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BLOOD
Volume 99, Issue 10, Pages 3540-3546Publisher
AMER SOC HEMATOLOGY
DOI: 10.1182/blood.V99.10.3540
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Glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa antagonists are effective therapeutic agents, but elicit thrombocytopenia with a frequency that approaches 2%. Here, we provide evidence that thrombocytopenia in humans treated with the GP IIb/IIIa antagonist roxifiban is Immune mediated. Two patients underwent conversion to a highly positive drug-dependent antibody (DDAB) status temporally associated with thrombocytopenia. Despite the continued presence of DDABs, the fall In platelet count was reversed by discontinuation of drug treatment, pointing to the exquisite drug dependency of the immune response. DDABs appear to bind to neoepitopes In GP IIb/IIIa elicited on antagonist binding. This information was used to develop an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for DDAB using solid-phase GP IIb/IIIa. A high level of specificity is indicated by the observation that DDAB binding is dependent on the chemical structure of the GP Ilb/Illa antagonist and that only 2% to 5% of human blood donors and 5% of chimpanzees present with preexisting DDABs. Furthermore, none of 108 nonthrombocytopenic patients from the phase II roxifiban study showed an increase in antibody titer. Absorption of thrombocytopenia plasma with platelets reduced the DDAB ELISA signal, indicating that the test detects physiologically relevant antibodies. Screening patients for pre-existing or increasing DDAB titer during treatment with GP IIIb/IIIa antagonists may reduce the incidence of drug-induced thrombocytopenia. (C) 2002 by The American Society of Hematology.
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