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Liu M, Bagnasco D, Matucci A, Pilette C, Price R, Maxwell A, Alfonso-Cristancho R, Jakes R, Lee J, Cheema A, Howarth P. Real-World Benefits of Mepolizumab in Patients With Severe Asthma and Comorbid GERD or Anxiety/Depression: Post Hoc Analysis of REALITI-A. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2022.12.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Pongracic JA, Gagnon R, Sussman G, Siri D, Oriel RC, Brown-Whitehorn TF, Green TD, Campbell DE, Anvari S, Berger WE, Bird JA, Chan ES, Cheema A, Chinthrajah RS, Chong HJ, Dowling PJ, Fineman SM, Fleischer DM, Gonzalez-Reyes E, Kim EH, Lanser BJ, MacGinnitie A, Mehta H, Petroni D, Rupp N, Schneider LC, Scurlock AM, Sher LD, Shreffler WG, Sindher SB, Stillerman A, Wood R, Yang WH, Bois T, Sampson HA, Bégin P. Safety of Epicutaneous Immunotherapy in Peanut-Allergic Children: REALISE Randomized Clinical Trial Results. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2022; 10:1864-1873.e10. [PMID: 34848381 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2021.11.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2021] [Revised: 10/19/2021] [Accepted: 11/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Treatment options for peanut allergy are limited. In previous clinical trials, epicutaneous immunotherapy with a patch containing 250-μg peanut protein (Viaskin Peanut 250 μg [VP250]) was well tolerated and statistically superior to placebo in desensitizing peanut-allergic children. OBJECTIVE To examine the safety of VP250 in children, using a study design approximating potential real-world use. METHODS REAL LIfe Use and Safety of EPIT (REALISE) is a phase 3 multicenter study consisting of a 6-month, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled period followed by open-label active treatment. Children aged 4 to 11 years with physician diagnosis of peanut allergy received daily treatment with placebo (6 months) or VP250 (up to 36 months). Data from the 6-month, randomized, controlled phase of REALISE are reported. RESULTS Three hundred ninety-three children were randomized 3:1 to receive VP250 (n = 294) or placebo (n = 99) for 6 months; 284 (72.3%) children had a history of peanut anaphylaxis. According to parent diary, all participants receiving VP250 and 83.8% receiving placebo reported at least 1 episode of local skin reaction, with frequency decreasing over time. Only 4 participants (1.4%) receiving VP250 discontinued because of adverse events (AEs). Epinephrine was administered for allergic reactions attributed to VP250 in 7 children (2.4%), of whom 5 remained in the study; none involved severe anaphylaxis. Overall, AE rates were similar among participants with and without a history of peanut anaphylaxis. CONCLUSIONS In a study designed to mirror real-world use, VP250 was observed to be well tolerated in peanut-allergic children, consistent with previous phase 2b and 3 studies.
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- Clinique Spécialisée en Allergie de la Capitale, Québec, QC, Canada
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- Midwest Allergy Sinus Asthma SC/SWIA Clinical Research Center, Normal, Ill
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, the Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Kravis Children's Hospital, New York, NY
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- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa
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- DBV Technologies SA, Montrouge, France; UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pa
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- Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Tex; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex
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- Allergy and Asthma Associates of Southern California, Mission Viejo, Calif
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- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Tex
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- Division of Allergy & Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, British Columbia Children's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif
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- UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pa
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City, Kansas City, Mo
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- Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta Allergy & Asthma, Atlanta, Ga
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- Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, Colo
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- University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital and Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
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- Seattle Allergy & Asthma Research Institute, Seattle, Wash
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- National Allergy and Asthma Research, North Charleston, SC
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- Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital and Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, Ark
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- Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif
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- Ottawa Allergy Research Corporation and Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa Medical School, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- Section of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, CHU Sainte-Justine, Montréal, QC, Canada
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Perry IE, Craig E, Cheema A, Yap JE. Gastrointestinal: Endoscopic suture removal resolves chest pain after esophagectomy. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2021; 36:3257. [PMID: 33825227 DOI: 10.1111/jgh.15506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2021] [Revised: 03/04/2021] [Accepted: 03/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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- I E Perry
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, USA
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Graham C, Tan M, Chew D, Gale C, Fox K, Bagai A, Henderson M, Quraishi A, Dery J, Cheema A, Fisher H, Brieger D, Lutchmedial S, Lavi S, Wong B, Cieza T, Mehta S, Goodman S, Yan A. USE AND OUTCOME OF DUAL ANTIPLATELET THERAPY FOR ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE: INSIGHTS FROM THE CANADIAN OBSERVATIONAL ANTIPLATELET STUDY (COAPT), A MULTICENTRE PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY. Can J Cardiol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2021.07.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Sussman G, Cheema A, Siri D, Brown-Whitehorn T, Petroni D, Nadeau K, Tugaut B, Arnould B, Chalil J, Pongracic J. P307 PATIENT EXPERIENCES WITH EPICUTANEOUS IMMUNOTHERAPY FOR PEANUT ALLERGY IN OLFUS-VIPES & REALISE TRIALS: QUALITATIVE STUDIES. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2020.08.143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Liu S, Choi D, Romaniuk A, Graham J, Buller C, Cheema A. NATURAL HISTORY OF SPONTANEOUS CORONARY ARTERY DISSECTIONS (SCAD): FINDINGS OF A ROUTINE SURVEILLANCE ANGIOGRAPHIC STUDY. Can J Cardiol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2020.07.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Fleischer DM, Shreffler WG, Campbell DE, Green TD, Anvari S, Assa'ad A, Bégin P, Beyer K, Bird JA, Brown-Whitehorn T, Byrne A, Chan ES, Cheema A, Chinthrajah S, Chong HJ, Davis CM, Ford LS, Gagnon R, Greenhawt M, Hourihane JO, Jones SM, Kim EH, Lange L, Lanser BJ, Leonard S, Mahler V, Maronna A, Nowak-Wegrzyn A, Oriel RC, O'Sullivan M, Petroni D, Pongracic JA, Prescott SL, Schneider LC, Smith P, Staab D, Sussman G, Wood R, Yang WH, Lambert R, Peillon A, Bois T, Sampson HA. Long-term, open-label extension study of the efficacy and safety of epicutaneous immunotherapy for peanut allergy in children: PEOPLE 3-year results. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2020; 146:863-874. [PMID: 32659313 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2020.06.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2020] [Revised: 06/18/2020] [Accepted: 06/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND The PEPITES (Peanut EPIT Efficacy and Safety) trial, a 12-month randomized controlled study of children with peanut allergy and 4 to 11 years old, previously reported the safety and efficacy of epicutaneous immunotherapy (EPIT) for peanut allergy (250 μg, daily epicutaneous peanut protein; DBV712 250 μg). OBJECTIVE We sought to assess interim safety and efficacy of an additional 2 years of EPIT from the ongoing (5-year treatment) PEOPLE (PEPITES Open-Label Extension) study. METHODS Subjects who completed PEPITES were offered enrollment in PEOPLE. Following an additional 2 years of daily DBV712 250 μg, subjects who had received DBV712 250 μg in PEPITES underwent month-36 double-blind, placebo-controlled food challenge with an optional month-38 sustained unresponsiveness assessment. RESULTS Of 213 eligible subjects who had received DBV712 250 μg in PEPITES, 198 (93%) entered PEOPLE, of whom 141 (71%) had assessable double-blind, placebo-controlled food challenge at month 36. At month 36, 51.8% of subjects (73 of 141) reached an eliciting dose of ≥1000 mg, compared with 40.4% (57 of 141) at month 12; 75.9% (107 of 141) demonstrated increased eliciting dose compared with baseline; and 13.5% (19 of 141) tolerated the full double-blind, placebo-controlled food challenge of 5444 mg. Median cumulative reactive dose increased from 144 to 944 mg. Eighteen subjects underwent an optional sustained unresponsiveness assessment; 14 of those (77.8%) maintained an eliciting dose of ≥1000 mg at month 38. Local patch-site skin reactions were common but decreased over time. There was no treatment-related epinephrine use in years 2 or 3. Compliance was high (96.9%), and withdrawals due to treatment-related adverse events were low (1%). CONCLUSIONS These results demonstrate that daily EPIT treatment for peanut allergy beyond 1 year leads to continued response from a well-tolerated, simple-to-use regimen.
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- David M Fleischer
- Section of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, Colo.
