Abstract
Introduction: High collision-risk physical activity can increase bleeding risk in people with hemophilia A, as can increasing the time between factor VIII (FVIII) administration and physical activity. FVIII prophylaxis may be tailored to planned activities to prevent activity-related bleeding.
Aim: To explore the relationship between physical activity levels, FVIII infusion timing, and occurrence of bleeding in patients with severe/moderately severe hemophilia A without FVIII inhibitors receiving antihemophilic factor (recombinant) (rAHF; ADVATE®; Baxalta US Inc., a Takeda company, Lexington, MA, USA).
Methods: SPACE was a 6-month, prospective, multicenter, observational outcomes study (NCT02190149). Enrolled patients received an eDiary application and a wearable activity tracker, which recorded physical activity, rAHF infusion, and occurrence of bleeding. Physical activity risks were ranked using National Hemophilia Foundation criteria.
Results: Fifty-four patients aged 11– 58 years (n = 47 prophylaxis, n = 7 on-demand) were included in the analysis. Patients had a mean (SD) 8.14 (10.94) annualized bleeding rate, and recorded 4980 intervals between an rAHF infusion and physical activity; 1759 (35.3%) of these intervals were ≤ 24 hours. Analysis of recorded eDiary data showed that the risk of activity-related bleeding did not significantly increase with time between last infusion and activity, but did increase with higher-risk physical activities. Analysis of activity tracker recorded data showed that the risk of bleeding reported by patients as spontaneous increased with prolonging time (≤ 24 to > 24 hours) from last infusion to physical activity start (odds ratio 2.65, p < 0.05). Joint health data collected at baseline were not included in the regression analysis because of small sample size; therefore the study could not assess whether patients with more joint disease at baseline were at higher risk of injury-related and reported spontaneous occurrence of bleeding.
Conclusion: These results show that activities with a high risk of collision lead to an increased risk of bleeding. Further investigation is warranted to explore potential benefits of FVIII infusion timing to reduce the risks of activity-related occurrence of bleeding.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-14-2021
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.2147/JBM.S327180
Funding Information
This study was funded by the sponsor, Baxalta US Inc., a Takeda company, Lexington, MA, USA. Medical writing support for this paper was provided by Rosalind Bonomally, MSc, of Excel Medical Affairs (Fairfield, CT, USA), and was funded by Baxalta US Inc., a Takeda company, Cambridge, MA, USA.
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Repository Citation
Konkle, Barbara A.; Quon, Doris V.; Raffini, Leslie; Recht, Michael; Radulescu, Vlad C.; Carpenter, Shannon L.; Dunn, Amy L.; Lu, Mei; and Watt, Maureen, "A Prospective Observational Study of Antihemophilic Factor (Recombinant) Prophylaxis Related to Physical Activity Levels in Patients with Hemophilia A in the United States (SPACE)" (2021). Pediatrics Faculty Publications. 320.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/pediatrics_facpub/320
Notes/Citation Information
Published in Journal of Blood Medicine, v. 12.
© 2021 Konkle et al.
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