First-in-Human Evaluation of Anti–von Willebrand Factor Therapeutic Aptamer ARC1779 in Healthy Volunteers
Author(s) -
James C. Gilbert,
Tia DeFeo-Fraulini,
Renta Hutabarat,
Christopher Horvath,
Patricia G. Merlino,
H. Nicholas Marsh,
Judith M. Healy,
Sleiman BouFakhreddine,
Thomas V. Holohan,
Robert G. Schaub
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.107.724864
Subject(s) - medicine , aptamer , von willebrand factor , immunology , pharmacology , platelet , genetics , biology
ARC1779 is a therapeutic aptamer antagonist of the A1 domain of von Willebrand Factor (vWF), the ligand for receptor glycoprotein 1b on platelets. ARC1779 is being developed as a novel antithrombotic agent for use in patients with acute coronary syndromes.
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