HamostaseologiePub Date : 2024-11-05DOI: 10.1055/a-2407-7994
Henning Nilius, Michael Nagler
{"title":"Machine-Learning Applications in Thrombosis and Hemostasis.","authors":"Henning Nilius, Michael Nagler","doi":"10.1055/a-2407-7994","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2407-7994","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The use of machine-learning (ML) algorithms in medicine has sparked a heated discussion. It is considered one of the most disruptive general-purpose technologies in decades. It has already permeated many areas of our daily lives and produced applications that we can no longer do without, such as navigation apps or translation software. However, many people are still unsure if ML algorithms should be used in medicine in their current form. Doctors are doubtful to what extent they can trust the predictions of algorithms. Shortcomings in development and unclear regulatory oversight can lead to bias, inequality, applicability concerns, and nontransparent assessments. Past mistakes, however, have led to a better understanding of what is needed to develop effective models for clinical use. Physicians and clinical researchers must participate in all development phases and understand their pitfalls. In this review, we explain the basic concepts of ML, present examples in the field of thrombosis and hemostasis, discuss common pitfalls, and present a methodological framework that can be used to develop effective algorithms.</p>","PeriodicalId":55074,"journal":{"name":"Hamostaseologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142584913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HamostaseologiePub Date : 2024-11-05DOI: 10.1055/a-2404-0306
Jasmin Rast, Theresa Schramm, Dino Mehic, Michael Fillitz, Tanja Drexel, Veronika Neusiedler-Nicolas, Cihan Ay, Ingrid Pabinger, Johanna Gebhart
{"title":"Management of Adult Patients with Newly Diagnosed or Relapsed Primary Immune Thrombocytopenia in Eastern Austria.","authors":"Jasmin Rast, Theresa Schramm, Dino Mehic, Michael Fillitz, Tanja Drexel, Veronika Neusiedler-Nicolas, Cihan Ay, Ingrid Pabinger, Johanna Gebhart","doi":"10.1055/a-2404-0306","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2404-0306","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong> Treatment sequence in primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is based on national and international recommendations, treatment availability, and physician expertise.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong> This article aimed to provide real-world data on treatment sequence and responses to first- and second-line treatments in newly diagnosed and relapsed adult ITP patients.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong> We analyzed a cohort of 46 adult ITP patients from the Vienna ITP Biobank, who started first-line therapy within 1 week before their first study visit between February 2016 and March 2023. We investigated clinical patient characteristics and patient management in our specialized center and examined the impact of the international ASH guidelines on ITP treatment.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong> Forty-six primary ITP patients, 27 (58.7%) with newly diagnosed ITP and 19 (41.3%) with relapsed ITP, were investigated. Most patients were female (65.2%) with a median platelet count of 9 × 10<sup>9</sup>/L, and 31 patients (67.4%) had bleeding symptoms. All patients received first-line treatment with oral prednisolone; 15 patients received oral prednisolone combined with intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIGs), which were more commonly administered in newly diagnosed than in relapsed ITP patients. First-line therapy resulted an overall response in 82.6% of patients after a median (interquartile range [IQR]) time of 10 (5-25) days. There was no difference in treatment responses between newly diagnosed and relapsed ITP patients, but newly diagnosed patients had a shorter time to response (median [IQR]: 8 [5-14] and 14 [8-27], <i>p</i> = 0.02). Twenty-three (50%) of the patients (11/27 newly diagnosed [40.7%], 12/19 relapsed [63.2%]) required second-line ITP therapy. Thrombopoietin-receptor agonists (TPO-RAs) were the most commonly used second-line therapy with a response rate of 73.7%, and a median (IQR) time to treatment response of 15 (12-20) days. Overall response rates to TPO-RA treatment did not differ between newly diagnosed and relapsed ITP. Following the publication of novel guidelines in 2019, the median (IQR) duration of corticosteroid treatment shortened (100-52 days, <i>p</i> = 0.01), as did the time to second-line treatment (160-47 days, <i>p</i> = 0.01), and the median number of first-line therapies decreased from 2 (1-3) to 1 (1-2).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong> Initial treatment with corticosteroids was effective in the majority of newly diagnosed and relapsed ITP. Response rates to initial corticosteroid treatment in ITP patients are consistent with previous data, but only 50% achieve sustained remission. TPO-RAs, which are well tolerated and effective, are the most commonly used second-line therapy in our study population. International guidelines have led to faster treatment transitions and reduced splenectomy rates. Integration of real-life experience, expert consensus, and guidelines optimizes ITP patient manag","PeriodicalId":55074,"journal":{"name":"Hamostaseologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142584915","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HamostaseologiePub Date : 2024-11-05DOI: 10.1055/a-2420-7684
