Division of Cardiology (Hibbert, Hayley, Beanlands, Le May, Davies, So, Marquis, Labinaz, Froeschl, O'Brien, Burwash, Wells, Pourdjabbar, Simard, Glover), Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Libin Cardiovascular Institute (O'Brien), Calgary, Alta.; Division of Hematology (Atkins), Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
CMAJ. 2014 Aug 5;186(11):E427-34. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.140133. Epub 2014 Jun 16.
Small studies have yielded divergent results for administration of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) after acute myocardial infarction. Adequately powered studies involving patients with at least moderate left ventricular dysfunction are lacking.
Patients with left ventricular ejection fraction less than 45% after anterior-wall myocardial infarction were treated with G-CSF (10 μg/kg daily for 4 days) or placebo. After initial randomization of 86 patients, 41 in the placebo group and 39 in the G-CSF group completed 6-month follow-up and underwent measurement of left ventricular ejection fraction by radionuclide angiography.
Baseline and 6-week mean ejection fraction was similar for the G-CSF and placebo groups: 34.8% (95% confidence interval [CI] 32.6%-37.0%) v. 36.4% (95% CI 33.5%-39.2%) at baseline and 39.8% (95% CI 36.2%-43.4%) v. 43.1% (95% CI 39.2%-47.0%) at 6 weeks. However, G-CSF therapy was associated with a lower ejection fraction at 6 months relative to placebo (40.8% [95% CI 37.4%-44.2%] v. 46.0% [95% CI 42.7%-44.3%]). Both groups had improved left ventricular function, but change in left ventricular ejection fraction was lower in patients treated with G-CSF than in those who received placebo (5.7 [95% CI 3.4-8.1] percentage points v. 9.2 [95% CI 6.3-12.1] percentage points). One or more of a composite of several major adverse cardiac events occurred in 8 patients (19%) within each group, with similar rates of target-vessel revascularization.
In patients with moderate left ventricular dysfunction following anterior-wall infarction, G-CSF therapy was associated with a lower 6-month left ventricular ejection fraction but no increased risk of major adverse cardiac events. Future studies of G-CSF in patients with left ventricular dysfunction should be monitored closely for safety.
ClinicalTrials.gov, no. NCT00394498.
小样本研究对于急性心肌梗死后粒细胞集落刺激因子(G-CSF)的给药结果存在分歧。缺乏涉及至少中度左心室功能障碍患者的充分有力的研究。
前壁心肌梗死后左心室射血分数(LVEF)<45%的患者接受 G-CSF(10μg/kg,每日 1 次,连续 4 天)或安慰剂治疗。在最初对 86 例患者进行随机分组后,安慰剂组 41 例和 G-CSF 组 39 例完成了 6 个月的随访,并接受放射性核素血管造影测量 LVEF。
G-CSF 组和安慰剂组的基线和 6 周时平均 LVEF 相似:基线时分别为 34.8%(95%置信区间[CI]32.6%-37.0%)和 36.4%(95% CI 33.5%-39.2%),6 周时分别为 39.8%(95% CI 36.2%-43.4%)和 43.1%(95% CI 39.2%-47.0%)。然而,与安慰剂相比,G-CSF 治疗与 6 个月时的 LVEF 降低相关(40.8%[95% CI 37.4%-44.2%]与 46.0%[95% CI 42.7%-44.3%])。两组左心室功能均有所改善,但 G-CSF 治疗组的 LVEF 改善程度低于安慰剂组(5.7[95% CI 3.4-8.1]个百分点比 9.2[95% CI 6.3-12.1]个百分点)。两组各有 8 例(19%)患者发生 1 项或多项主要不良心脏事件的复合事件,靶血管血运重建的发生率相似。
在前壁梗死后中度左心室功能障碍的患者中,G-CSF 治疗与 6 个月时较低的 LVEF 相关,但无主要不良心脏事件风险增加。应密切监测左心室功能障碍患者的 G-CSF 安全性。
ClinicalTrials.gov,NCT00394498。