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- Food Allergy Center, Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass
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- Department of Allergy and Immunology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia; DBV Technologies, Montrouge, France
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- DBV Technologies, Montrouge, France; Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pa
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- Section of Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Tex; Department of Pediatrics, Allergy and Immunology Section, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex
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- Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, The University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Pediatric Pneumology, Immunology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charité Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Tex
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa; Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa
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- Paediatric Allergy Department, Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Pediatrics, British Columbia Children's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pa
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- Department of Pediatrics, Allergy and Immunology Section, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex
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- Department of Allergy and Immunology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia; Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Service d'Allergie et Immunologie, Département de Médecine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Quebec, Canada
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- Section of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, Colo
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- Paediatrics and Child Health, INFANT Centre and Health Research Board-Clinical Research Facility, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland; Department of Paediatrics, Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland
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- Pediatrics - Allergy and Immunology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, Ark
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- Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Department of Pediatrics, St. Marien Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Division of Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colo
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, San Diego, Calif; Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, Calif
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- Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen, Germany
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- Hassenfeld Children's Hospital at New York University Langone Health, New York, NY; Department of Pediatrics, Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Collegium Medicum, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland
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- Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- Seattle Allergy and Asthma Research Institute, Seattle, Wash
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- Allergy and Immunology Division, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Ill
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- Perth Children's Hospital, Nedlands, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, The University of Western Australia School of Medicine, Perth, Australia
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- School of Medical Science, Griffith University, Southport, Australia
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pulmonology, Immunology and Critical Care Medicine, Charité-Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Gordon Sussman Clinical Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md
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- Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa Medical School, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- DBV Technologies, Montrouge, France; Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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Brown-Whitehorn T, Knoble N, Nadeau K, Sussman G, Cheema A, Chalil J, Green T, Arnould B. D300 PATIENT EXPERIENCES FOLLOWING THE OLFUS VIPES PHASE IIB EPICUTANEOUS IMMUNOTHERAPY TRIAL: A RETROSPECTIVE QUALITATIVE STUDY. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2019.08.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Akl E, Dzavik V, Cairns J, Lavi S, Mehta S, Cantor W, Sibbald M, Cheema A, Welsh R, Sheth T, Bertrand O, Liu Y, Jolly S. HEART FAILURE IN ST-SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, PREDICTORS AND PROGNOSTIC IMPACT: INSIGHTS FROM THE TOTAL TRIAL. Can J Cardiol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2019.07.300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Fleischer DM, Greenhawt M, Sussman G, Bégin P, Nowak-Wegrzyn A, Petroni D, Beyer K, Brown-Whitehorn T, Hebert J, Hourihane JO, Campbell DE, Leonard S, Chinthrajah RS, Pongracic JA, Jones SM, Lange L, Chong H, Green TD, Wood R, Cheema A, Prescott SL, Smith P, Yang W, Chan ES, Byrne A, Assa’ad A, Bird JA, Kim EH, Schneider L, Davis CM, Lanser BJ, Lambert R, Shreffler W. Effect of Epicutaneous Immunotherapy vs Placebo on Reaction to Peanut Protein Ingestion Among Children With Peanut Allergy: The PEPITES Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA 2019; 321:946-955. [PMID: 30794314 PMCID: PMC6439674 DOI: 10.1001/jama.2019.1113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 164] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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IMPORTANCE There are currently no approved treatments for peanut allergy. OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy and adverse events of epicutaneous immunotherapy with a peanut patch among peanut-allergic children. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial conducted at 31 sites in 5 countries between January 8, 2016, and August 18, 2017. Participants included peanut-allergic children (aged 4-11 years [n = 356] without a history of a severe anaphylactic reaction) developing objective symptoms during a double-blind, placebo-controlled food challenge at an eliciting dose of 300 mg or less of peanut protein. INTERVENTIONS Daily treatment with peanut patch containing either 250 μg of peanut protein (n = 238) or placebo (n = 118) for 12 months. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES The primary outcome was the percentage difference in responders between the peanut patch and placebo patch based on eliciting dose (highest dose at which objective signs/symptoms of an immediate hypersensitivity reaction developed) determined by food challenges at baseline and month 12. Participants with baseline eliciting dose of 10 mg or less were responders if the posttreatment eliciting dose was 300 mg or more; participants with baseline eliciting dose greater than 10 to 300 mg were responders if the posttreatment eliciting dose was 1000 mg or more. A threshold of 15% or more on the lower bound of a 95% CI around responder rate difference was prespecified to determine a positive trial result. Adverse event evaluation included collection of treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs). RESULTS Among 356 participants randomized (median age, 7 years; 61.2% male), 89.9% completed the trial; the mean treatment adherence was 98.5%. The responder rate was 35.3% with peanut-patch treatment vs 13.6% with placebo (difference, 21.7% [95% CI, 12.4%-29.8%; P < .001]). The prespecified lower bound of the CI threshold was not met. TEAEs, primarily patch application site reactions, occurred in 95.4% and 89% of active and placebo groups, respectively. The all-causes rate of discontinuation was 10.5% in the peanut-patch group vs 9.3% in the placebo group. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE Among peanut-allergic children aged 4 to 11 years, the percentage difference in responders at 12 months with the 250-μg peanut-patch therapy vs placebo was 21.7% and was statistically significant, but did not meet the prespecified lower bound of the confidence interval criterion for a positive trial result. The clinical relevance of not meeting this lower bound of the confidence interval with respect to the treatment of peanut-allergic children with epicutaneous immunotherapy remains to be determined. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02636699.
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- David M. Fleischer
- Children’s Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora
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- Children’s Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora
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- Gordon Sussman Clinical Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Northwest Allergy and Asthma Center, University of Washington Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle
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- Clinique Spécialisée en Allergie de la Capital, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
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- Paediatrics and Child Health, INFANT Centre and HRB-Clinical Research Facility, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- University of California, San Diego, Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego
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- Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
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- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Little Rock
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- Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- DBV Technologies, Montrouge, France
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- Division of Paediatrics, University of Western Australia School of Medicine, Perth, Children’s Hospital, Nedlands, Australia
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- Ottawa Allergy Research Corporation, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- British Columbia Children’s Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston
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Al-Hillan A, Bajwa RS, Cheema A, Ezeume A, Gor S, Mahida H, Kountz DS. Venous thromboembolism prevention through the use of novel Factor Xa inhibitors. Postgrad Med 2018; 131:89-95. [PMID: 30394165 DOI: 10.1080/00325481.2019.1542925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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The risk of a venous thromboembolic event is not limited to the pre-hospital, hospital, or immediate post-hospital period. Because of challenges with data collection, the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) up to 3 months post-hospitalization for patients with acute and serious medical problems in the setting of chronic disease and/or risk factors for VTE is probably under reported. The growing acceptance and indications of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) now includes an indication for VTE prevention for one of the Factor Xa agents. In this paper, the authors explore the issue of VTE in the extended post-hospital period and strategies to provide protection from these morbid and potentially mortal events with oral anticoagulants.
