Andexanet alfa (Andexxa)

General information

Class/mechanism: Recombinant inactive FXa, used for specific reversal of DOACs (direct oral anticoagulants) Rivaroxaban (Xarelto) and Apixaban (Eliquis). Coagulation factor Xa (recombinant) inactivated-zheo binds and sequesters rivaroxaban and apixaban, negating their factor Xa inhibiting, anticoagulant effect. It also inhibits Tissue Factor Pathway Inhibitor (TFPI); inhibition of TFPI can increase tissue factor-initiated thrombin generation.
Route: IV
Extravasation: no information

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Patient drug information

• Brief patient counseling information can be found in the Factor Xa, recombinant, inactivated-zhzo (Andexxa) package insert

Diseases for which it is used

• Bleeding with anticoagulation

History of changes in FDA indication

• 5/4/2018: FDA approved "for patients treated with rivaroxaban and apixaban, when reversal of anticoagulation is necessary due to fatal or uncontrolled bleeding."

Also known as

• Code name: PRT4445
• Generic name: andexanet alfa