This site provides INTERCEPT product information for Health Care Professionals in the United States.

Safety, Efficacy, and Hemovigilance

Reduce Patient Risk of Transfusion Transmitted Infection

The INTERCEPT® Blood System for platelets provides robust, broad-spectrum inactivation, reducing the risks of TTI, including sepsis.

Additionally, the INTERCEPT Blood System inactivates donor T-cells, and is an FDA approved alternative to gamma irradiation for the prevention of transfusion-associated graft-versus-host disease (TA-GVHD). The safety and efficacy of INTERCEPT treated platelets (“INTERCEPT Platelets”) has been supported by hemovigilance programs and several clinical trials.

Demonstrated prevention
of septic reactions
in routine use

Hemovigilance (HV) programs provide a comprehensive view of transfusions and potential adverse events via the surveillance of blood donations in routine use settings.

Over 875,000 INTERCEPT Platelets have been transfused to patients in these countries, with reduced transfusion-transmitted infections and no fatalities attributed to INTERCEPT Platelets to-date.

Conventional Platelets INTERCEPT Platelets
HV Data Septic Transfusion Reactions (Fatalities) Septic Transfusion Reactions (Fatalities)
France1,2
2006-2019
53 (9) 0 (0)
Switzerland3-6
2005-2019
16 (3) 0 (0)
Belgium6,7
2009-2016
9 (0) 0 (0)
Total 78 (12) 0 (0)
* France transitioned to 100% INTERCEPT treated platelets in 2018
** Switzerland transitioned to 100% INTERCEPT treated platelets in 2011
*** Belgium transitioned to 100% INTERCEPT treated platelets in 2015

Clinical trials leading to FDA approval

The INTERCEPT Blood System has been evaluated in numerous clinical trials comprised of over 1000 subjects that received INTERCEPT Platelets. Primary endpoints were met in the controlled, randomized clinical trials, including corrected count increments (CCI) and bleeding criteria, both of which are measures of hemostatic efficacy. The frequency of acute transfusion reactions (ATRs) was assessed in three observational studies.

See INTERCEPT and pathogen reduction publications

Study
Description
Patients Design Primary
Endpoint
Primary Endpoint Met?
Viability of INTERCEPT Platelets, clearance of amotosalen, healthy patients8,9 65 Randomized, single-blind, cross-over Recovery/survival, clearance of amotosalen checkmark
Safety/efficacy of INTERCEPT Platelets, thrombocytopenic patients10 645 Randomized, double-blind, parallel WHO Grade 2 bleeding checkmark
Safety/efficacy of INTERCEPT Platelets, thrombocytopenic patients11 43 Randomized, double-blind, parallel 1 hour CCI checkmark
Safety/efficacy of INTERCEPT Platelets, thrombocytopenic patients12 32 Randomized, double-blind, cross-over Bleeding time checkmark
Safety of INTERCEPT Routine setting13 51 Single-arm, open label Frequency of acute transfusion
reactions was 1.6%
Safety of INTERCEPT Routine setting14 46 Single-arm, open label Frequency of acute transfusion reactions was 2%
Safety of INTERCEPT Routine setting15 169 Single-arm, open label Frequency of acute transfusion reactions was 2.4%

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