SSC Subcommittee Program, Monday 24 May

Animal Models

 

Chairman:  Timothy Nichols (US)
Co-chairmen:  Edward Conway (CA), Shaun Coughlin (US), Jay Degen (US), Nigel Mackman (US), Eva-Maria Muchitsch (AT), Susan Smyth (US), Hugo Ten Cate (NL), Hartmut Weiler (US)

Standardization of the Murine Tail Bleeding Model –This short manuscript will be submitted soon.
Eva-Maria Muchitsch (AT)

9:00

Models of  clotting in Murine Atherosclerosis
Hugo ten Cate (NL)

9:30

Mouse Models of von Willebrand Disease
David Lillicrap (CA)

10:00

Sensitivity of the Whole Blood Clotting Time to F.IX in Canine hemophilia B–will present this project as a candidate for the short manuscript.
Tim Nichols (US)

10:30

Ferric chloride arterial thrombosis standardization 
Tim Nichols (US) on behalf of Nigel Mackman

11:00

Plans for Animal Models Subcommittee Meeting at XXIII ISTH 2011, Kyoto Japan

11:15

 

Control of Anticoagulation, Session 2

 

Chairman:  Trevor Baglin (UK)
Co-chairmen:  Walter Ageno (IT), Job Harenberg (DE), Clive Kearon (CA), John Olson (US), Gualtiero Palareti (IT), Sam Schulman (CA), Antonius Van Den Besselaar (NL)

Update on the development of generic low molecular weight heparins and adherence to recommendations of scientific organizations
Jawed Fareed (US)

09:00

Report of the working party on standardization of methods to determine direct factor Xa inhibitors
Job Harenberg (DE)

09:20

Differential Effects of Various Anticoagulants as measured by Thromboelastography.                                   
Guy Young (US)

9:40

Thrombin generation in orthopaedic patients receiving rivaroxaban
Sam Machin (UK)

10:00

Discussion and Summary

10:20

Coffee break

10:40

Long term control of anticoagulation in patients with thrombosis in unusual sites

  • Splanchnic vein thrombosis registry
    Walter Ageno (IT)
  • Thrombosis in unusual sites, recent activities and potential perspectives
    Francesco Dentali (IT)
  • New prospective data on CVT and OAT
    Ida Martinelli (IT)

11:00

New oral Anticoagulants - Round table discussion including:

  • status of clinical trials
  • information to patients
  • assessing compliance
  • laboratory tests
  • phase IV studies

12:00

Planning of future SSC activities

12:45

 

DIC

 

Chairman:  Hideo Wada (JP)
Co-chairman:  Hunn Kyung Kim (KR), Jorn Dalsgarrd Nielsen (DK), Jecko Thachil (UK), Cheng-Hock Toh (UK)

 

Diagnosis and Treatment

 

Chairman’s report

09:00

British Society for Standards in Hematology Guideline in DIC
Cheng-Hock Toh (UK)

09:10

Japanese guideline on DIC
Hideo Wada (JP)

09:30

Discussion

09:45

Educational session (80 min)

 

Pathogenetic role of alarmin, HMGB1 in DIC
Ikuro Maruyama (JP)

09:50

Pathophysiological consideration in sepsis-induced DIC.
Jecko Thachil (UK)

10:20

DIC due to tropical disease
Pantep Angchaisuksiri
 (TH)

10:35

Discussion

10:55

Coffee break?

 

Standardization issues (100 min)

 

Considerations on the use of the ISTH non-overt DIC scoring system 
Jorn Dalsgaard Nielsen (DK)

11:15

Evaluation of modified non-overt DIC criteria on the prediction of the poor-outcome in patients with sepsis
Doyeun Oh (KR)

11:35

Effect of cardiopulmonary bypass on activated partial thromboplastin time waveform analysis, serum procalcitonin and C-reactive protein concentrations.Maxime Cannesson (FR)

11:55

Working group on Clt WF analysis 
Jecko Thachil (UK)

12:15

Accuracy of platelet counting by the automated hematologic analyzers disseminated intravascular coagulation: potential effects of platelet activation on the platelet measurement
Hunn Kyung Kim (KR)

12:25

Prospective study in Japan
Hideo Wada (JP)

12:45

Discussion

12:55

  

Predictive Variables in Cardiovascular Disease

 

