Can a clotting drug stop bleeding in patients on blood thinners?
NCT ID NCT04867837
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested a drug called OCTAPLEX to stop major bleeding in people taking blood thinners (factor Xa inhibitors). The trial planned to enroll 100 patients and compare two different doses. Unfortunately, the study was terminated early, so we have less information than hoped. The goal was to see if OCTAPLEX could safely and effectively control bleeding in these emergency situations.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- OCTAPLEX (a blood clotting concentrate)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a way to quickly reverse the effects of certain blood thinners during life-threatening bleeding.
- What could go wrong
- The study was terminated early, so results are limited. It only included patients on specific blood thinners, so findings may not apply to everyone.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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100 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2021
- Finished
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Jan 2026
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patients on oral factor Xa inhibitor therapy and with known or suspected baseline anti-factor Xa activity of at least 100 ng/mL: \- Patients who received or who are believed by the investigator to have received a dose of oral factor Xa inhibitor and who have a baseline anti- factor Xa activity of at least 100 ng/mL according to the locally available test (e.g., chromogenic assay) performed outside of the study as part of standard of care OR * Patients who received or who are believed by the investigator to have received their latest dose of oral factor Xa inhibitor (e.g., rivaroxaban ≥10 mg, apixaban ≥2.5 mg, edoxaban ≥30 mg) ≤8 hours prior to enrolment OR -Patients who received or who are believed by the investigator to have received their latest dose of oral factor Xa inhibitor (e.g., rivaroxaban ≥10 mg, apixaban ≥2.5 mg, edoxaban ≥30 mg) \>8 hours prior to enrolment or at an unknown time, but for whom the investigator suspects a baseline anti- factor Xa activity of at least 100 ng/mL and assesses that the administration of OCTAPLEX is clinically indicated 2. Aged ≥18 years 3. Patients who have given written informed consent or for whom written informed consent has been obtained from the patient's legally authorised representative on their behalf -Wherever possible, prospective written informed consent will be obtained before enrolment from the patient or, if they are incapable of providing it, from their legally authorised representative -If prospective written informed consent is not possible, deferred consent procedures will be permitted outside the US if approved by the local ethics committee or otherwise permitted under local regulations -When deferred consent procedures are used outside the US, written informed consent should be obtained from the patient as soon as they recover the capacity to provide it, or otherwise from their legally authorised representative 4. Patients who have acute major bleeding defined as follows: * Bleeding that is life-threatening or uncontrolled, e.g., with signs or symptoms of haemodynamic compromise, such as severe hypotension, poor skin perfusion, or low cardiac output that cannot be otherwise explained OR \- Symptomatic bleeding in critical organs (intracranial, intraspinal, intraocular, gastrointestinal, retroperitoneal, intra-articular, pericardial, or intramuscular with compartment syndrome) OR \- Acute overt bleeding associated with a fall in haemoglobin (Hgb) level of ≥2 g/dL, OR a Hgb level ≤8 g/dL if no baseline Hgb level is available, OR in the opinion of the investigator that the patient's Hgb level will fall to ≤8 g/dL with resuscitation Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients with 'Do not resuscitate' (DNR) orders 2. Patients with acute trauma for which reversal of DOAC therapy with factor Xa inhibitor alone would not be expected to control the bleeding event 3. Hgb decrease without accompanying evidence of source of bleeding 4. Acute coronary syndrome, ischaemic stroke or venous thromboembolism (VTE) within the preceding 3 months 5. Patients with a history, within the last 3 months, of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) or hyperfibrinolysis 6. Patients with a known congenital bleeding disorder 7. Known inhibitors to coagulation factors II, VII, IX, or X; heparin-induced, type II thrombocytopenia; or immunoglobulin A (IgA) deficiency with known antibodies against IgA 8. Known hypersensitivity to plasma-derived products or heparin 9. Patients who received haemostatic agents, including plasma, platelets, PCC, activated PCC (aPCC), recombinant factor VIIa, or recombinant factor Xa inactivated-zhzo (andexanet alfa), for the current bleeding event prior to enrolment (antifibrinolytic drugs and local haemostatic agents are allowed) 10. Patients who received ticlopidine within 14 days, prasugrel within 7 days, ticagrelor within 5 days, dipyridamole within 1 day or cangrelor within 1 hour preceding the bleeding event 11. Patients on enoxaparin therapy for thromboembolic prophylaxis 12. A score of less than 7 on the Glasgow Coma Scale in non-intubated patients or an estimated intracerebral haematoma volume of more than 60 mL. (Patients intubated or sedated at the time of screening may be enrolled if intubation or sedation were done for non-neurologic reasons) 13. Patients with expected survival of less than 24 hours, in the opinion of the investigator (in collaboration with other medical experts as appropriate per usual local practice) 14. Patients scheduled to undergo surgery in less than 12 hours, with the exception of minor surgeries and invasive procedures which are allowed for diagnostic or therapeutic reasons or if intended to address a second (non-index) bleeding event 15. Patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding at the time of enrollment 16. Patients previously enrolled in this study 17. Patients participating in another interventional clinical treatment study currently or during the past 1 month prior to study inclusion
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Ankara University Faculty of Medicine
Ankara, 6230, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin
Austin, Texas, 78712, United States
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Azienda Ospedaliero -Universitaria di Modena
Modena, 41125, Italy
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Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Senese
Siena, 53100, Italy
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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Francois Mitterand
Dijon, 21000, France
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Clinical Center University of Sarajevo
Sarajevo, 71000, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Clinical Hospital Dubrava
Zagreb, 10000, Croatia
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Clinical Research Center at Special Hospital Stefan Zeromski
Krakow, 31-913, Poland
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Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Texas