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- A Al-Hillan
- a Department of Medicine , Jersey Shore University Medical Center , Neptune , NJ , USA
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- a Department of Medicine , Jersey Shore University Medical Center , Neptune , NJ , USA
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- a Department of Medicine , Jersey Shore University Medical Center , Neptune , NJ , USA
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- a Department of Medicine , Jersey Shore University Medical Center , Neptune , NJ , USA
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- a Department of Medicine , Jersey Shore University Medical Center , Neptune , NJ , USA
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- a Department of Medicine , Jersey Shore University Medical Center , Neptune , NJ , USA
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- a Department of Medicine , Jersey Shore University Medical Center , Neptune , NJ , USA
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Vickery BP, Vereda A, Casale TB, Beyer K, du Toit G, Hourihane JO, Jones SM, Shreffler WG, Marcantonio A, Zawadzki R, Sher L, Carr WW, Fineman S, Greos L, Rachid R, Ibáñez MD, Tilles S, Assa’ad AH, Nilsson C, Rupp N, Welch MJ, Sussman G, Chinthrajah S, Blumchen K, Sher E, Spergel JM, Leickly FE, Zielen S, Wang J, Sanders GM, Wood RA, Cheema A, Bindslev-Jensen C, Leonard S, Kachru R, Johnston DT, Hampel FC, Kim EH, Anagnostou A, Pongracic JA, Ben-Shoshan M, Sharma HP, Stillerman A, Windom HH, Yang WH, Muraro A, Zubeldia JM, Sharma V, Dorsey MJ, Chong HJ, Ohayon J, Bird JA, Carr TF, Siri D, Fernández-Rivas M, Jeong DK, Fleischer DM, Lieberman JA, Dubois AEJ, Tsoumani M, Ciaccio CE, Portnoy JM, Mansfield LE, Fritz SB, Lanser BJ, Matz J, Oude Elberink HNG, Varshney P, Dilly SG, Adelman DC, Burks AW. AR101 Oral Immunotherapy for Peanut Allergy. N Engl J Med 2018; 379:1991-2001. [PMID: 30449234 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1812856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 417] [Impact Index Per Article: 69.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Peanut allergy, for which there are no approved treatment options, affects patients who are at risk for unpredictable and occasionally life-threatening allergic reactions. METHODS In a phase 3 trial, we screened participants 4 to 55 years of age with peanut allergy for allergic dose-limiting symptoms at a challenge dose of 100 mg or less of peanut protein (approximately one third of a peanut kernel) in a double-blind, placebo-controlled food challenge. Participants with an allergic response were randomly assigned, in a 3:1 ratio, to receive AR101 (a peanut-derived investigational biologic oral immunotherapy drug) or placebo in an escalating-dose program. Participants who completed the regimen (i.e., received 300 mg per day of the maintenance regimen for approximately 24 weeks) underwent a double-blind, placebo-controlled food challenge at trial exit. The primary efficacy end point was the proportion of participants 4 to 17 years of age who could ingest a challenge dose of 600 mg or more, without dose-limiting symptoms. RESULTS Of the 551 participants who received AR101 or placebo, 496 were 4 to 17 years of age; of these, 250 of 372 participants (67.2%) who received active treatment, as compared with 5 of 124 participants (4.0%) who received placebo, were able to ingest a dose of 600 mg or more of peanut protein, without dose-limiting symptoms, at the exit food challenge (difference, 63.2 percentage points; 95% confidence interval, 53.0 to 73.3; P<0.001). During the exit food challenge, the maximum severity of symptoms was moderate in 25% of the participants in the active-drug group and 59% of those in the placebo group and severe in 5% and 11%, respectively. Adverse events during the intervention period affected more than 95% of the participants 4 to 17 years of age. A total of 34.7% of the participants in the active-drug group had mild events, as compared with 50.0% of those in the placebo group; 59.7% and 44.4% of the participants, respectively, had events that were graded as moderate, and 4.3% and 0.8%, respectively, had events that were graded as severe. Efficacy was not shown in the participants 18 years of age or older. CONCLUSIONS In this phase 3 trial of oral immunotherapy in children and adolescents who were highly allergic to peanut, treatment with AR101 resulted in higher doses of peanut protein that could be ingested without dose-limiting symptoms and in lower symptom severity during peanut exposure at the exit food challenge than placebo. (Funded by Aimmune Therapeutics; PALISADE ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT02635776 .).
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Coomes E, Jeyaganth S, Cheema A. ATRIAL ELECTROANATOMIC REMODELLING AFTER TRANSCATHETER ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT CLOSURE IN ADULT PATIENTS. Can J Cardiol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2018.07.216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Sin P, Yang A, Pon Q, Lavoie A, Crawford J, Harenberg S, Zimmermann R, Booker J, Kelly S, Lavi S, Cantor W, Mehta S, Bagai A, Goodman S, Cheema A, Dehghani P. EFFECTS OF BASELINE PLATELET REACTIVITY IN FIBRINOLYSIS-TREATED ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION PATIENTS UNDERGOING EARLY PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION. Can J Cardiol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2018.07.393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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Sabri N, Houle J, Cheema A, Daskalopoulou S, Eisenberg M, Pilote L. THE ROLE OF THROMBOTIC FACTORS IN PATIENTS WITH PREMATURE ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME. Can J Cardiol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2016.07.174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Côté MÈ, Boulay MÈ, Plante S, Chakir J, Boulet LP, Ahmed H, Ospina MB, Sideri K, Vliagoftis H, Johnson SF, Woodgate RL, Cros G, Teira P, Cellot S, Bittencourt H, Decaluwe H, Vachon MF, Duval M, Haddad E, Kim VHD, Pham-Huy A, Grunebaum E, Oliveria JP, Phan S, Tenn MW, Tworek D, Smith SG, Baatjes AJ, Obminski CD, Munoz CE, Scime TX, Sehmi R, Gauvreau GM, Salter BM, Smith SG, Obminski CD, Munoz CE, Schlatman A, Scime TX, Watson R, Sherkat R, Khoshnevisan R, Sheikhbahaei S, Betschel S, Warrington R, Schellenberg R, Fein MN, Pelletier JP, Kan M, Labrosse R, Mak R, Loh J, Kanani A, Nowak DA, Keith PK, Pannozzo D, Lima HC, Pham D, Pham H, Alvarez GG, Bencze IT, Sharma KB, Smith M, Aaron S, Block J, Keays T, Leech J, Schneidermen D, Cameron J, Forgie J, Ring A, O’Quinn JW, Santucci S, Yang WH, Gaudet E, Aaron S, Voisin MR, Borici-Mazi R, Vostretsova K, Stark DF, Yeboah E, Martin-Rhee M, Gula C, Cheng C, Paltser G, Dery A, Clarke A, Nadeau K, Harada L, Weatherall K, Greenwood C, Daley D, Asai Y, Ben-Shoshan M, Ling L, Ospina MB, Protudjer JLP, Vetander M, van Hage M, Olén O, Wickman M, Bergström A, Teoh T, Mill C, Wong T, Baerg I, Alexander A, Hildebrand KJ, Dean J, Kuzeljevic B, Chan ES, Argeny J, Gona-Hoepler M, Fucik P, Nachbaur E, Gruber S, Crameri R, Glaser A, Szépfalusi Z, Rhyner C, Eiwegger T, Plunkett G, Mire B, Yazicioglu M, Can C, Ciplak G, Cook VE, Portales-Casamar E, Nashi EP, Gabrielli S, Primeau MN, Lejtenyi C, Netchiporouk E, Dery A, Shand G, Hoe E, Liem J, Ko JK, Huang DJT, Mazza JA, McHenry M, Otley A, Watson W, Kraft JN, Paina M, Darwish Hassan AA, Heroux D, Crawford L, Gauvreau G, Denburg J, Pedder L, Chad Z, Sussman G, Hébert J, Frankish C, Olynych T, Cheema A, Del Carpio J, Harrison R, Torabi B, Medoff E, Mill J, Quirt JA, Wen X, Kim J, Herrero AJ, Kim HL, Grzyb MJ, Primeau MN, Azad MB, Lu Z, Becker AB, Subbarao P, Mandhane PJ, Turvey SE, Sears MR, Boucher-Lafleur AM, Gagné-Ouellet V, Jacques É, Laprise C, Chen M, McGovern T, Adner M, Martin JG, Cosic N, Ntanda H, Giesbrecht G, Kozyrskyj A, Letourneau N, Dawod B, Marshall J, De Schryver S, Halbrich M, La Vieille S, Eisman H, Alizadehfar R, Joseph L, Morris J, Feldman LY, Thacher JD, Kull I, Melén E, Pershagen G, Protudjer JLP, Hosseini A, Hackett TL, Hirota J, McNagny K, Wilson S, Carlsten C, Huq S, Chooniedass R, Gerwing B, Huang H, Lefebvre D, Becker A, Khamis MM, Awad H, Allen K, Adamko DJ, El-Aneed A, Kim YW, Gliddon DR, Shannon CP, Singh A, Hickey PLC, Ellis AK, Neighbour H, Larche M, Tebbutt SJ, Ladouceur E, Stewart M, Evans J, Masuda J, To T, King M, Larouche M, Liang L, Legere SA, Haidl ID, Legaré JF, Marshall JS, Sears M, Moraes TJ, Ratjen F, Gustafsson P, Lou W, North ML, Lee E, Omana V, Thiele J, Brook J, Rahman T, Lejtenyi D, Fiter R, Piccirillo C, Mazer B, Simons E, Hildebrand K, Turvey S, DeMarco M, Le Cao KA, Gauvreau GM, Mark FitzGerald J, O’Byrne PM, Stiemsma LT, Arrieta MC, Cheng J, Dimitriu PA, Thorson L, Yurist S, Lefebvre DL, Mandhane P, McNagny KM, Kollmann T, Mohn WW, Brett Finlay B, Tran MM, Lefebvre DL, Ramasundarahettige CF, Dai WH, Mandhane PJ, Tworek D, O’Byrne SN, O’Byrne PM, Denburg JA, Walsh L, Soliman M, Steacy LM, Adams DE, Warner L, Mauro MA, Mamonluk R, Yang C, Conway EM. Proceedings of the Canadian society of allergy and clinical immunology annual scientific meeting 2015. Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol 2016. [PMCID: PMC5009563 DOI: 10.1186/s13223-016-0118-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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A1 Role of fibrocytes in allergic rhinitis Marie-Ève Côté, Marie-Ève Boulay, Sophie Plante, Jamila Chakir, Louis-Philippe Boulet A2 Patterns of aeroallergens sensitization in Northern Alberta Hanan Ahmed, Maria-Beatriz Ospina, Kyriaki Sideri, Harissios Vliagoftis A3 Addressing acceptable risk for adolescents with Food-Induced Anaphylaxis (FIA) Sara F. Johnson, Roberta L. Woodgate A4 Outcomes of matched related and unrelated bone marrow transplantation after reduced-toxicity conditioning for children suffering from Chronic Granulomatous Disease Guilhem Cros, Pierre Teira, Sonia Cellot, Henrique Bittencourt, Helene Decaluwe, Marie France Vachon, Michel Duval, Elie Haddad A5 Outcomes of patients with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) prior to and after initiation of newborn screening for SCID in Ontario Vy H.D. Kim, Anne Pham-Huy, Eyal Grunebaum A6 Detection of regulatory B cells in the airways of subjects with asthma John-Paul Oliveria, Stephanie Phan, Mark W. Tenn, Damian Tworek, Steven G. Smith, Adrian J. Baatjes, Caitlin D. Obminski, Caroline E. Munoz, Tara X. Scime, Roma Sehmi, Gail M Gauvreau A7 Characterization of IgE-expressing B cells in the airways and peripheral blood of allergic asthmatic subjects John-Paul Oliveria, Stephanie Phan, Mark W. Tenn, Brittany M Salter, Steven G Smith, Caitlin D Obminski, Caroline E Munoz, Abbey Schlatman, Tara X Scime, Rick Watson, Roma Sehmi, Gail M Gauvreau A8 Pregnancy: could it be a risk factor for primary immunodeficient patients Roya Sherkat, Razieh Khoshnevisan, Saba Sheikhbahaei A9 Clinical experience with Octagam: a Canadian retrospective chart review Stephen Betschel, Richard Warrington, Robert Schellenberg A10 Kounis syndrome secondary to contrast media with inferior ST elevations and bilateral ischemic stroke Michael N Fein, Jean-Philippe Pelletier A11 Honey bee venom immunotherapy ineffective in bumble bee-induced anaphylaxis: case report and review of literature Manstein Kan, Robert Schellenberg A12 Delayed immune reconstitution occurring after multiple immune complications of hematological stem cell transplantation for a leaky SCID Roxane Labrosse, Guilhem Cros, Pierre Teira, Henrique Bittencourt, Helene Decaluwe, Michel Duval, Elie Haddad A13 Comparison of Three Case Reports of Acquired Angioedema: presentation, management and outcome Raymond Mak, James Loh, Amin Kanani A14 Sitagliptin-associated angioedema not related to concurrent use of ARB or ACE inhibitor Dominik A. Nowak, Paul K. Keith A15 Sneddon-Wilkinson subcorneal pustular dermatosis associated with an IgA monoclonal gammopathy Daniel Pannozzo, Dominik A. Nowak, Hermenio C. Lima A16 Omalizumab can be effective in patients with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis Diana Pham, Hoang Pham, Gonzalo G. Alvarez, Istvan T. Bencze, Krishna B. Sharma, Mark Smith, Shawn Aaron, Jennifer Block, Tara Keays, Judith Leech, David Schneidermen, Jodi Cameron, Jennifer Forgie, Alicia Ring, John W. O’Quinn, Stephanie Santucci, William H. Yang A17 Efficacious use of omalizumab in the treatment of cystic fibrosis Diana Pham, Hoang Pham, Ena Gaudet, Shawn Aaron, Stephanie Santucci, William H. Yang A18 HAE with normal C1-INH with inconsistent response to C1 esterase inhibitor infusion but reliably responsive to icatibant Hoang Pham, Stephanie Santucci, William H. Yang A19 Anaphylaxis reaction to lactase enzyme Mathew R. Voisin, Rozita Borici-Mazi A20 Risk of solid tumor malignancies in patients with primary immune deficiency Kateryna Vostretsova, Donald F. Stark A21 Is it time to adopt the chromogenic assay for measuring C1 esterase inhibitor function in patients with HAE Type 2? Elizabeth Yeboah, Paul K. Keith A22 Emergency department visits for anaphylaxis and allergic reactions Michelle Martin-Rhee, Cheryl Gula, Clare Cheng, Geoff Paltser A23 START: Susceptibility To food Allergies in a Registry of Twins Alizée Dery, Ann Clarke, Kari Nadeau, Laurie Harada, Kimberley Weatherall, Celia Greenwood, Denise Daley, Yuka Asai, Moshe Ben-Shoshan A24 Qualifying the diagnostic approach employed by allergists when managing patients with self-diagnosed non-celiac gluten sensitivity (NCGS) Lee Horgan, Teresa Pun A25 Retrospective analysis on the agreement between skin prick test and serum food specific IgE antibody in adults with suspected food allergy Ling Ling, Maria B. Ospina, Kyriaki Sideri, Harissios Vliagoftis A26 Staple food hypersensitivity from infancy to adolescence: a report from the BAMSE cohort Jennifer L.P. Protudjer, Mirja Vetander, Marianne van Hage, Ola Olén, Magnus Wickman, Anna Bergström A27 Evaluating the impact of supervised epinephrine autoinjector administration during food challenges on perceived parent confidence Timothy Teoh, Christopher Mill, Tiffany Wong, Ingrid Baerg, Angela Alexander, Kyla J. Hildebrand, John Dean, Boris Kuzeljevic, Edmond S. Chan A28 Local immunoglobulin production to Aspergillus fumigatus cystic fibrosis Jonathan Argeny, Mia Gona-Hoepler, Petra Fucik, Edith Nachbaur, Saskia Gruber, Reto Crameri, Andreas Glaser, Zsolt Szépfalusi, Claudio Rhyner, Thomas Eiwegger A29 Extract consumption with skin prick test (SPT) devices Greg. Plunkett, Brad Mire A30 Evaluation of our cases with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug reactions Mehtap Yazicioglu, Ceren Can, Gokce Ciplak A31 Reasons for referral and final diagnoses in a tertiary care pediatric allergy clinic Victoria E. Cook, Kyla J. Hildebrand, Elodie Portales-Casamar, Christopher Mill, Edmond S. Chan A32 Internist referral practices for inpatients with self-reported penicillin allergies at a tertiary care teaching hospital Michael N Fein, Emil P Nashi A33 Assessing the risk of reactions in children with a negative oral challenge after a subsequent use of amoxicillin Sofianne Gabrielli, Christopher Mill, Marie-Noel Primeau, Christine Lejtenyi, Elena Netchiporouk, Alizee Dery, Greg Shand, Moshe Ben-Shoshan A34 Validity of self-reported penicillin allergies Erica Hoe, Joel Liem A35 Effectiveness of allergy-test directed elimination diets in eosinophilic esophagitis Jason K. Ko, David J.T. Huang, Jorge A. Mazza A36 Allergy testing and dietary management in pediatric eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE): A retrospective review of a tertiary Canadian centre’s experience Mary McHenry, Anthony Otley,Wade Watson A37 Visualizing the impact of atopic and allergic skin disease Dominik A. Nowak, John N. Kraft A38 Cystic fibrosis with and without nasal polyposis in pediatric patients: a cross-sectional comparative study Mihaela Paina, Ahmed A. Darwish Hassan, Delia Heroux, Lynn Crawford, Gail Gauvreau, Judah Denburg, Linda Pedder, Paul K. Keith A39 Evaluation of macrolide antibiotic hypersensitivity: the role of oral challenges in children Bahar Torabi, Marie-Noel Primeau, Christine Lejtenyi, Elaine Medoff, Jennifer Mill, Moshe Ben-Shoshan A40 Venom allergy testing: is a graded approach necessary? Jaclyn A. Quirt, Xia Wen, Jonathan Kim, Angel Jimenez Herrero, Harold L. Kim A41 The role of oral challenges in evaluating cephalosporin hypersensitivity reactions in children Magdalena J. Grzyb, Marie-Noël Primeau, Christine Lejtenyi, Elaine Medoff, Jennifer Mill, Moshe Ben-Shoshan A42 Breastfeeding and infant wheeze, atopy and atopic dermatitis: findings from the Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development Study Meghan B. Azad, Zihang Lu, Allan B. Becker, Padmaja Subbarao, Piushkumar J. Mandhane, Stuart E. Turvey, Malcolm R. Sears, the CHILD Study Investigators A43 IL33 DNA methylation in bronchial epithelial cells is associated to asthma Anne-Marie Boucher-Lafleur, Valérie Gagné-Ouellet, Éric Jacques, Sophie Plante, Jamila Chakir, Catherine Laprise A44 NRF2 mediates the antioxidant response to organic dust-induced oxidative stress in bronchial epithelial cells Michael