Multicenter, randomized study of genetically modified recombinant human interleukin-11 to prevent chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia in cancer patients receiving chemotherapy

作者:Wu, Shikai; Zhang, Yang; Xu, Liyan; Dai, Yun; Teng, Yuee; Ma, Shanshan; Ho, Seong-Hyun; Kim, Jong-Mook; Yu, Seung Shin; Kim, Sunyoung; Song, Santai*
来源:Supportive Care in Cancer, 2012, 20(8): 1875-1884.
DOI:10.1007/s00520-011-1290-x

摘要

The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of genetically modified recombinant human IL-11 (mIL-11), using original IL-11 as an active control, in a multicenter randomized trial involving 88 cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy Eighty-eight subjects who had platelets a parts per thousand broken vertical bar 75 x 10(9)/L during the prior chemotherapy were randomized to the MR or RM group. Cohort MR consists of subcutaneous injection of mIL-11 (7.5 mu g/kg/day) for 10 days, beginning 72 h after chemotherapy for a 21-day chemotherapy cycle (cycle-1) followed by that of recombinant human interleukin-11 (rhIL-11) (25 mu g/kg/day) for another 10 days (cycle-2). Cohort RM represents the reverse sequence. Intent-to-treat populations of mIL-11 (n = 73) or rhIL-11 (n = 80) were analyzed to evaluate the safety. The incidence of drug-related adverse events of mIL-11 (32.9%) was lower than that of rhIL-11 (51.3%) (p = 0.033). There were no unexpected a parts per thousand yengrade-3 adverse events, and no subject developed antibodies to the mIL-11 protein. Sixty-two subjects were analyzed for efficacy by measuring average platelet levels. Both mIL-11 and rhIL-11 increased nadir platelet levels (62.6 +/- 34.9 x 10(9)/L for mIL-11 vs. 60.2 +/- 31.7 x 10(9)/L for rhIL-11) as compared with the untreated control group (41.2 +/- 17.7 x 10(9)/L) (p < 0.0001). There was no statistical difference in average platelet levels and platelet recovery rate between mIL-11 and rhIL-11. This study shows that mIL-11 is well tolerated and has thrombopoietic activity equivalent to one third of the clinical dose of rhIL-11, indicating the potential of mIL-11 for use in the treatment of CIT.