Austin, Texas, 78712, United States
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Ege University Faculty of Medicine
Izmir, 35100, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
Milan, 20122, Italy
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Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Torrance, California, 90509, United States
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Health Sciences University Bursa High Specialization Training and Research Hospital
Bursa, 16300, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Heidelberg University Hospital Neurologische Universitätsklinik
Heidelberg, 69120, Germany
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Hennepin County Medical Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55415, United States
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Hospital Dr. Peset
Valencia, 46017, Spain
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Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre
Madrid, 28041, Spain
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Hospital Universitario La Paz
Madrid, 00261, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal
Madrid, 28034, Spain
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Hospital Universitario y Politecnico La Fe
Valencia, 46026, Spain
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Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine Department of Internal Diseases, Division of Hematology
Istanbul, 34093, Turkey (Türkiye)
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K.Eristavi National Center of Experimental and Clinical Surgery
Tbilisi, 159, Georgia
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Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University Faculty of Medicine
Kahramanmaraş, 46040, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Karadeniz Technical University
Trabzon, 61080, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Klinikum Klagenfurt am Wörthersee Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin
Klagenfurt, 9020, Austria
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LTS ,, Israel-Geoargian Medical Research clinic Helsicore"
Tbilisi, 112, Georgia
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Medical and Diagnostic Center of Private Enterprise of Private Manufacturing Company "Acinus"
Kropyvnytskyi, 26006, Ukraine
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Mersin University Faculty of Medicine
Mersin, 33343, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Military Institute of Medicine
Warsaw, 04-141, Poland
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New Hospitals
Tbilisi, 114, Georgia
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North Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital
Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG24 9NA, United Kingdom
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Nottingham University Hospital
Nottingham, NG51PB, United Kingdom
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OU Health - University of Oklahoma Medical Center
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73104, United States
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Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Medicine
Samsun, 55280, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, Oregon, 97239, United States
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Ospedale Maggiore - IRCCS Istituto di Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna
Bologna, 40133, Italy
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Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia
Perugia, 06156, Italy
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Ośrodek Badań Klinicznych BD Research
Iława, 14-200, Poland
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Pineo Medical Ecosystem
Tbilisi, 00108, Georgia
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Public Non-profit Enterprise Central City Clinical Hospital of Ivano-Frankivsk City Council
Ivano-Frankivsk, 76025, Ukraine
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Public Non-profit Enterprise Clinical Emergency Care Hospital of Dnipro City Counsil
Dnipro, 49006, Ukraine
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Public Non-profit Enterprise Kyiv City Clinical Hospital #17 of Kyiv City Council Executive Body
Kyiv, 01133, Ukraine
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Public Non-profit Enterprise Regional Clinical Hospital of lvano-Frankivsk Regional Council
Ivano-Frankivsk, 76008, Ukraine
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Public Non-profit Enterprise of Lviv Regional Council Lviv Public non profit Regional Clinical Hospital
Lviv, 79010, Ukraine
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SBU Adana City Education and Research Hospital
Adana, 01370, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Samodzielny Publiczny Zakład Opieki Zdrowotnej w Łęcznej
Łęczna, 21-010, Poland
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San Raffaele Hospital
Milan, 20132, Italy
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Southampton General Hospital
Southampton, SO16 SYD, United Kingdom
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St. Mary's Medical Center
West Palm Beach, Florida, 33407, United States
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Tbilisi Institute of Medicine
Tbilisi, 00160, Georgia
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The University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida, 32610, United States
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Univeristy Clinical Hospital Mostar
Mostar, 88000, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Universitaetsklinikum Aachen, Klinik fuer Anaesthesiologie
Aachen, 52074, Germany
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Universitaetsklinikum Essen, Klinik für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin-Hufelandstraße
Essen, D-45147, Germany
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Universitaetsklinikum Frankfurt - Klinik fuer Anaesthesiologie, Intensivmedizin und Schmerztherapie
Frankfurt am Main, 60590, Germany
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Universitatsklinikum Erlangen
Erlangen, 91054, Germany
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Universitatsklinikum Tubingen Hertie-lnstitut fur klinische Hirnforschung (HIH) / Neurologische Universitatsklinik
Tübingen, Germany, Germany
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University Clinical Center Tuzla
Tuzla, 75000, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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University Clinical Centre of the Republic of Srpska
Banja Luka, 78000, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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University Hospital Centre Zagreb
Zagreb, 10000, Croatia
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University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, Mississippi, 39216, United States
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İnönü University Faculty of Medicine
Battalgazi, 44280, Turkey (Türkiye)