Effect of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor treatment at a low dose but for a long duration in patients with coronary heart disease - A pilot study
Effect of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor treatment at a low dose but for a long duration in patients with coronary heart disease - A pilot study
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DOI:
10.1253/circj.70.430
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发表时间:
2006-04-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Fujiwara, H
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作者:
Suzuki, K;Nagashima, K;Fujiwara, H
Background In animal models, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) improves post-infarct cardiac function. However, in pilot studies involving patients with angina and acute myocardial infarction (AMI), G-CSF at a high dose frequently induced coronary occlusion or restenosis, but those at a low dose showed no significant beneficial effect. We hypothesized that a low dose but long duration of G-CSF will have a beneficial effect without serious complications to patients with coronary heart disease.Methods and Results Forty-six patients with angina or AMI were randomly assigned into G-CSF and non-G-CSF control groups, respectively. Recombinant G-CSF was subcutaneously injected once a day for 10 days. The leukocyte counts in the peripheral blood were controlled at approximately 30,000/mu l. One month later, a Thallium-201 single photon emission computed tomography revealed the increased percentage uptake and the reduced extent and severity scores in the G-CSF angina group. In the G-CSF AMI group, the curve between the ejection fraction and peak creatine kinase shifted significantly upward, compared with that of the non-G-CSF AMI group. Serious complications were not observed during the 6 months of observation.Conclusions A low dose but long duration of G-CSF treatment may have a beneficial effect without any serious complications in patients with coronary heart disease.