Process for the determination of a dosing regimen for thrombin inhibitors

A method for determining a dosing regimen for hirudin or oral thrombin inhibitors, comprises: (a) administering a standard dose of hirudin or oral thrombin inhibitor; (b) testing the hirudin or oral thrombin inhibitor concentration using ecarin-clotting-time test; and (c) determining the standard do...

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Hauptverfasser: KREIS, SIEGFRIED, NOERTERSHEUSER, PETER DR
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Zusammenfassung:A method for determining a dosing regimen for hirudin or oral thrombin inhibitors, comprises: (a) administering a standard dose of hirudin or oral thrombin inhibitor; (b) testing the hirudin or oral thrombin inhibitor concentration using ecarin-clotting-time test; and (c) determining the standard dose ratio to the result of the ecarin-clotting-time-test using a computer program, e.g. p-PHARM 1.4, SIMED, 1996, based on pharmaco-kinetic/pharmaco-dynamic models, to determine the follow-up dosages of hirudin or oral thrombin inhibitors. An Independent claim is also included for the use of hirudin or oral thrombin inhibitors in the preparation of a medicament for the treatment or prevention of thromboembolisms according to a treatment plan, comprising: (a) administering a standard hirudin or oral thrombin inhibitor dose; (b) establishing ecarin-clotting-time; and (c) administering a second dose of hirudin or oral thrombin inhibitor which has been established using the computer program as described above.