Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal; Instituto de Investigación Biomédica del Hospital y Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain; Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS), Madrid, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Infecciones (CIBERINFEC), Madrid, Spain.
International Breast Cancer Center (IBCC), Quirónsalud Group, Barcelona, Spain; Medica Scientia Innovation Research (MEDSIR), Barcelona, Spain.
Int J Infect Dis. 2022 Oct;123:97-103. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.08.007. Epub 2022 Aug 17.
Severe COVID-19 is associated with immune dysregulation and hyperinflammation (lymphocyte exhaustion and elevated interleukin 6. Pembrolizumab (P; immune-activating anti-programmed cell death-1 antibody) plus tocilizumab (TCZ; anti- interleukin 6 receptor antibody) might interrupt the hyperinflammation and restore cellular immunocompetence. We assessed the efficacy and safety of P + TCZ + standard of care (SOC) in high-risk, hospitalized patients with COVID-19 pneumonia without mechanical ventilation.
Randomized, controlled, open-label, phase II trial in patients with severe SARS-CoV-2 infection to assess the hospitalization period to discharge.
A total of 12 patients were randomized (P + TCZ + SOC, n = 7; SOC, n = 5). Nine (75%) were males, with a median age of 68 (41-79) years. The median time to discharge for P + TCZ + SOC and SOC was 10 and 47.5 days (P = 0.03), with zero (n = 1 patient had P-related grade 5 myositis) and two COVID-19-related deaths, respectively.
The addition of P and TCZ to SOC reduced the hospitalization period, with higher and faster discharges without sequelae than SOC alone.
严重的 COVID-19 与免疫失调和过度炎症(淋巴细胞耗竭和白细胞介素 6 升高)有关。派姆单抗(P;免疫激活抗程序性细胞死亡 1 抗体)联合托珠单抗(TCZ;抗白细胞介素 6 受体抗体)可能会中断过度炎症并恢复细胞免疫能力。我们评估了 P+TCZ+标准治疗(SOC)在没有机械通气的 COVID-19 肺炎高危住院患者中的疗效和安全性。
这是一项在严重 SARS-CoV-2 感染患者中进行的随机、对照、开放标签、二期临床试验,评估住院期间至出院的时间。
共有 12 名患者被随机分配(P+TCZ+SOC,n=7;SOC,n=5)。9 名(75%)为男性,中位年龄为 68(41-79)岁。P+TCZ+SOC 和 SOC 的中位出院时间分别为 10 和 47.5 天(P=0.03),分别有 1 名(患者发生与 P 相关的 5 级肌炎)和 2 名(与 COVID-19 相关)死亡。
SOC 中加入 P 和 TCZ 可缩短住院时间,与 SOC 相比,出院更快且无后遗症。