title: Bioavailability and pharmacokinetics of a new low molecular weight heparin (RO-11)--a three way cross-over study in healthy volunteers.
abstract: This study reports on the bioavailability and pharmaco kinetics of a new low molecular weight heparin (RO-11), with a mean molecular weight of 3,600-3,800 daltons. It was administered to 12 healthy individuals in an open, cross-over study. Each subject was randomly assigned to three experimental treatments: a) 30 mg by subcutaneous route, b) 60 mg subcutaneously and c) 60 mg intravenously, leaving a wash-out period of one week between treatments. The pharmacokinetic profile was calculated by means of the anti-FXa effect, measured on serial samples taken before and during the 24 h period after each treatment. The effects of the drug on global coagulation tests, Antithrombin-III levels, tissue-factor pathway inhibitor activity and anti-FIIa activity were also assessed. After the intravenous injection, a maximal anti-FXa effect of 1.30 +/- 0.18 IU/ml was measured at 0.05 h and was not measurable after 12 h. After the subcutaneous injection of 30 and 60 mg, the maximal anti-FXa effect (0.34 +/- 0.08 IU/ml and 0.54 +/- 0.06 IU/ml) was reached after 2-4 h, and was not measurable after 12-18 h. The magnitude of this effect was dose-dependent and the absorption and elimination processes followed a first-order pattern for every dose and route. RO-11 showed a biological half-life of about 5 h and a high subcutaneous bioavailability (96%).
authors.affiliation: Unitat d'Hemostàsia i Trombosi, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Falkon
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sáenz-Campos
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Antonijoan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Martín
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barbanoj
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fontcuberta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001682:Biological Availability; D018592:Cross-Over Studies; D065427:Factor Xa Inhibitors; D006495:Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D065427:Factor Xa Inhibitors; D006495:Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight