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Schuster T, Lowe A, Weide K, Kamp D, Riesbeck M, Bechdolf A, Brockhaus-Dumke A, Hurlemann R, Muthesius A, Klingberg S, Hellmich M, Schmied S, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Wölwer W. Feasibility of six-month outpatient cognitive remediation in schizophrenia: Experience from the randomized controlled integrated social cognition and social skills therapy study. Schizophr Res Cogn 2023; 33:100285. [PMID: 37159610 PMCID: PMC10163670 DOI: 10.1016/j.scog.2023.100285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2023] [Revised: 04/11/2023] [Accepted: 04/11/2023] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
Abstract
Patients with schizophrenia often have cognitive impairments that contribute to diminished psychosocial functioning. Cognitive remediation therapy (CRT) has proven efficacy and is recommended by evidence-based treatment guidelines. Important moderators of efficacy include integration of CRT into a psychiatric rehabilitation concept and patient attendance at a sufficient number of therapy sessions. These conditions can probably best be met in an outpatient setting; however, outpatient treatment is prone to higher rates of treatment discontinuation and outpatient settings are not as well protected as inpatient ones and less closely supervised.The present study investigated the feasibility of outpatient CRT in schizophrenia over a six-month period. Adherence to scheduled sessions and safety parameters were assessed in 177 patients with schizophrenia randomly assigned to one of two matched CRT programs.Results showed that 58.8 % of participants completed the CRT (>80 % of scheduled sessions) and 72.9 % completed at least half the sessions. Predictor analysis revealed a high verbal intelligence quotient as favorable for good adherence, but this factor had only low general predictive power. During the six-month treatment phase, serious adverse events occurred in 15.8 % (28/177) of the patients, which is a comparable rate to that reported in the literature.Our findings support the feasibility of six-month outpatient CRT in schizophrenia in terms of adherence to scheduled sessions and safety. Trial registration number NCT02678858, DRKS00010033.
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Affiliation(s)
- Tim Schuster
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, University of Düsseldorf, Germany
- Corresponding author at: Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, University of Düsseldorf/LVR Klinikum Düsseldorf, Bergische Landstrasse 2, 40629 Düsseldorf, Germany.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, University of Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, University of Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, University of Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, University of Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Vivantes Klinikum Am Urban, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Charité Mitte, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Statistics and Bioinformatics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Clinical Trials Center, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, University of Düsseldorf, Germany
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Wölwer W, Frommann N, Lowe A, Kamp D, Weide K, Bechdolf A, Brockhaus-Dumke A, Hurlemann R, Muthesius A, Klingberg S, Hellmich M, Schmied S, Meyer-Lindenberg A. Efficacy of Integrated Social Cognitive Remediation vs. Neurocognitive Remediation in Improving Functional Outcome in Schizophrenia: Concept and Design of a Multicenter, Single-Blind RCT (The ISST Study). Front Psychiatry 2022; 13:909370. [PMID: 35800017 PMCID: PMC9253387 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.909370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2022] [Accepted: 05/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Although clinically effective treatment is available for schizophrenia, recovery often is still hampered by persistent poor psychosocial functioning, which in turn is limited by impairments in neurocognition, social cognition, and social behavioral skills. Although cognitive remediation has shown general efficacy in improving cognition and social functioning, effects still need to be improved and replicated in appropriately powered, methodologically rigorous randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Existing evidence indicates that effects can most likely be optimized by combining treatment approaches to simultaneously address both social cognitive and social behavioral processes. OBJECTIVES To assess whether Integrated Social Cognitive and Behavioral Skill Therapy (ISST) is more efficacious in improving functional outcome in schizophrenia than the active control treatment Neurocognitive Remediation Therapy (NCRT). METHODS The present study is a multicenter, prospective, rater-blinded, two-arm RCT being conducted at six academic study sites in Germany. A sample of 180 at least partly remitted patients with schizophrenia are randomly assigned to either ISST or NCRT. ISST is a compensatory, strategy-based program that targets social cognitive processes and social behavioral skills. NCRT comprises mainly drill and practice-oriented neurocognitive training. Both treatments consist of 18 sessions over 6 months, and participants are subsequently followed up for another 6 months. The primary outcome is all-cause discontinuation over the 12-month study period; psychosocial functioning, quality of life, neurocognitive and social cognitive performance, and clinical symptoms are assessed as secondary outcomes at baseline before randomization (V1), at the end of the six-month treatment period (V6), and at the six-month follow-up (V12). DISCUSSION This RCT is part of the German Enhancing Schizophrenia Prevention and Recovery through Innovative Treatments (ESPRIT) research network, which aims at using innovative treatments to enhance prevention and recovery in patients with schizophrenia. Because this study is one of the largest and methodologically most rigorous RCTs on the efficacy of cognitive remediation approaches in schizophrenia, it will not only help to identify the optimal treatment options for improving psychosocial functioning and thus recovery in patients but also allow conclusions to be drawn about factors influencing and mediating the effects of cognitive remediation in these patients. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02678858, German Study Register DRKS 00010033.