Minna Voigtlaender, Christina Rolling, Christina Hart
{"title":"Treatment of Cancer-Associated Thrombosis: An Update.","authors":"Minna Voigtlaender, Christina Rolling, Christina Hart","doi":"10.1055/a-2420-7684","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2420-7684","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Patients with cancer are at increased risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE). Treatment of VTE remains challenging due to a significant risk of both VTE recurrence and bleeding compared with patients without underlying malignancy. Moreover, patients with cancer often present with several comorbidities such as tumor- or treatment-induced bone marrow failure, renal impairment, and extensive concomitant anticancer or supportive medication, resulting in potential drug-drug interactions. Further challenging circumstances include gastrointestinal (GI) disorders, in the context of a GI intraluminal tumor itself, GI surgery, or systemic therapy-induced GI toxicity. However, treatment options and study data in the management of cancer-associated thrombosis (CAT) have expanded over the last few years. As a result, it is becoming increasingly important to assess the patient's individual risk of bleeding and its comorbidities, and the patient's personal preferences. Prospectively, further therapeutic strategies such as factor XIa inhibitors are under clinical investigation. The aim of our narrative review is to summarize the current literature on therapy options for CAT, including common treatment situations encountered in the management of patients with cancer.</p>","PeriodicalId":55074,"journal":{"name":"Hamostaseologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142584917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HamostaseologiePub Date : 2024-10-10DOI: 10.1055/a-2374-3425
Christina Hart, Nick van Es, Minna Voigtlaender
{"title":"Primary Prevention of Cancer-Associated Thrombosis: Current Perspectives.","authors":"Christina Hart, Nick van Es, Minna Voigtlaender","doi":"10.1055/a-2374-3425","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2374-3425","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Over the past two decades, the incidence of cancer-associated thrombosis (CAT) has increased. It is nowadays a common and often serious complication among patients with cancer. Although medical thromboprophylaxis is recommended for most surgical and nonsurgical cancer patients, it has been infrequently used in ambulatory patients with cancer because of the burden of treatment and concerns about bleeding. However, various risk assessment scores are now available and randomized placebo-controlled trials have established the efficacy of low-molecular-weight heparin or the direct oral Xa inhibitors rivaroxaban and apixaban in ambulatory patients with cancer at high risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE). This review provides an overview of (1) primary thromboprophylaxis in the setting of hospitalized surgical and medical patients, (2) extended thromboprophylaxis after hospital discharge, (3) performance of risk assessment tools for CAT, and (4) primary thromboprophylaxis in ambulatory patients with cancer. The aim is to provide support to physicians in identifying ambulatory patients with cancer at high VTE risk who benefit most from medical thromboprophylaxis according to current recommendations from international guidelines.</p>","PeriodicalId":55074,"journal":{"name":"Hamostaseologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142402056","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HamostaseologiePub Date : 2024-10-08DOI: 10.1055/a-2276-4893
Neeta Kesu Belani, Winnie Z Y Teo
{"title":"Facial Hematoma: An Atypical Bleeding Site for Acquired Hemophilia.","authors":"Neeta Kesu Belani, Winnie Z Y Teo","doi":"10.1055/a-2276-4893","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2276-4893","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55074,"journal":{"name":"Hamostaseologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142395457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HamostaseologiePub Date : 2024-10-04DOI: 10.1055/a-2299-0130
