Affiliations 

  • 1 The National Hemophilia Centre, The Amalia Biron Thrombosis Research Institute, Sheba Medical Centre, Tel Hashomer, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
  • 2 Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland, United Kingdom
  • 3 Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Istanbul University Oncology Institute, Istanbul, Turkey
  • 4 Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Acibadem University, Adana Hospital, Adana, Adana, Turkey
  • 5 Department of Hematology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 6 Department of Transfusion Medicine, Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
  • 7 Department of Pediatrics, Daejeon Eulji Medical Center, Eulji University School of Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea, Daejeon, Korea, Republic of
  • 8 National Children's Specialized Hospital OHMATDYT, Kyiv, Ukraine
  • 9 Department of Haematology, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, United Kingdom
  • 10 Hospital Sultanah Aminah, Johor Bahru, Johor Bahru, Malaysia
  • 11 Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Angelo Bianchi Bonomi Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center, Milan, Italy
  • 12 Hemostasis and Thrombosis Center, Cancer and Blood Diseases Institute, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, United States
  • 13 14UR4609, Hemostasis and Thrombosis, Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, Lyon, France
  • 14 Sanofi, Bridgewater, New Jersey, Bridgewater, New Jersey, United States
  • 15 Sanofi, Frankfurt, Hessen, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  • 16 Sanofi-Aventis Canada Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • 17 Sanofi, Cambridge, MA, United States
  • 18 Sanofi, Cambridge, MA, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  • 19 Department of Haematology, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Children's Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
Blood, 2024 Mar 07.
PMID: 38452197 DOI: 10.1182/blood.2023021864

Abstract

Fitusiran, a subcutaneous (SC) investigational siRNA therapeutic, targets antithrombin to rebalance hemostasis in people with hemophilia A or B (PwHA/B), irrespective of inhibitor status. This Phase 3, open-label study (NCT03549871) evaluated the efficacy and safety of fitusiran prophylaxis in males aged ≥ 12 years with hemophilia A or B, with or without inhibitors, who received prior bypassing agent (BPA)/clotting factor concentrate (CFC) prophylaxis. Participants continued their prior BPA/CFC prophylaxis for 6 months before switching to once-monthly 80 mg fitusiran prophylaxis for 7 months (onset and efficacy periods). Primary endpoint was annualized bleeding rate (ABR) in the BPA/CFC prophylaxis and fitusiran efficacy period. Secondary endpoints included spontaneous ABR (AsBR) and joint ABR (AjBR). Safety and tolerability were assessed. Of 80 enrolled participants, 65 (inhibitor/non-inhibitor, n = 19/46) were eligible for ABR analyses. Observed median (IQR) ABRs were 6.5 (2.2, 19.6)/4.4 (2.2, 8.7) with BPA/CFC prophylaxis versus 0.0 (0.0, 0.0)/0.0 (0.0, 2.7) in the corresponding fitusiran efficacy period. Estimated mean ABRs were substantially reduced with fitusiran by 79.7% (P = 0.0021) and 46.4% (P = 0.0598) versus BPA/CFC prophylaxis, respectively. Forty-one participants (63.1%) experienced zero treated bleeds with fitusiran versus 11 (16.9%) with BPAs/CFCs. Median AsBR and AjBR were both 2.2 with BPA/CFC prophylaxis and 0.0 in the fitusiran efficacy period. Two participants (3.0%) experienced suspected or confirmed thromboembolic events with fitusiran. Once-monthly fitusiran prophylaxis significantly reduced bleeding events versus BPA/CFC prophylaxis in PwHA/B, with or without inhibitors and reported adverse events were generally consistent with previously identified risks of fitusiran.

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