The Food and Drug Administration has granted 510(k) clearance to myPKFiT for ADVATE (Antihemophilic Factor, Recombinant), pharmokinetic dosing software used for tailoring prophylaxis regimens for hemophilia A patients.
The software can be used for hemophilia A patients aged 16 years or older who weigh at least 45 kilograms (about 99 pounds) and are treated with ADVATE.
The free, web-based software estimates a patient’s pharmokinetic curve using age, body weight, and local laboratory FVIII one-stage clotting activity measurements and allows physicians to estimate a full pharmokinetic curve with just two measurable blood samples, according to Shire, the software’s manufacturer. That’s much lower than the 9-11 blood samples recommendation from the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis.The software is expected to be available in the United States by the end of the first quarter of 2018. A version of the software is already marketed in Europe.