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- Wolfgang Wölwer
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine Incorporating FRITZ and Soulspace, Vivantes Klinikum Am Urban, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, Rheinhessen-Fachklinik Alzey, Alzey, Germany.,Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, LVR-Klinik Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.,Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Statistics and Computational Biology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital of Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Clinical Trials Center, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute for Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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Maurus I, Hasan A, Schmitt A, Roeh A, Keeser D, Malchow B, Schneider-Axmann T, Hellmich M, Schmied S, Lembeck M, Keller-Varady K, Papazova I, Hirjak D, Topor CE, Walter H, Mohnke S, Vogel BO, Wölwer W, Schneider F, Henkel K, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Falkai P. Aerobic endurance training to improve cognition and enhance recovery in schizophrenia: design and methodology of a multicenter randomized controlled trial. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2021; 271:315-324. [PMID: 32748261 PMCID: PMC8257533 DOI: 10.1007/s00406-020-01175-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2019] [Accepted: 07/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Even today, patients with schizophrenia often have an unfavorable outcome. Negative symptoms and cognitive deficits are common features in many patients and prevent recovery. In recent years, aerobic endurance training has emerged as a therapeutic approach with positive effects on several domains of patients' health. However, appropriately sized, multicenter randomized controlled trials that would allow better generalization of results are lacking. The exercise study presented here is a multicenter, rater-blind, two-armed, parallel-group randomized clinical trial in patients with clinically stable schizophrenia being conducted at five German tertiary hospitals. The intervention group performs aerobic endurance training on bicycle ergometers three times per week for 40-50 min/session (depending on the intervention week) for a total of 26 weeks, and the control group performs balance and tone training for the same amount of time. Participants are subsequently followed up for 26 weeks. The primary endpoint is all-cause discontinuation; secondary endpoints include psychopathology, cognition, daily functioning, cardiovascular risk factors, and explorative biological measures regarding the underlying mechanisms of exercise. A total of 180 patients will be randomized. With currently 162 randomized participants, our study is the largest trial to date to investigate endurance training in patients with schizophrenia. We hypothesize that aerobic endurance training has beneficial effects on patients' mental and physical health, leading to lower treatment discontinuation rates and improving disease outcomes. The study results will provide a basis for recommending exercise interventions as an add-on therapy in patients with schizophrenia.The study is registered in the International Clinical Trials Database (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier [NCT number]: NCT03466112) and in the German Clinical Trials Register (DRKS-ID: DRKS00009804).
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- Isabel Maurus
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Nussbaumstrasse 7, 80336, Munich, Germany.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Nussbaumstrasse 7, 80336, Munich, Germany
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychosomatics of the University Augsburg, Bezirkskrankenhaus Augsburg, University of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Nussbaumstrasse 7, 80336, Munich, Germany
- Laboratory of Neuroscience (LIM27), Institute of Psychiatry, University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Nussbaumstrasse 7, 80336, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Nussbaumstrasse 7, 80336, Munich, Germany
- Department of Radiology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Nussbaumstrasse 7, 80336, Munich, Germany
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- Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical Statistics and Computational Biology, University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Faculty of Medicine, Clinical Trials Centre Cologne, University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Nussbaumstrasse 7, 80336, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Nussbaumstrasse 7, 80336, Munich, Germany
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- Medical Faculty Mannheim, Central Institute of Mental Health, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Medical Faculty Mannheim, Central Institute of Mental Health, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- University Hospital, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH, Aachen, Germany
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- Medical Faculty Mannheim, Central Institute of Mental Health, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Nussbaumstrasse 7, 80336, Munich, Germany
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Maurus I, Hasan A, Schmitt A, Roeh A, Keeser D, Malchow B, Schneider-Axmann T, Hellmich M, Schmied S, Lembeck M, Keller-Varady K, Papazova I, Hirjak D, Topor CE, Walter H, Mohnke S, Vogel BO, Wölwer W, Schneider F, Henkel K, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Falkai P. Correction to: Aerobic endurance training to improve cognition and enhance recovery in schizophrenia: design and methodology of a multicenter randomized controlled trial. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2021; 271:1405-1406. [PMID: 34226950 PMCID: PMC8429360 DOI: 10.1007/s00406-021-01289-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Isabel Maurus
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Nussbaumstrasse 7, 80336, Munich, Germany.