Chen, Toby McGovern, Mikael Adner, James G. Martin A45 The effects of perinatal distress, immune biomarkers and mother-infant interaction quality on childhood atopic dermatitis (rash) at 18 months Nela Cosic, Henry Ntanda, Gerald Giesbrecht, Anita Kozyrskyj, Nicole Letourneau A46 Examining the immunological mechanisms associated with cow’s milk allergy Bassel Dawod, Jean Marshall A47 Tryptase levels in children presenting with anaphylaxis to the Montréal Children’s Hospital Sarah De Schryver, Michelle Halbrich, Ann Clarke, Sebastian La Vieille, Harley Eisman, Reza Alizadehfar, Lawrence Joseph, Judy Morris, Moshe Ben-Shoshan A48 Secondhand tobacco smoke exposure in infancy and the development of food hypersensitivity from childhood to adolescence Laura Y. Feldman, Jesse D. Thacher, Inger Kull, Erik Melén, Göran Pershagen, Magnus Wickman, Jennifer L. P. Protudjer, Anna Bergström A49 Combined exposure to diesel exhaust and allergen enhances allergic inflammation in the bronchial submucosa of atopic subjects Ali Hosseini, Tillie L. Hackett, Jeremy Hirota, Kelly McNagny, Susan Wilson, Chris Carlsten A50 Comparison of skin-prick test measurements by an automated system against the manual method Saiful Huq, Rishma Chooniedass, Brenda Gerwing, Henry Huang, Diana Lefebvre, Allan Becker A51 The accurate identification and quantification of urinary biomarkers of asthma and COPD through the use of novel DIL- LC-MS/MS methods Mona M. Khamis, Hanan Awad, Kevin Allen, Darryl J. Adamko, Anas El-Aneed A52 Systemic immune pathways associated with the mechanism of Cat-Synthetic Peptide Immuno-Regulatory Epitopes, a novel immunotherapy, in whole blood of cat-allergic people Young Woong Kim, Daniel R. Gliddon, Casey P. Shannon, Amrit Singh, Pascal L. C. Hickey, Anne K. Ellis, Helen Neighbour, Mark Larche, Scott J. Tebbutt A53 Reducing the health disparities: online support for children with asthma and allergies from low-income families Erika Ladouceur, Miriam Stewart, Josh Evans, Jeff Masuda, Nicole Letourneau, Teresa To, Malcolm King A54 Epigenetic association of PSORS1C1 and asthma in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean asthma study Miriam Larouche, Liming Liang, Catherine Laprise A55 IL-33 induces cytokine and chemokine production in human mast cells Stephanie A. Legere, Ian D. Haidl, Jean-Francois Legaré, Jean S. Marshall A56 Reference ranges for lung clearance index from infancy to adolescence for Canadian population Zihang Lu, Malcolm Sears, Theo J. Moraes, Felix Ratjen, Per Gustafsson, Wendy Lou, Padmaja Subbarao A57 Kingston Allergy Birth Cohort: cohort profile and mother/child characteristics to age 2 Michelle L. North, Elizabeth Lee, Vanessa Omana, Jenny Thiele, Jeff Brook, Anne K. Ellis A58 Cow’s milk protein specific IgE, IgA and IgG4 as a predictor of outcome in oral immunotherapy Tanvir Rahman, Duncan Lejtenyi, Sarah De Schryver, Ryan Fiter, Ciriaco Piccirillo, Moshe Ben-Shoshan, Bruce Mazer A59 Age of peanut introduction and development of reactions and sensitization to peanut Elinor Simons, Allan B. Becker, Rishma Chooniedass, Kyla Hildebrand, Edmond S. Chan, Stuart Turvey, Padmaja Subbarao, Malcolm Sears A60 Multi-omic blood biomarker signatures of the late phase asthmatic response Amrit Singh, Casey P. Shannon, Young Woong Kim, Mari DeMarco, Kim-Anh Le Cao, Gail M. Gauvreau, J. Mark FitzGerald, Louis-Philippe Boulet, Paul M. O’Byrne, Scott J. Tebbutt A61 Early life gut microbial alterations in children diagnosed with asthma by three years of age Leah T. Stiemsma, Marie-Claire Arrieta, Jasmine Cheng, Pedro A. Dimitriu, Lisa Thorson, Sophie Yurist, Boris Kuzeljevic, Diana L. Lefebvre, Padmaja Subbarao, Piush Mandhane, Allan Becker, Malcolm R. Sears, Kelly M. McNagny, Tobias Kollmann, the CHILD Study Investigators, William W. Mohn, B. Brett Finlay, Stuart E. Turvey A62 The relationship between food sensitization and atopic dermatitis at age 1 year in a Canadian birth cohort Maxwell M. Tran, Diana L. Lefebvre, Chinthanie F. Ramasundarahettige, Allan B. Becker, Wei Hao Dai, Padmaja Subbarao, Piush J. Mandhane, Stuart E. Turvey, Malcolm R. Sears A63 Allergen inhalation enhances Toll-like receptor-induced thymic stromal lymphopoietin receptor expression by hematopoietic progenitor cells in mild asthmatics Damian Tworek, Delia Heroux, Seamus N. O’Byrne, Paul M. O’Byrne, Judah A. Denburg A64 The Allergic Rhinitis Clinical Investigator Collaborative – replicated eosinophilia on repeated cumulative allergen challenges in nasal lavage samples Laura Walsh, Mena Soliman, Jenny Thiele, Lisa M. Steacy, Daniel E. Adams, Anne K. Ellis A65 The CHILD Study: optimizing subject retention in pediatric longitudinal cohort research Linda Warner, Mary Ann Mauro, Robby Mamonluk, Stuart E. Turvey A66 Differential expression of C3a and C5a in allergic asthma ChenXi Yang, Amrit Singh, Casey P. Shannon, Young Woong Kim, Ed M. Conway, Scott J. Tebbutt
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Bagai A, Mehta S, Fisher H, Welsh R, Dery J, Zhang X, Zhu Y, Cheema A, Lavi S, Dehghani P, Kassam S, Ducas J, Wang T, Brass N, Kim H, Goodman S. SWITCHING AND PREMATURE DISCONTINUATION OF ADP RECEPTOR INHIBITOR THERAPY PRESCRIBED AT HOSPITAL DISCHARGE AMONG MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION PATIENTS TREATED WITH PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION: INSIGHTS FROM THE CANADIAN OBSERVATIONAL ANTIPLATELET STUDY (COAPT). Can J Cardiol 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2015.07.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Peterson M, Buller C, Cheema A, Latter D, Kim H, Stack R, Kiser A. SUPRASTERNAL DIRECT AORTIC TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT AVOIDS STERNOTOMY, THORACOTOMY AND FEMORAL ACCESS: FIRST IN MAN EXPERIENCE. Can J Cardiol 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2015.07.442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Lu J, Christie J, Bagai A, Buller C, Cheema A, Graham J, Kutryk M, Fam N. INCIDENCE, CHARACTERISTICS AND OUTCOMES OF FALSE POSITIVE ST-SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION DIAGNOSES IN A COMMUNITY-WIDE PRIMARY PCI PROGRAM. Can J Cardiol 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2014.07.142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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Alnasser S, Bagai A, Jolly S, Bertrand O, Cantor W, Cheema A. LOW RATE OF CROSSOVER TO TRANSFEMORAL APPROACH WITH SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION IN VASCULAR COMPLICATIONS AMONG OCTOGENARIANS TREATED WITH PCI VIA THE TRANSRADIAL APPROACH. Can J Cardiol 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2014.07.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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Hindieh W, Pilote L, Cheema A, Labos C, Dufresne L, Engert J, Thanassoulis G. ASSOCIATION BETWEEN FAMILY HISTORY AND SEVERITY OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH PREMATURE ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES. Can J Cardiol 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2014.07.535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Kajander OA, Koistinen LS, Eskola M, Huhtala H, Bhindi R, Niemela K, Jolly SS, Sheth T, Sheth T, Jolly S, Kassam S, Vijayraghavan R, Lavi S, Bhindi R, Niemela K, Kajander O, Fung A, Cheema A, Alexopoulos D, Kocka V, Cantor W, Stankovic G, Dzavik V, Della Siega A. Feasibility and repeatability of optical coherence tomography measurements of pre-stent thrombus burden in patients with STEMI treated with primary PCI. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2014; 16:96-107. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jeu175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Sughrue M, Maurer A, Safavi-Abbasi S, Cheema A, Ebeling P. The History of the Development of Management Strategies for Petroclival Meningiomas. Skull Base Surg 2014. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1383949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Adams RJ, Sheppard P, Cheema A, Mercer ME. Vision vs. Hearing: Direct Comparison of the Human Contrast Sensitivity and Audibility Functions. J Vis 2013. [DOI: 10.1167/13.9.870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Bernstein DI, Hébert J, Cheema A, Murphy KR, Chérrez-Ojeda I, Matiz-Bueno CE, Kuo WL, Nolte H. Efficacy and onset of action of mometasone furoate/formoterol and fluticasone propionate/salmeterol combination treatment in subjects with persistent asthma. Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol 2011; 7:21. [PMID: 22152089 PMCID: PMC3298511 DOI: 10.1186/1710-1492-7-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2011] [Accepted: 12/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background Mometasone furoate/formoterol (MF/F) is a novel combination therapy for treatment of persistent asthma. This noninferiority trial compared the effects of MF/F and fluticasone propionate/salmeterol (FP/S) combination therapies on pulmonary function and onset of action in subjects with persistent asthma. Methods Following a 2- to 4-week run-in period with MF administered via a metered-dose inhaler (MDI) 200 μg (delivered as 2 inhalations of MF-MDI 100 μg) twice daily (BID), subjects (aged ≥12 y) were randomized to MF/F-MDI 200/10 μg BID (delivered as 2 inhalations of MF/F-MDI 100/5 μg) or FP/S administered via a dry powder inhaler (DPI) 250/50 μg (delivered as 1 inhalation) BID for 12 weeks. The primary assessment was change from baseline to week 12 in area under the curve for forced expiratory volume in 1 second measured serially for 0-12 hours postdose (FEV1 AUC0-12 h). Secondary assessments included onset of action (change from baseline in FEV1 at 5 minutes postdose on day 1) and patient-reported outcomes. Results 722 subjects were randomized to MF/F-MDI (n = 371) or FP/S-DPI (n = 351). Mean FEV1 AUC0-12 h change from baseline at week 12 for MF/F-MDI and FP/S-DPI was 3.43 and 3.24 L × h, respectively (95% CI, -0.40 to 0.76). MF/F-MDI was associated with a 200-mL mean increase from baseline in FEV1 at 5 minutes postdose on day 1, which was significantly larger than the 90-mL increase for FP/S-DPI (P < 0.001). The overall incidence of adverse events during the 12-week treatment period that were considered related to study therapy was similar in both groups (MF/F-MDI, 7.8% [n = 29]; FP/S-DPI, 8.3% [n = 29]). Conclusions The results of this 12-week study indicated that MF/F improves pulmonary function and asthma control similar to FP/S with a superior onset of action compared with FP/S. Both drugs were safe, improved asthma control, and demonstrated similar results for other secondary study endpoints. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00424008
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- David I Bernstein
- Division of Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
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349 Background: An increasing number of nonfunctioning, early-stage pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors are detected incidentally as patients undergo radiographic procedures for unrelated indications. Endoscopic sonography with fine-needle aspiration now enables nonoperative biopsy of tumors smaller than 1 cm in diameter. It is unclear whether the risks of partial pancreatectomy or enucleation exceed the risks of surveillance in patients with these neoplasms. Methods: We performed a database search of patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors treated at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center in order to evaluate outcomes of patients with stage I tumors who did not undergo surgical resection. Results: Four patients were identified who elected to undergo surveillance of their stage I tumors instead of surgical resection. All had been diagnosed via endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration. The tumor sizes were 7 mm, 12 mm, 13 mm, and 15 mm at initial diagnosis. Three tumors were cystic and one was solid. Three were located in the body of the pancreas and one in the tail. In two patients, the Ki-67 index was measured and was <1%. With a median of follow-up of two years, none of the patients experienced tumor growth. All three patients with cystic tumors experienced shrinkage of their tumors following the diagnostic needle aspiration and did not experience subsequent increase in size (Table). Conclusions: Surveillance may be an appropriate strategy for management of incidentally discovered, stage I pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. [Table: see text] No significant financial relationships to disclose.
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- J. R. Strosberg
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL
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- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL
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- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL
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Strosberg JR, Cheema A, Weber J, Kvols LK. Risk of metastatic spread in patients with early-stage, surgically resected pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. J Clin Oncol 2011. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2011.29.4_suppl.338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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338 Background: The risk of metastatic spread among patients with early-stage surgically resected pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors has not been well established. Methods: Patients with surgically resected localized or locally advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors treated at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center between 1999 and 2010 were assigned a stage (I-III) based on the new AJCC classification. Recurrence-free survival was measured for each stage. A separate analysis was performed excluding patients who had been referred to Moffitt Cancer Center after metastatic recurrence. Results: 123 patients with nonmetastatic, surgically resected pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors were identified. 5-year recurrence-free survival correlated with AJCC stage (p=0.01; Table). Conclusions: The novel AJCC 7th edition TNM classification for pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors is highly prognostic for recurrence in patients with surgically resected nonmetastatic tumors. [Table: see text] No significant financial relationships to disclose.
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- J. R. Strosberg
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL
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- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL
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- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL
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- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL
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Cheema A, Kvols LK, Strosberg JR. Incidental diagnosis of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. J Clin Oncol 2011. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2011.29.4_suppl.190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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190 Background: Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors are often discovered incidentally during radiologic or endoscopic examinations. The incidence of incidental detection is unknown. It is also unclear whether patients with incidentally discovered, asymptomatic tumors should be treated similarly to patients who present with tumor-related symptoms. Methods: A database of 425 patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors treated at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center was developed. Patient charts were reviewed to assess whether their diagnosis was incidental or prompted by tumor-related symptoms such as pain, jaundice, or neuroendocrine hormone secretion. The frequency of “incidentalomas” was categorized by TNM stage (AJCC, 7th edition). Overall survival was stratified by “incidental” versus “symptomatic” diagnosis. Results: Among 425 patients with histologically proven pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, 112 patients (26%) had tumors that were discovered incidentally. The majority of stage I tumors (55%) were incidentally discovered. Among patients with stage IV tumors, 20% were detected incidentally (Table). Median survival of patients with incidentally discovered tumors was 103 months versus 84 months in patients who were symptomatic at diagnosis. Conclusions: A sizeable fraction of patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors are diagnosed incidentally during evaluations for other conditions or unrelated symptoms. The majority of patients with stage I tumors are incidentally diagnosed. The increased incidence of pancreatic neuroendocrine “incidentaloms” may be contributing to improving survival rates in this disease. This study highlights the necessity of developing guidelines for management of patients with incidentally discovered, early-stage tumors. [Table: see text] No significant financial relationships to disclose.
