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Circulation, Vol 71, 110-116, Copyright © 1985 by American Heart Association

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Clinical pharmacology in patients with evolving myocardial infarction of tissue-type plasminogen activator produced by recombinant DNA technology

AJ Tiefenbrunn, AK Robinson, PB Kurnik, PA Ludbrook and BE Sobel

This study was performed to characterize selected pharmacologic properties and effects on the fibrinolytic system of tissue-type plasminogen activator synthesized by recombinant DNA technology (rt-PA) in 12 patients treated for coronary thrombosis. rt-PA was infused parenterally (by the intracoronary route in four patients and intravenously in eight) in doses of 8.3, 12.5, or 16.7 micrograms/kg/min for 30 to 60 min, yielding a total dosage of 20 to 40 mg/patient. The drug induced coronary thrombolysis in 10 of the 12 patients treated (83%), including six of the eight given rt-PA intravenously. No bleeding complications were encountered. Serial blood samples were obtained before, during, and after infusion of rt-PA and analyzed for t-PA antigen (i.e., immunoassayable rt-PA protein), functional fibrinolytic activity attributable to rt-PA, fibrinogen, plasminogen, alpha 2-antiplasmin, fibrinogen degradation products, prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time, and protamine- corrected thrombin time. Pretreatment plasma t-PA antigen levels averaged 16.5 +/- 5(SD) ng/ml. Peak plasma values were generally proportional to dose, averaging 3330 +/- 1201 ng/ml. Approximately 90% of peak level was reached in 30 min, with a plateau at peak reached within 40 min. Functional t-PA activity increased monotonically in a comparable fashion. Curves for disappearance of both t-PA antigen and functional activity from plasma were monoexponential for at least two half-lives (r = .99 for both) and were concordant. The observed half- lives were similar, averaging 8.3 and 9.1 min, respectively.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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