Alexander Dutsch, Christian Graesser, Sophie Novacek, Johannes Krefting, Viktoria Schories, Benedikt Niedermeier, Felix Voll, Sebastian Kufner, Erion Xhepa, Michael Joner, Salvatore Cassese, Heribert Schunkert, Gjin Ndrepepa, Adnan Kastrati, Thorsten Kessler, Hendrik B Sager
{"title":"Baseline Platelet Count Predicts Infarct Size and Mortality after Acute Myocardial Infarction.","authors":"Alexander Dutsch, Christian Graesser, Sophie Novacek, Johannes Krefting, Viktoria Schories, Benedikt Niedermeier, Felix Voll, Sebastian Kufner, Erion Xhepa, Michael Joner, Salvatore Cassese, Heribert Schunkert, Gjin Ndrepepa, Adnan Kastrati, Thorsten Kessler, Hendrik B Sager","doi":"10.1055/a-2299-0130","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2299-0130","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong> Platelets greatly contribute to cardiovascular diseases. We sought to explore the association of platelet counts with infarct size and outcome in patients presenting with acute ST-segment elevation MI (STEMI) treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI).</p><p><strong>Methods and results: </strong> In this retrospective study, we grouped 1,198 STEMI patients into tertiles (T) based on platelet count on admission: T1 = 102-206 [10<sup>9</sup> platelets/L] (<i>n</i> = 402), T2 = 207-259 [10<sup>9</sup> platelets/L] (<i>n</i> = 396), and T3 = 260-921 [10<sup>9</sup> platelets/L] (<i>n</i> = 400). Primary endpoint was 1-year all-cause mortality. Patients with highest platelet counts on admission showed the greatest area at risk and infarct size: area at risk (median) was 22.0% (interquartile range [IQR]: 12.0-39.8%) in T1, 21.0% (IQR: 11.0-37.1%) in T2, and 26.0% (IQR: 14.9-45.0%) of the left ventricle in T3 (<i>p</i> = 0.003); final infarct sizes after 7 to 14 days were as follows: 10.0% (IQR: 2.0-21.0%) in T1, 9.0% (IQR: 2.0-20.7%) in T2, and 12.0% (IQR: 3.0-27.3%) of the left ventricle in T3 (<i>p</i> = 0.015) as serial imaging revealed. At 1 year, 16 all-cause deaths occurred in T1, 5 in T2, and 22 in T3 (log-rank test, <i>p</i> = 0.006). After adjustment, T1 and T3 were associated with all-cause 1-year mortality (T1: hazard ratio [HR] = 3.40, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.23-9.54, <i>p</i> = 0.02; T3: HR = 3.55, 95% CI = 1.23-9.78, <i>p</i> = 0.01) compared with T2. At 5 years, all-cause mortality remained numerically higher in the T1 and T3.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong> In patients with STEMI undergoing PPCI, low and high blood platelet levels on admission were associated with increased long-term mortality (Fig. 1).</p>","PeriodicalId":55074,"journal":{"name":"Hamostaseologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142376342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Update on Tissue Factor Detection in Blood in 2024: A Narrative Review.","authors":"Amandine Bonifay, Sylvie Cointe, Léa Plantureux, Romaric Lacroix, Françoise Dignat-George","doi":"10.1055/a-2381-6854","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2381-6854","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Tissue factor (TF) is a transmembrane protein essential for hemostasis. Different forms of active TF circulate in the blood, either as a component of blood cells and extracellular vesicles (EVs) or as a soluble plasma protein. Accumulating experimental and clinical evidence suggests that TF plays an important role in thrombosis. Many in-house and commercially available assays have been developed to measure TF-dependent procoagulant activity or antigen in blood and have shown promising results for the prediction of disease outcomes or the occurrence of thrombosis events in diseases such as cancer or infectious coagulopathies. This review addresses the different assays that have been published for measuring circulating TF antigen and/or activity in whole blood, cell-free plasma, and EVs and discusses the main preanalytical and analytical parameters that impact results and their interpretation, highlighting their strengths and limitations. In the recent decade, EVTF assays have been significantly developed. Among them, functional assays that use a blocking anti-TF antibody or immunocapture to measure EVTF activity have higher specificity and sensitivity than antigen assays. However, there is still a high variability between assays. Standardization and automatization are prerequisites for the measurement of EVTF in clinical laboratories.</p>","PeriodicalId":55074,"journal":{"name":"Hamostaseologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142513326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HamostaseologiePub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2023-10-09DOI: 10.1055/a-2159-8767
Kai Wille, Eva Deventer, Parvis Sadjadian, Tatjana Becker, Vera Kolatzki, Karlo Hünerbein, Raphael Meixner, Marina Jiménez-Muñoz, Christiane Fuchs, Martin Griesshammer
