Full Study Report of Andexanet Alfa for Bleeding Associated with Factor Xa Inhibitors

Stuart J Connolly1, Mark Crowther1, John W Eikelboom1

  • 1From the Population Health Research Institute (S.J.C., J.W.E., D.M.S., E.Z., B.M., S.A., J.N.) and the Department of Medicine (M. Crowther), McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, and the University of Calgary, Calgary, AB (A.M.D.) - all in Canada; Harvard Medical School (C.M.G.) and Brigham and Women's Hospital (D.J.P.) - both in Boston; Portola Pharmaceuticals, South San Francisco, CA (J.T.C., J.H.L., P.Y., M.D.B., G.L., P.B.C., S.G., J.L., S.S.); University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (P.V.); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand (J.S.), and Grenoble-Alpes University Hospital, Grenoble (P.A.) - both in France; Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam (S.M.); Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospitals, King's College London, London (A.T.C.); University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, Dresden, Germany (J.B.-W.); Instituto de Investigación Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid (J.L.-S.); Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota, FL (M. Concha); and Seton Dell Medical School Stroke Institute, Austin, TX (T.J.M.).

Summary

Andexanet alfa effectively reversed factor Xa inhibitors in patients with major bleeding, achieving good or excellent hemostasis in 82%. This reversal agent offers a critical option for managing bleeding complications from these anticoagulants.

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