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- A. Cheema
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL
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- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL
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- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL
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Strosberg JR, Cheema A, Campos T, Valone T, Kvols LK. Phase II study of sunitinib malate following hepatic artery embolization for metastatic neuroendocrine tumors. J Clin Oncol 2011. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2011.29.4_suppl.244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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244 Background: Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) frequently metastasize to the liver. Hepatic arterial embolization is an important therapeutic modality in treating patients with liver-predominant metastases. NETs are highly vascular and are known to express both VEGF and VEGFR. We hypothesize that administration of sunitinib, a VEGFR inhibitor, following hepatic artery embolization will delay tumor revascularization and extend progression-free survival. Methods: Patients with metastatic neuroendocrine tumors to the liver underwent a series of selective arterial embolizations followed by sunitinib (one week after each embolization, and continued until disease progression or up to a maximum of 8 cycles). Radiographic response rates were assessed by RECIST criteria. PFS and OS were calculated using Kaplan-Meier methodology. Results: 39 patients with metastatic NETs were enrolled. Primary tumor sites included the small intestine (26), pancreas (10), rectum (2), and lung (1). The initial starting dose of sunitinib was 50 mg; however, all five patients enrolled at this dose required dose reductions, and the starting dose was subsequently lowered to 37.5 mg. The majority of patients required further dose reductions to 25 mg. Twenty-eight patients (72%) experienced a partial radiographic response (PR), eight patients (20%) had stable disease, and three patients (8%) had progressive disease as their best response. Median PFS was 18 months and the rate of 1-year PFS was 72%. The rates of overall survival (OS) at 1 year and 2 years were 94% and 78%. Serum VEGF levels increased by an average of 51 pg/ml (34%) after embolization. Conclusions: Hepatic artery embolization is a highly active treatment option for patients with metastatic neuroendocrine tumors to the liver. Embolization stimulates release of VEGF into the circulation. Sunitinib can be administered following hepatic artery embolization. The high rates of progression-free survival and overall survival associated with this sequence of therapies are encouraging. [Table: see text]
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- J. R. Strosberg
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL
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- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL
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- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL
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- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL
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- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL
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177 Background: The AJCC Cancer Staging Manual (7th edition, 2010) has introduced a novel TNM staging classification for pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors that is derived from the staging system for exocrine pancreatic adenocarcinomas. This classification has not yet been validated. Methods: Patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors treated at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center between 1999 and 2010 were assigned a stage (I-IV) based on the new AJCC classification. Overall survival from time of initial diagnosis was measured and statistical significance calculated using the log-rank test. The prognostic relevance of the AJCC staging classification was compared to the relevance of a staging classification proposed recently by the European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (ENETS). Results: 425 patients with histologically proven pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors were identified. Both the novel AJCC classification and the ENETS classification were highly prognostic for survival (p<0.00001; Table). Conclusions: The novel AJCC 7th edition TNM classification for pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors is highly prognostic for overall survival and should be adopted in clinical practice. [Table: see text] No significant financial relationships to disclose.
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- J. R. Strosberg
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL
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- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL
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- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL
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- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL
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Cheema A, Farrell J, Kurtzman C. Saccharomyces fungemia associated with esophageal disease identified by D1/D2 Ribosomal RNA gene sequence. Int J Infect Dis 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2010.02.1765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Bousquet J, Cheema A, Zuberbier T, van Cauwenberge P. Decrease in Burden of Disease, as Measured on a Simple Visual Analog Scale, Correlates Significantly with Improvements in Total Symptom Score and Quality of Life in Desloratadine-treated Subjects with Intermittent Allergic Rhinitis: Results of the ACCEPT1 Study. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2008.12.491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Radioiodine ablation of thyroid tissue after subtotal thyroidectomy has been shown to decrease recurrence in certain subsets of patients with well-differentiated thyroid cancer. In a substantial percentage of cases (20-30%), initial ablation of the thyroid remnant fails, necessitating a second treatment. The factors associated with ablation failure are not fully understood. In particular, it is not certain whether the use of doses higher than 3.70 GBq would result in any additional benefit, or whether there is a 'stunning' effect of the diagnostic dose of 131I on the subsequent ablation rate. A retrospective analysis was performed of all patients (n=389) with well-differentiated thyroid cancer treated at our institution between 1992 and 2001. Remnant ablation success was determined by a whole-body radioiodine scan. The following factors, thought to be associated with thyroid remnant ablation, were studied by logistic regression analysis: age, gender, tumour histology, stage, pre-therapy neck uptake of 131I, diagnostic dose, ablation dose, time between diagnostic and therapeutic dose (T1), time between therapeutic administration and the first follow-up whole-body scan (T2) and the thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) level measured at the time of therapy. Follow-up whole-body scans were available in 214 patients. We found no association with age, gender, histology, TSH level, neck uptake, diagnostic dose and successful ablation. The therapeutic dose was the only variable found to be associated with success (odds ratio, 1.96 per 1.85 GBq increment; 95% confidence interval, 1.11-3.46). Our results confirm the presence of a significant percentage of ablation failures (24.4%) despite the use of high ablative doses (3.70-7.40 GBq). Higher therapeutic doses are associated with higher rates of successful ablation, even when administered to patients with more advanced stages. Using our protocol, higher diagnostic doses were not associated with higher rates of ablation failure.
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- Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Albany Medical College, 43 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, NY 12208, USA.
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Gianoukakis AG, Karam M, Cheema A, Cooper JA. Autonomous thyroid nodules visualized by positron emission tomography with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose: a case report and review of the literature. Thyroid 2003; 13:395-9. [PMID: 12804108 DOI: 10.1089/105072503321669893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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A 41-year-old white female underwent a positron emission tomography with (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG-PET) scan as part of staging follow-up for breast cancer. Focal FDG uptake was noted in the right neck. Further evaluation revealed only thyroid nodules and subclinical hyperthyroidism. A sodium pertechnetate thyroid scan showed two "hot" nodules in the right thyroid lobe corresponding to the focal uptake visualized on FDG-PET scan. Technetium-99m uptake was suppressed in the remaining thyroid gland. The patient underwent a subtotal thyroidectomy. Histopathologic evaluation revealed two hyperplastic nodules in each thyroid lobe. We review the literature with regard to FDG-PET imaging of normal and diseased thyroid tissue.
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- Division of Endocrinology, Albany Medical College, New York, USA.
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Barolet AW, Nili N, Cheema A, Robinson R, Natarajan MK, O'Blenes S, Li J, Eskandarian MR, Sparkes J, Rabinovitch M, Strauss BH. Arterial elastase activity after balloon angioplasty and effects of elafin, an elastase inhibitor. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2001; 21:1269-74. [PMID: 11498452 DOI: 10.1161/hq0801.093589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Increased proteolytic activity may be a factor in intimal hyperplasia after balloon angioplasty (BA). The objectives of this study were to assess elastase activity after BA in a rabbit arterial double-injury model and the effects of elastase inhibition. Elastase activity increased immediately after BA, reached an 8-fold peak at 1 week, and declined to baseline levels by 4 weeks. Elastin zymography showed that the elastase activity was associated predominantly with a molecular mass of 25 kDa. Elastase activity was significantly inhibited in vitro by elafin and phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride, selective inhibitors of serine elastases. A second group of animals was transfected after BA with a plasmid containing the cDNA for either elafin or a control (chloramphenicol acetyltransferase, CAT) construct by using a hemagglutinating virus of Japan-liposome transfection technique. Arterial segments were obtained at 48 hours, 1 week, and 4 weeks to assess transgene expression, arterial wall elastase activity, and intimal cross-sectional area, respectively. Elafin transgene expression was evident at 48 hours and resulted in a significant (80%) inhibition of elastase activity compared with chloramphenicol acetyltransferase-transfected arteries. There was a 43% reduction in intimal cross-sectional area in elafin-transfected arteries (0.28+/-0.22 versus 0.16+/-0.07 mm(2) for CAT-transfected versus elafin-transfected arteries, respectively; P<0.05). These data suggest that an early increase in serine elastase activity after BA contributes to intimal hyperplasia. Serine elastase inhibition may be a potential therapeutic approach to inhibit intimal hyperplasia.
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- Terrence Donnelly Heart Centre, Division of Cardiology, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5B 1W8
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Kaplan B, Cheema A, Friedman G, Shah N, Bonomini L, Mulgaonkar S, Nambi S, De Franco P. Unmasking of primary hyperaldosteronism by renal transplantation. Transplantation 2000; 69:1503-5. [PMID: 10798779 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200004150-00050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Primary hyperaldosteronism is an uncommon cause of hypertension in the general population. Given the mechanism of action of aldosterone clinical manifestations may not occur in the setting of end stage renal disease. However, if a successful renal transplant is performed clinical manifestations may occur. METHODS We present a case of a patient with a preexisting adrenal adenoma who only presented with clinical signs of hyperaldosteronism after renal transplantation. Patients' work-up included plasma aldosterone, plasma renin activity, serum cortisol, and estimation of trans tubular potassium gradient. RESULTS The patient's serum aldosterone was markedly elevated with a relatively suppressed plasma renin activity. Trans tubular potassium gradient was high in the presence of hypokalemia. CONCLUSION Previously silent hyperaldosteronism may be unmasked by a successful renal transplant.