{"title":"Arterial and Venous Thromboembolic Complications in 832 Patients with BCR-ABL-Negative Myeloproliferative Neoplasms.","authors":"Kai Wille, Eva Deventer, Parvis Sadjadian, Tatjana Becker, Vera Kolatzki, Karlo Hünerbein, Raphael Meixner, Marina Jiménez-Muñoz, Christiane Fuchs, Martin Griesshammer","doi":"10.1055/a-2159-8767","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2159-8767","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Arterial (ATE) and venous (VTE) thromboembolic complications are common causes of morbidity and mortality in <i>BCR-ABL</i>-negative myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs). However, there are few studies that include all MPN subtypes and focus on both MPN-associated ATE and VTE. In our single-center retrospective study of 832 MPN patients, a total of 180 first thromboembolic events occurred during a median follow-up of 6.6 years (range: 0-37.6 years), of which 105 were VTE and 75 were ATE. The probability of a vascular event at the end of the follow-up period was 36.2%, and the incidence rate for all first ATE/VTE was 2.43% patient/year. The most frequent VTE localizations were deep vein thrombosis with or without pulmonary embolism (incidence rate: 0.59% patient/year), while strokes were the most frequent ATE with an incidence rate of 0.32% patient/year. When comparing the group of patients with ATE/VTE (<i>n</i> = 180) and the group without such an event (<i>n</i> = 652) using multivariate Cox regression analyses, patients with polycythemia vera (hazard ratio [HR]: 1.660; [95% confidence interval [CI] 1.206, 2.286]) had a significantly higher risk of a thromboembolic event than the other MPN subtypes. In contrast, patients with a <i>CALR</i> mutation had a significantly lower risk of thromboembolism compared with <i>JAK2</i>-mutated MPN patients (HR: 0.346; [95% CI: 0.172, 0.699]). In summary, a high incidence of MPN-associated VTE and ATE was observed in our retrospective study. While PV patients or generally <i>JAK2</i>-mutated MPN patients had a significantly increased risk of such vascular events, this risk was reduced in <i>CALR</i>-mutated MPN patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":55074,"journal":{"name":"Hamostaseologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41184199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HamostaseologiePub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-07-15DOI: 10.1055/a-2329-1781
Anja Schmidt, Diana Stichel, Emilia Salzmann-Manrique, Christoph Königs
{"title":"Acid Treatment of FVIII-Containing Plasma Samples Unmasks a Broad Spectrum of FVIII-Specific Antibodies in ELISA.","authors":"Anja Schmidt, Diana Stichel, Emilia Salzmann-Manrique, Christoph Königs","doi":"10.1055/a-2329-1781","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2329-1781","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>During routine treatment, plasma samples of patients with hemophilia A or acquired hemophilia A are frequently analyzed for the presence of FVIII-specific antibodies. While only inhibitory antibodies can be detected by the Bethesda assay, inhibitory and non-inhibitory antibodies can be detected by ELISA. However, plasma samples of patients frequently contain endogenous or substituted FVIII, hence interfering with both types of analyses. One option for the inactivation of FVIII is heat denaturation, which unfortunately has been shown to lead to high background signals complicating the discrimination of negative and positive plasma samples. In the current study, we developed a method of acid denaturation for FVIII-containing plasma samples that can help identify samples containing FVIII-specific antibodies and compared the effects of heat and acid denaturation on the detection of FVIII-antibody interactions in a monoclonal setting. The aim of our study was to establish an analysis that allows safer treatment decisions in the context of tolerance to FVIII.</p>","PeriodicalId":55074,"journal":{"name":"Hamostaseologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141621814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HamostaseologiePub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-10-23DOI: 10.1055/a-2316-4096
Jürgen Koscielny, Günther Kappert, Christoph Sucker
{"title":"Medizinforschungsgesetz, Apothekenreform-Gesetz, Telemedizin Blutspende-Verordnung, Erweiterung der Dokumentationspflichten im Deutschen Hämophilieregister (DHR).","authors":"Jürgen Koscielny, Günther Kappert, Christoph Sucker","doi":"10.1055/a-2316-4096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2316-4096","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55074,"journal":{"name":"Hamostaseologie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142513325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}