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  • Title: Additive effect of the combined administration of low molecular weight heparin and recombinant hirudin on thrombus growth in a rabbit jugular vein thrombosis model.
    Author: Biemond BJ, Levi M, Nurmohamed MT, Büller HR, ten Cate JW.
    Journal: Thromb Haemost; 1994 Sep; 72(3):377-80. PubMed ID: 7855787.
    Abstract:
    Recombinant hirudin (r-hirudin) is a new anticoagulant with specific antithrombin activity independently of antithrombin III. Low molecular weight heparins (LMWH) exert predominantly anti-Xa activity. Therefore, we hypothesized that combined administration of r-hirudin and LMWH would induce a stronger antithrombotic effect as compared to r-hirudin administered alone or combined with unfractionated heparin. To assess the effect on thrombus growth, we determined the accretion of 125I-labeled fibrinogen onto autologous non-radioactive thrombi preformed in the jugular veins of rabbits. The rabbits received unfractionated heparin (80 anti-factor Xa U), LMWH (80 anti-factor Xa U) or r-hirudin (0.3, 5.0 and 10.0 mg/kg) either separately or by combined infusion for a 3 h period. R-Hirudin reduced the thrombus growth in a dose dependent fashion. The combined administration of 80 anti-Xa U LMWH and r-hirudin at a dose of 0.3 mg/kg resulted in a stronger antithrombotic effect as compared to the combined infusion of unfractionated heparin and r-Hirudin (thrombus growth: 14.3% +/- 6.0 vs 28.9% +/- 6.5; p = 0.001). This difference in additive antithrombotic effect of 80 anti-Xa U LMWH versus unfractionated heparin on r-hirudin was also observed when LMWH was combined with 5.0 mg/kg and 10.0 mg/kg r-hirudin versus unfractionated heparin combined with r-hirudin (thrombus growth: 16.4% +/- 1.6 vs 29.1% +/- 3.9; p = 0.01 and 10.1% +/- 1.8 vs 20.4% +/- 4.5; p = 0.001, respectively). In conclusion, this study showed an additive antithrombotic effect of LMWH on the thrombus growth reducing effect of r-hirudin.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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