Chairman:  James Douketis (CA)
Co-chairmen: Gordon Lowe (UK), Frederick Spencer (CA), Alberto Tosetto (IT), Richard White (USA)

Part A: Update of SSC-related Activities (15 min presentations + 5 min QA)

Factor IX Malmö and recurrent VTE
Willem Lijfering (NL)

9:00

MicroRNA and venous thrombosis
Carla Vossen (NL)

9:20

D-dimer and Recurrent VTE Collaborative Group
Campbell Tait (UK)

9:40

New molecular markers of CV disease
Sue He and Margareta Blomback (SE)

10:00

Global tests to predict VTE
Astrid van Hylckama Vlieg (NL)

10:20

Residual vein thrombosis and recurrent thrombosis
Walter Ageno (IT)

10:40

Coffee break

11:00

Part B: Educational Session (20 min presentations + 5 min QA) and Debate                           (15 min presentations + 5 min rebuttals ´ 2)

Established CV risk factors
Mary Cushman (US)

11:20

New and emerging CV risk factors
Moniek de Maat (NL)

11:45

Should CRP be used in everyday practice to risk-stratify patients without established CV disease? Yes
Mary Cushman (US)

12:10

Should CRP be used in everyday practice to risk-stratify patients without established CV disease? No
Moniek de Maat (NL)

12:30

  

Von Willebrand Factor, Session 2

 

Chairman: Jeroen Eikenboom (NL)
Co-chairmen: Thomas Abshire (US), Imre Bodo (HU), Giancarlo Castaman (IT), Jorge DiPaola (US), Emmanuel J Favaloro (AU), Anne Goodeve (UK), Bernhard Lämmle (CH), David Lillicrap (CA), Reinhard Schneppenheim (DE)

ADAMTS13
Chairman: Thomas Abshire (US)

Fluorogenic and chromogenic assays of ADAMTS13 activity.
Koichi Kokame (JP)/ Yoshihiro Fujimura (JP)

9:00

VWF and ADAMTS13 interactions
Reinhard Schneppenheim (GE)

9:15

Discussion

9:30

VWF and VWD registries
Chairman: Imre Bodo (HU)

 

Platelet Type - VWD registry 
Maha Othman (CA)

9:40

VWF Mutation database

Need for a steering committee

Publication/report on database
Anne Goodeve (UK)/Dan Hampshire (UK)

10:00

Discussion

10:20

Coffee break

Maintenance of Websites of different Working Parties
Chairman: David Lillicrap (CA)

- www.ddavp-in-vwd.com

Working party on desmopressin in the management of VWD

- www.intreavws.com

International registry on acquired VWD

- www.vwfassays-in-vwd.com

Working party on VWF assays in VWD diagnosis
Augusto Federici (IT)

10:50

Discussion

11:00

Ongoing and starting multicenter studies on VWD
Chairman: Jorge DiPaola (USA)/Jeroen Eikenboom (NL)

Working party on desmopressin in the management of VWD

Publication/report
Augusto Fedrici (IT)

11:10

Working party on VWF assays in VWD diagnosis

Publication/report
Carlo Castaman (IT)

11:20

European Project on type 3 VWD
Augusto Federici (IT)

11:30

EU VWD Cooperative Group
Ian Peake (UK)

11:45

Zimmerman Project (ZPMCB-VWD)
Bob Montgomery (USA)

12:00

GWAS on VWD/bleeding phenotype
Jorge DiPaola (USA)

12:10

VWD International Prophylaxis (VIP) Study
Tom Abshire (USA)

12:20

WIN (Willebrand in Netherlands)
Jeroen Eikenboom (NL) 

12:35

Discussion

12:50

 

                                                                                                   

                                                                                           

Biorheology 

 

Chairman: Johan Heemskerk (NL)
Co-chairmen: Lawrence Brass (US), Thomas Diacovo (US), Shaun Jackson (AU), Mike King (US), Armin Reininger (DE), Jaap-Jan Zwaginga (NL)

Session 1. Thrombus formation: novel methods and standardization
Chairmen: Armin Reininger (DE), Thomas Diacovo (US)

Towards standardization of biorheological assays – opening remarks
Johan Heemskerk (NL)

15.00

Time-resolved measurement of thrombus formation on a microfluid biochip
Chris Jones (UK)

15.10

Use and potential for flow devices in measurement of thrombus formation
Mark Roest (NL)

15.30

Microfluidic high throughput assays of platelet adhesion
Keith Neeves (US)

15.50

Fibrin formation and thrombus stability under flow
Armin Reininger (DE)

16.10

Possibilities and limitations in the standardization of in vivo thrombosis studies in mouse
Cecile Denis (FR)

16.30

Coffee break

 

Session 2. Blood flow-dependent processes in vitro and in vivo: novel concepts
Chairmen: Mike King (US), Johan Heemskerk (NL)

Lessons learned from the measurement of platelet adhesion receptor kinetics
Mike King (US)

17.10

Platelet adhesion kinetics: from mathematical modeling to in vivo relevance
Thomas Diacovo (US)

17.30

Microfluidic assays to study local disturbances in blood rheology on platelet adhesion and aggregation
W. Nesbitt (AU)

17.50

Thrombus formation and plaques in vivo and in vitro
Marÿke Kuijpers (NL)

18.10

Role of ADAMTS13 in flow-dependent thrombus formation
Mitsuhiko Sugimoto (JP)

18.30

Final discussion and closing remarks
Johan Heemskerk (NL)

18.50

 

 

Factor VIII and IX, session 1

Chair: Alok Srivastava (IN)
Co-Chair:  Jan Astermark (SE), Kathelijn Fischer (NL), Charles Hay (UK), Claude Negrier (FR), Johannes Oldenburg (DE), Flora Peyvandi (IT), Edward Tuddenham (UK), Leonard Valentino (US)

Welcome and Introductions 
Alok Srivastava (IN)

Completed/Submitted reports and new developments. Alok Srivastava (IN)

 

Section I - Rare Bleeding Disorders
Chairmen: Flora Peyvandi (IT) and Edward Tuddenham (UK)

 

Overview  
Flora Peyvandi (IT) and Edward Tuddenham
 (UK)

15:10

European network of RBDs (EN-RBD): Results of the collaboration at 3 years. 
Flora Peyvandi (IT)

15:15

RBD – the WFH database. 
Paula Bolton-Maggs (UK)

15:30

Bleeding scores in RBD. 
Roberta Palla (IT)

15:45

Evaluation of F XIII deficiency – Available assays and their limitations. 
Laszlo Muszbek (HU)

16:00

Monitoring hemostasis during surgery in FXI deficiency. 
Edward Tuddenham (UK)

16:15

Definitions in rare bleeding disorders – Report of the working group. 
Flora Peyvandi
 (IT)

16:30

General discussion / Future directions

16:50

Coffee break

 

Section II - Factor VIII/IX: Clinical issues- I (Assay/EQA/Phenotype)
Chairmen: Claude Negrier (FR) and Jan Astermark (SE)

Overview: Tests of global hemostasis and their applications. 
Claude Negrier (FR) and Jan Astermark (SE)

17:20

Towards standardization of TGT - Report of the working party. 
Claude Negrier  (FR)

17:25

Towards standardization of TEG - Report of the working party.  
Benny Sorensen (UK)

17:45

Towards standardization of clot wave form analysis - Report of the working party. 
Midori Shima (JP)

18:05

Could global haemostasis tests be used to tailor treatment in hemophilia? 
Jovan P. Antovic (SE)

18:25

General discussion / Future directions

18:45

 

Lupus Anticoagulants/Phospholipid-dependent Antibodies

 

Chairman:  Thomas L Ortel (US)
Co-Chairmen:  Ph de Groot (NL), Bas de Laat (NL), Vittorio Pengo (IT), Jacob Rand (US), Guido Reber (CH), Armando Tripodi (IT)

 

Updates from the APS Meeting in Galveston
Silvia Pierangelli (US), Thomas L. Ortel (US)

15:00

Diagnosis of APS: Proposed Consensus Document
Vittorio Pengo (IT)

15:25

Is a single positive test sufficient to diagnose APS?
Vittorio Pengo (IT)

15:55

Lupus anticoagulant: an attempt at standardization
Armando Tripodi (IT)

16:25

Coffee break

16:45

b2 glycoprotein I conformation and antibody recognition            
Philip de Groot (NL)

17:00

Human monoclonal antibody standards for antiphospholipid antibody testing
Bas de Laat (NL)

17:30

Developing the annexin A5 inhibition assay for clinical laboratory use
Jacob Rand (US)

17:45

Clinical and Laboratory Issues in APS:  Special Populations

  • Pediatric APS
    Gili Kenet (Israel) and Ulrike Nowak-Göttl (DE)

·         Obstetrical complications and APS
Andra James (US)

18:15

  

Platelet Physiology

 

Chairman:  Marco Cattaneo (IT)
Co-chairmen:  Christian Gachet (FR), Paolo Gresele (IT), Paul Harrison (UK), Catherine Hayward (CA), Dermot Kenny (IR), Alan Michelson (US), Diane Nugent (US), Stephen Watson (UK)

First Session
Chairmen: Marco Cattaneo (IT), Paolo Gresele (IT)

Inherited platelet function disorders: an overview
C. van Geet (BE)

15:00

Diagnosis of platelet function disorders
Andrew Mumford (UK)

15:30

Update on standardized bleeding scores for patients with defects of primary hemostasis
Alberto Tosetto (IT)

16:00

Organization of the Working Party on Diagnosis of platelet function disorders GENERAL DISCUSSION

16:30

Coffee break

17:00

Second Session
Chairman: Marco Cattaneo (IT), Christian Gachet (FR)

 

Factors influencing the individual response to clopidogrel
Robert Storey (UK)

17:30

The use of laboratory tests of platelet function to assess the bleeding risk in patients on treatment with thienopyridines
Dirk Sibbing (DE)

18:00

Final report of the Working Party on LTA Standardization

Marco Cattaneo (IT), on behalf of the Working Party on LTA standardization (Chiara Cerletti (IT), Paul Harrison (UK), Catherine PM Hayward (CA), Dermot Kenny (IR), Alan D Michelson (US), Diane Nugent (US), Paquita Nurden (FR), Koneti A Rao (US), Alvin Schmeier (US), Steve Watson (UK)):

18:30

  

Women’s Health Issues on Thrombosis and Haemostasis

 

Chairman:  Sabine Eichinger (AT)
Co-chairmen:  Margareta Blomback (SE), Benjamin Brenner (IL), Jacqueline Conard (FR), Andra James (US), Barbara Konkle (US), Peter Kouides (US), Claire McLintock (NZ), Claire Philipp (US)

Welcome and Introduction of Co-chairmen 
Sabine Eichinger (AT)

Program Overview 

Educational activities
Chairman: Benjamin Brenner (IL)

 

Educational Program of SSC Meetings: Overview and future perspectives
Sabine Eichinger (AT)

15:05

Report on the Women’s Health Issues in Thrombosis and Haemostasis symposia 2009 and 2011
Benjamin Brenner (IL)

15:10

ISTH educational activities for developing countries
Benjamin Brenner (IL)

15:15

SSC initiated projects – part I
Chairman: Andra James (US)

 

Type 1 VWD in Pregnancy
Barbara Konkle (US)

15:20

Diagnosis of deep-vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in pregnancy - an update
Menno V. Huisman (NL)

15:35

Contraception and the risk of venous thromboembolism: Practical considerations in high-risk women
Jacqueline Conard (FR)

16:00

Update on Registries
Chairman: Sabine Eichinger (AT)

 

Overview of past registries; future perspectives
Andra James (US)

16:20

Coffe break

16:30

SSC initiated projects – part II

Spotlight on “Thrombophilia and pregnancy outcomes” 
Chairman: Claire McLintock (NZ)

 

The relevance of thrombophilic risk factors and pregnancy outcomes 
Claire McLintock (NZ)

16:50

Aspirin and Aspirin Combined with Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin in Women with Unexplained Recurrent Miscarriage: a Randomized Controlled Multicenter Trial (ALIFE Study)
Saskia Middeldorp (NL)

17:15

Menorrhagia Working Group
Chairman: Claire S. Phillip (US)

 

Standardized Bleeding Scores
Claire S. Phillip (US)

17:35

The risk of miscarriage in women with rare bleeding disorders 
Flora Peyvandi (IT)

17:50

More health challenges for women with hereditary bleeding disorders in communities where fertility is essential
Magdy El-Ekiaby (EG)

18:10

New projects
Chairman: Sabine Eichinger (AT)

 

Travel and thrombosis in women
Benjamin Brenner (IL)

18:30

Assay of TF and TFPI on microparticles in pregnancy complications
Anat Aharon (IL)

18:40

Closing Remarks
Chairman and Co-Chairmen

18:50