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- B Kaplan
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor 48109-0364, USA
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Shatoor AS, Ahmed ME, Said MA, Shabbir K, Cheema A, Kardash MO. Patterns of atrial fibrillation at a regional hospital in Saudi Arabia. Ethn Dis 1999; 8:360-6. [PMID: 9926906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2023] Open
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The objective of this retrospective study was to report on the clinical presentation, etiology, and laboratory tests of both chronic and acute atrial fibrillation (AF) admitted to the cardiology unit of a teaching hospital in southern Saudi Arabia. We studied 219 records; 132 (60.3%) and 87 (39.7%) had documented chronic AF (group 1), and acute AF (group 2) respectively. The mean age (SD) was significantly higher in group 1 (64.6 [SD 19.4] vs 52.9 [SD 15.6]) (P<0.001). Palpitation, dizziness and syncope were the most frequent symptoms in acute AF, while dyspnea was the most common presentation in the chronic type. On the other hand, heart failure and embolic complications were reported significantly in group 1, but the frequency of acute respiratory problems and acute myocardial infarction was similar in both groups. The most common causes of both types of AF were rheumatic valvular diseases (26%), IHD (24.2%), hypertension (23.7%), and lung diseases (13.2%); however, in 28 patients (12.8%) no cause was detected. The echocardiography findings of chamber dilatation, valve lesions, and depressed left ventricular function were significantly frequent in group 1 (P<0.01). Although rheumatic valvular diseases are still common in Saudi Arabia, ischemic heart disease and hypertension are emerging as important causes of AF in this developing nation, and therefore require prevention and control.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Abha, Saudia Arabia
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Fragile X syndrome is the most common from of inherited mental retardation. Approximately half of females with the full mutation have significant cognitive deficits, whereas females with the premutation do not. Phenotypic effects seen in 281 females (IQs from 64 to 139) were analyzed. Results showed that females with the full mutation differ significantly from controls on selected anthropometric measurements, physical index score, and various behavioral features. Females with the premutation differed significantly from controls in regards to a few anthropometric measurements and the physical index score but not in behavioral features. These results suggest that phenotypic effects of the FMR1 mutation are not only common in females with the full mutation, but in females with the premutation as well.
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The aim is this study is to compare the longitudinal changes in IQ scores of females and males with fragile X syndrome and controls and to assess the impact on IQ of molecular variations of the FMR-1 gene in males. Medical records from the child development unit at a university-affiliated children's hospital were retrospectively reviewed. Chart review yielded 35 males with fragile X (19 with a fully methylated full mutation, 9 with a mosaic pattern, and 7 with a partially unmethylated full mutation) 16 females with fragile X and a full mutation, 9 female controls, and 9 male controls who had repeated standardized IQ testing separated by 7 months to 13 years. The differences between the first and last IQ scores from the same IQ test were compared by t tests and subsequently by analysis of variance. Overall, a significant IQ decline was seen in 10/35 (28%) of fragile X males, 0/9 (0%) of control males, 6/16 (36%) of fragile X females, and 1/9 (11%) of control females. The initial t tests and analysis of variance showed a significant difference in IQ (p = 0.02) between fragile X males and control males but did not show a significant difference between males and females with fragile X syndrome or between fragile X and control females. When an analysis of covariance was carried out with the initial IQ as a covariable, a significant difference persisted between fragile X and control males, with a greater IQ decline in fragile X males. There were limitations in using the same IQ test. A comparison among the molecular subgroups of males yielded a significant IQ decline in 3/9 (33%) of mosaic males, 6/19 (32%) of fully methylated full mutation males, and 1/7 (14%) of partially methylated full mutation males. An analysis of covariance using the initial IQ and the intertest interval as covariables demonstrated significant differences between the fragile X molecular subgroups and the controls. Our findings show that a substantial percentage of both male and female fragile X patients and female control patients demonstrated significant IQ decline. There was a significant difference in the IQ change between fragile X and control males. There were no significant differences between fragile X and female controls. There were also significant differences in IQ decline among males with different molecular patterns compared with controls. Males with a mosaic pattern versus control males had the most significant decline of the molecular subtypes. Although the numbers were limited, there was no significant IQ decline in males with less than 50% methylation of the full mutation. This suggests that a small amount of FMR-1 protein production, which is often seen in males with less than 50% methylation, protects against significant IQ decline.
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Twenty-eight adults with a history of a generalized allergic reaction during anesthesia were investigated. The reactions were systemic in 23 adults, urticaria/angioedema in four, and bronchial obstruction in one adult. The study population and an additional 35 subjects with a history of use of thiopental during anesthesia but without reactions were investigated by methods including thiopental skin test, succinylcholine skin test, and IgE RAST for antibodies to thiopental, succinylcholine, or latex. Among the 28 patients with reactions, 17 had positive thiopental skin tests; 14/28 reactors and 1/35 of the control group had an IgE thiopental RAST value greater than 2 SD above the mean for control sera from ragweed-allergic subjects. The one control subject with a positive thiopental RAST also was the only control subject with a positive thiopental skin test. IgE succinylcholine RAST was negative in all 23 reactor sera tested. The IgE latex RAST was strongly positive in one reactor. In conclusion, evidence of allergy, particularly allergy to thiopental as a possible basis for the reactions, was obtained in greater than 50% of the patients who were investigated. No allergy to succinylcholine was found.
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- Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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A combined in vivo and in vitro study was undertaken with rats to test the hypothesis that zinc would protect against cold water immersion--restraint gastric ulcers, and that this phenomenon was mediated in part by stabilization of lysosomal membranes. This postulate was confirmed by observed activity changes in released beta-glucuronidase in mucosal tissue, as well as by dose-response in vitro data on isolated hepatic lysosomes exposed to zinc. Histamine, a known ulcer-enhancing agent, induced the opposite effect and increased the lysosomal release of this marker acid hydrolase.
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The effects of graded doses of zinc sulfate pretreatment on reserpine-induced gastric ulceration and on lysosomal fragility both in vivo and in vitro, were studied in rats. Reserpine treatment (5 mg/kg, i.p., 18 h before sacrifice) induced marked gastric glandular ulceration and elicited the release of free beta-glucuronidase from lysosomes in the gastric mucosa. A similar effect on release of this enzyme from isolated rat hepatic lysosomes was observed after in vitro incubation with reserpine. Zinc sulfate (22, 44 or 88 mg/kg, i.p., 30 h before reserpinization, or 10(-3) M in vitro) inhibited the reserpine-induced response, and zinc sulfate alone (10(-11)--10(-3) M) also stabilized lysosomal membrane permeability to beta-glucuronidase. No direct effect of zinc or reserpine on purified beta-glucuronidase activity was observed. In conclusion, it is postulated that the stabilizing effect of zinc on lysosomal membranes, as manifest by reduced release of beta-glucuronidase from isolated lysosomes, is one of the protective mechanisms of zinc against reserpine-induced ulceration.
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Cheema A, Henson JB, Gorham JR. Aleutian disease of mink. Prevention of lesions by immunosuppression. Am J Pathol 1972; 66:543-56. [PMID: 4551296 PMCID: PMC2032727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Mink that were homozygous recessive for the Aleutian gene (aa) were inoculated with Aleutian disease virus (ADV) and simultaneously treated with cyclophosphamide (Cy). Control mink were inoculated with ADV. All mink were injected with bovine serum albumin (BSA) and their anti-BSA antibody response was measured to monitor the influence of drug therapy on the humoral antibody response. Formation of anti-BSA antibody was markedly suppressed and the hypergammaglobulinemia and development of AD lesions was inhibited in the Cy-treated mink. The non-Cy-treated control mink developed characteristic signs and lesions including glomerulonephritis and arteritis. The nontreated ADV-infected mink, but not the Cy-treated ADV-infected mink, had glomerular deposition of C3 and gamma globulin. Both groups had high titers of virus in their blood. These results indicate that the development of ADV lesions can be prevented by immunosuppressive treatment and further implicate host immune mechanisms in the pathogenesis of Aleutian disease.
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