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- grid.5252.00000 0004 1936 973XDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Nussbaumstrasse 7, 80336 Munich, Germany ,grid.7307.30000 0001 2108 9006Department of Psychiatry and Psychosomatics of the University Augsburg, Bezirkskrankenhaus Augsburg, University of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
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- grid.5252.00000 0004 1936 973XDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Nussbaumstrasse 7, 80336 Munich, Germany ,grid.11899.380000 0004 1937 0722Laboratory of Neuroscience (LIM27), Institute of Psychiatry, University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- grid.5252.00000 0004 1936 973XDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Nussbaumstrasse 7, 80336 Munich, Germany
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- grid.5252.00000 0004 1936 973XDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Nussbaumstrasse 7, 80336 Munich, Germany ,grid.5252.00000 0004 1936 973XDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- grid.411984.10000 0001 0482 5331Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- grid.5252.00000 0004 1936 973XDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Nussbaumstrasse 7, 80336 Munich, Germany
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- grid.6190.e0000 0000 8580 3777Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical Statistics and Computational Biology, University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- grid.6190.e0000 0000 8580 3777Faculty of Medicine, Clinical Trials Centre Cologne, University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- grid.5252.00000 0004 1936 973XDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Nussbaumstrasse 7, 80336 Munich, Germany
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- grid.10423.340000 0000 9529 9877Institute of Sports Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- grid.5252.00000 0004 1936 973XDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Nussbaumstrasse 7, 80336 Munich, Germany
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- grid.7700.00000 0001 2190 4373Medical Faculty Mannheim, Central Institute of Mental Health, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- grid.7700.00000 0001 2190 4373Medical Faculty Mannheim, Central Institute of Mental Health, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- grid.7468.d0000 0001 2248 7639Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- grid.7468.d0000 0001 2248 7639Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- grid.7468.d0000 0001 2248 7639Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- grid.411327.20000 0001 2176 9917Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- grid.14778.3d0000 0000 8922 7789University Hospital, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany ,grid.1957.a0000 0001 0728 696XDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH, Aachen, Germany
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- grid.1957.a0000 0001 0728 696XDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH, Aachen, Germany
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- grid.7700.00000 0001 2190 4373Medical Faculty Mannheim, Central Institute of Mental Health, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- grid.5252.00000 0004 1936 973XDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Nussbaumstrasse 7, 80336 Munich, Germany
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Schmied S, Gostick E, Price DA, Abken H, Assenmacher M, Richter A. Analysis of the functional WT1-specific T-cell repertoire in healthy donors reveals a discrepancy between CD4(+) and CD8(+) memory formation. Immunology 2015; 145:558-69. [PMID: 25882672 PMCID: PMC4515135 DOI: 10.1111/imm.12472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2014] [Revised: 03/11/2015] [Accepted: 03/31/2015] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
Abstract
The Wilms' tumour-1 (WT1) protein is considered a prime target for cancer immunotherapy based on its presumptive immunogenicity and widespread expression across a variety of malignancies. However, little is known about the naturally occurring WT1-specific T-cell repertoire because self-derived antigens typically elicit low frequency responses that challenge the sensitivity limits of current detection techniques. In this study, we used highly efficient cell enrichment procedures based on CD137, CD154, and pHLA class I tetramer staining to conduct a detailed analysis of WT1-specific T cells from the peripheral blood. Remarkably, we detected WT1-specific CD4(+) and CD8(+) T-cell populations in the vast majority of healthy individuals. Memory responses specific for WT1 were commonly present in the CD4(+) T-cell compartment, whereas WT1-specific CD8(+) T cells almost universally displayed a naive phenotype. Moreover, memory CD4(+) and naive CD8(+) T cells with specificity for WT1 were found to coexist in some individuals. Collectively, these findings suggest a natural discrepancy between the CD4(+) and CD8(+) T-cell lineages with respect to memory formation in response to a self-derived antigen. Nonetheless, WT1-specific T cells from both lineages were readily activated ex vivo and expanded in vitro, supporting the use of strategies designed to exploit this expansive reservoir of self-reactive T cells for immunotherapeutic purposes.
