jean Monnet, Saint-Etienne, France
2   Clinical Pharmacology Dept., University Hospital, Saint-Etienne, France
8   Inserm, CIE3, Saint-Etienne, France
,
for the GETHCAM study group and POP-A-RIX investigators› Institutsangaben

Financial support: The POP-A-RIX study has received funding support from the Ministère de la Santé- France- Programme Hospitalier de Recherche Clinique and was promoted by the University Hospital of Saint Etienne. The study was also supported by a grant from Fédération Hospitalière de France, Leem “Année Recherche Clinique” 2006. The first author has received the prize “jeune chercheur” from the “Société Francaise de Pharmacologie et Thérapeutique“ 2009.
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Received: 18. Februar 2010

Accepted after minor revision: 02. April 2010

Publikationsdatum:
24. November 2017 (online)

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Summary

Fondaparinux is a synthetic antithrombotic agent with specific anti-factor Xa activity. A population pharmacokinetic model of fondaparinux, based on data obtained in patients included in phase II/III trials, has been described. However, the validity of this model in everyday practice needed to be confirmed. This study was a multicenter, prospective cohort study in consecutive orthopaedic patients treated with 2.5 mg of fondaparinux. Anti-Xa activities were recorded in 809 patients. Population parameters and inter-individual variability were estimated using NONMEM VI software. A two-compartment model with first-order absorption best described fondaparinux pharmacokinetics. Covariates partly explaining inter-individual variability were body weight, age and creatinine clearance estimated by the simplified Modification of Diet in Renal Disease formula (MDRD). A body weight less than 50 kg and moderate renal failure increased drug exposure. Although the population pharmacokinetic model of fondaparinux was described, this one requires to be validated in everyday practice.

* A list of investigators is given in the Appendix.