Characterization and Quantification of Platelet/Leukocyte Aggregates in Patients With Suspected Heparin-induced Thrombocytopenia
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: blood sample.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Heparin-induced Thrombocytopenia, HIT, Platelet Activation, Platelets. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- France
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
The investigators would like to analyze platelet/leukoplak activation, quantify and morphologically characterize these aggregates using in vitro analysis, directly on whole blood from adult patients with suspected HIT. This would enable to better describe the in vivo pathophysiology of the HIT-suspect patient, and eliminate the need for platelet donors to perform the usual confirmatory techniques, whose inter- and intra-individual variability is very high. What's more, the SRA test, evaluated as the reference test, requires the use of radioisotopes and is therefore only carried out in a few biological expertise centers, resulting in a very long delay in the delivery of results. It should also be noted that, in practice, HÉPARINE is immediately stopped in patients with suspected HIT, and they are put on an expensive anticoagulant (DANAPAROIDE SODIQUE or ARGATROBAN) in curative doses until the results of the confirmatory tests are back. In this serious, life-threatening condition, it is essential to have a sensitive, specific test to confirm HIT as quickly as possible. Each patient with suspected HIT (rapid \>30% reduction in platelet count after initiation of heparin therapy) should have 4 tubes of 3.2% citrated whole blood (2.7ml) collected at the time of suspected HIT (D0) and before any therapeutic switch (or 24 h max after switch). A new sample (4 citrated tubes) will be taken at D4, D7 and D14 during hospitalization, in patients who test positive for anti-PF4/H Ac. All patients with suspected HIT will follow the standard diagnostic pathway, i.e. a screening test (immunological test for anti-PF4/heparin antibodies, total Ig, ACL TOP, Werfen) followed by a confirmatory test (platelet aggregation on TA-8V, STAGO and/or SRA). Doppler ultrasonography of the lower limbs will be performed in HIT-suspect patients with a positive anti-PF4/H antibody test, as currently performed as part of routine care.
Interventions
- Biological blood sample
blood sample
Primary outcome measures
- percentage of CD41a+/CD45- platelet clusters [Time frame: day 1]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Age > 18 years
- Any adult patient suspected of having HIT, with a positive anti-PF4/H antibody test
- Patient signed consent to study participation
- Patient with social security coverage
Exclusion criteria
- All adult patients with suspected HIT and negative anti-PF4/H antibody test.
- Protected adults (guardianship, under curators) or deprived of liberty
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- N/A
- Model
- Single group
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Diagnostic
Study locations
France · 1 center
- CHU Amiens — Amiens
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06033300 · PI2023_843_0047