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The Proteins of the Contact Activation System

NCT02785718 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 18

Last updated 2016-06-01

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Summary

Cardiovascular diseases are important causes of morbidity and mortality in the industrialized world. Abnormalities in the coagulation system, causing a hypercoagulable state, are a known risk factor for arterial and venous thrombosis. The contact activation system is part of the coagulation system and consists of four proteins: coagulation factor XII (FXII), FXI, prekallikrein and high molecular weight kininogen (HMWK). Clinical studies indicate an important role for the contact activation system on the risk of arterial thrombosis. Furthermore, there is substantial evidence from mouse studies that FXII and FXI participate in the formation and stability of thrombi. In vitro studies show that collagen, present in the vascular wall, is able to activate FXII and hereby stimulate thrombin formation and potentiate the formation of platelet-fibrin thrombi and FXIIa is able to change the structure of fibrin clots by binding to fibrin(ogen) and by generation of additional thrombin. However, the contact system also participates in the process of fibrinolysis, which degrades thrombi.

The investigators would like to investigate the contribution of the contact activation system to the formation of thrombi. The formation of a thrombus within the vascular bed is the main cause for occlusion of an artery or vein, which can lead to an infarct such as a heart attack. Due to the other functions of the contact system it is important to fully understand how the contact system contributes to thrombus formation, before it can be used as a target in the treatment of arterial thrombosis. The aim of this study is to determine the contribution of the proteins of the contact system, mainly FXII and FXI, in the platelet mediated formation and degradation of thrombi. This will be studied in flow models (perfusion-flow model and Chandler loop), in a static model (ROTEM®) and using thrombin generation assay.

Conditions

  • Factor XI Deficiency
  • Factor XII Deficiency

Interventions

OTHER

Global Haemostasis assays

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospices Civils de Lyon

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-06-30
Primary Completion
2016-09-30
Completion
2016-09-30

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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