Anti-Inflammatory Therapy With Canakinumab for the Prevention and Management of Diabetes

作者:Everett, Brendan M.*; Donath, Marc Y.; Pradhan, Aruna D.; Thuren, Tom; Pais, Prem; Nicolau, Jose C.; Glynn, Robert J.; Libby, Peter; Ridker, Paul M.
来源:Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2018, 71(21): 2392-2401.
DOI:10.1016/j.jacc.2018.03.002

摘要

BACKGROUND Subclinical inflammation mediated in part by interleukin (IL)-1 beta participates in peripheral insulin resistance and impaired pancreatic insulin secretion. @@@ OBJECTIVES The authors tested the hypothesis that the IL-1 beta inhibitor canakinumab reduces incident diabetes. @@@ METHODS The authors randomized 10,061 patients with prior myocardial infarction and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) >= 2 mg/l to placebo or canakinumab at doses of 50 mg, 150 mg, or 300 mg subcutaneously once every 3 months. The authors tested the effects of canakinumab on major cardiovascular events in patients with and without diabetes at baseline, and evaluated as a pre-specified analysis whether canakinumab would reduce the risk of adjudicated cases of new-onset type 2 diabetes among those with protocol-defined pre-diabetes at trial entry. The authors also evaluated the effect of canakinumab on fasting plasma glucose and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA(1c)) in patients with and without established diabetes. @@@ RESULTS Of the participants, 4,057 (40.3%) had baseline diabetes, 4,960 (49.3%) had pre-diabetes, and 1,044 (10.4%) had normal glucose levels. Among those without diabetes, increasing tertiles of hsCRP at baseline associated with an increased risk of developing diabetes during the median follow-up period of 3.7 years (incidence rates 3.2, 4.1, and 4.4 per 100 person-years; p = 0.003). Canakinumab 150 mg as compared with placebo had similar magnitude effects on major cardiovascular event rates among those with diabetes (hazard ratio [HR]: 0.85; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.70 to 1.03), pre-diabetes (HR: 0.86; 95% CI: 0.70 to 1.06), and normoglycemia (HR: 0.81; 95% CI: 0.49 to 1.35). Despite large reductions in hsCRP and IL-6, canakinumab did not reduce the incidence of new-onset diabetes, with rates per 100 person-years in the placebo, 50 mg, 150 mg, and 300 mg canakinumab groups of 4.2, 4.2, 4.4, and 4.1, respectively (log-rank p = 0.84). The HR comparing all canakinumab doses to placebo was 1.02 (95% CI: 0.87 to 1.19; p = 0.82). Canakinumab reduced HbA(1c) during the first 6 to 9 months of treatment, but no consistent long-term benefits on HbA(1c) or fasting plasma glucose were observed. @@@ CONCLUSIONS Although IL-1 beta inhibition with canakinumab had similar effects on major cardiovascular events among those with and without diabetes, treatment over a median period of 3.7 years did not reduce incident diabetes.

  • 出版日期2018-5-29