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RAPID FIBRINOGEN ASSAY FOR USE IN THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY

Award Information
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 13925
Amount: $500,000.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1992
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
Po Box 13417
Res Triangle Park, NC 27709
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Bruce J Oberhardt
 (919) 544-2952
Business Contact
Phone: () -
Research Institution
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Abstract

AN ASSAY SYSTEM FOR MONITORING FUNCTIONAL FIBRINOGEN IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY WILL BE DEVELOPED. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE BASED ON A NOVEL DRY REAGENT ASSAY TECHNOLOGY THAT HAS RECENTLY BEEN APPLIED SUCCESSFULLY TO PTAND ACTIVATED PTT TESTS. INTRODUCTION OF A RAPID, CONVENIENT, FIBRINOGEN ASSAY SYSTEM ON A DECENTRALIZED BASISCOULD PROVIDE ACCURATE RESULTS SOONER THAN EXISTING LABORATORY METHODS AND COULD SERVE AS AN IMPORTANT DIAGNOSTIC GUIDE IN THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY. THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP THIS FIBRINOGEN ASSAY SYSTEM AND ASSESS ITS POTENTIAL, USING A COMBINATION OF LABORATORY STUDIES OF INFLUENCING FACTORS AND CLINICAL SAMPLE STUDIES. APPLICATION TO EARLY DETERMINATION OF LOW FIBRINOGEN LEVELS IN THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY PATIENTS WILL BE EXPLORED. THIS WORK WILL BE PERFORMED IN CONJUNCTION WITH DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER.

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