Administration of a small molecule tissue factor/factor VIIa inhibitor in a non-human primate thrombosis model of venous thrombosis: effects on thrombus formation and bleeding time.

Introduction: Pharmacological treatment of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in the future may target inhibitors of specific procoagulant proteins. This study used a non-human primate model to test the effect of PHA-798, a specific inhibitor of the tissue factor/Factor VIIa complex (TF/VIIa), on venous thrombus formation.

Materials And Methods: PHA inhibits the TF/VIIa complex with an IC(50) of 13.

Assessment of bleeding propensity in non-human primates by combination of selective tissue factor/VIIa inhibition and aspirin compared to warfarin and aspirin treatment.

This study in non-human primates was designed to evaluate the bleeding propensity of a selective, small molecule inhibitor of tissue factor (TF)/VIIa in combination with acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) in comparison to the combination of ASA and warfarin. Bleeding time was increased by ASA but was not prolonged further by the addition of the TF/VIIa inhibitor, PHA-927, at doses that elevated the prothrombin time to 8-fold. In contrast, bleeding time was prolonged by warfarin alone and further exacerbated by the presence of ASA.

Pharmacological interruption of acute thrombus formation with minimal hemorrhagic complications by a small molecule tissue factor/factor VIIa inhibitor: comparison to factor Xa and thrombin inhibition in a nonhuman primate thrombosis model.

This study was designed to evaluate the antithrombotic efficacy and bleeding propensity of a selective, small-molecule inhibitor of tissue factor/factor VIIa (TF/VIIa) in comparison to small-molecule, selective inhibitors of factor Xa and thrombin in a nonhuman primate model of thrombosis. Acute, spontaneous thrombus formation was induced by electrolytic injury to the intimal surface of a femoral blood vessel, which results in thrombus propagation at the injured site. The TF/FVIIa inhibitor 3-amino-5-[1-[2-([4-[amino(imino)methyl]benzyl]amino)-2-oxoethyl]-3-chloro-5-(isopropylamino)-6-oxo-1,6-dihydropyrazin-2-yl]benzoic acid dihydrochloride (PHA-927F) was fully effective in prevention of thrombosis-induced vessel occlusion at a dose of 400 microg/kg/min, i.