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- Institute of Infection & Immunity, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, UK
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- Institute of Infection & Immunity, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, UK
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- Centre for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.,Department I Internal Medicine, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Miltenyi Biotec GmbH, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
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Schmied S, Richter A, Assenmacher M. P66. Generating and characterising WT1-specific T cells – research towards adoptive tumour therapy. J Immunother Cancer 2014. [PMCID: PMC4072404 DOI: 10.1186/2051-1426-2-s2-p40] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Weigand LU, Liang X, Schmied S, Mall S, Klar R, Stötzer OJ, Salat C, Götze K, Mautner J, Peschel C, Krackhardt AM. Isolation of human MHC class II-restricted T cell receptors from the autologous T-cell repertoire with potent anti-leukaemic reactivity. Immunology 2012; 137:226-38. [PMID: 23025755 DOI: 10.1111/imm.12000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Adoptive transfer of T cells genetically modified with tumour-specific T-cell receptors (TCR) is a promising novel approach in the treatment of cancer. We have previously isolated an allorestricted MHC class I-restricted TCR with specificity for Formin-like protein 1 (FMNL1) with potent activity against chronic lymphocytic leukaemia cells. CD4(+) T cells have been described to be highly important for tumour elimination although TCR derived from CD4(+) T cells with anti-tumour reactivity have been only rarely described. In this study we aimed to isolate MHC class-II-restricted CD4(+) T cells and TCR with specificity for leukaemia antigens. We used professional antigen-presenting cells pulsed with the leukaemia-associated and tumour-associated antigen FMNL1 for stimulation of autologous T cells in vitro. We isolated two CD4(+) HLA-DR-restricted T-cell clones and T-cell-derived TCR with so far unknown specificity but high reactivity against lymphoma cells and native malignant cells derived from HLA-matched patients with diverse leukaemias. Moreover, characterization of the TCR after TCR gene transfer revealed that specific characteristics of isolated TCR as reactivity in response to Toll-like receptors were transferable on effector cells. Our results have a major impact on the development of novel immunotherapies. They demonstrate that TCR with potent HLA-DR-restricted anti-leukaemic reactivity against so far undefined self-restricted antigens can be isolated from the healthy autorestricted CD4(+) T-cell repertoire and these TCR are highly interesting candidate tools for novel immunotherapies.
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- Luise U Weigand
- Medizinische Klinik III, Innere Medizin mit Schwerpunkt Hämatologie und Onkologie, Technische Universität München, Münich
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Cabrera Schulmeyer MC, Labbé M, Schmied S, De la Maza J. [Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography and systolic anterior motion of the mitral valve: findings during noncardiac surgery]. Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim 2007; 54:440-443. [PMID: 17953339] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Systolic anterior motion is an under-recognized cause of acute systemic hypotension during noncardiac surgery. This dynamic event has come to light with the introduction of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography, which provides anatomic and functional images in real time. The cause of this abnormal motion is still uncertain, although it is thought that changes in the shape and function of the left ventricle allow displacement of the mitral valve annulus so that 1 or more leaflets can be pulled toward the outflow tract and obstruct it during the systole. It is important to recognize and diagnose this phenomenon as a cause of hypotension during noncardiac surgery because it can be treated with volume replacement and beta-blockers. The results of such measures can be monitored on intraoperative echocardiographic images. Volume replacement should increase the size of the ventricle and the beta-blockers should decrease the hyperdynamic state. We report a case of abnormal systolic motion during noncardiac surgery that was managed with the help of echocardiography.
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- M C Cabrera Schulmeyer
- Departamento de Anestesiología, Hospital Clínico Fuerza Aérea de Chile y Universidad de Valparaíso, Santiago de Chile.
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Cabrera MC, Schmied S, Derderian T, White PF, Vega R, Santelices E, Verdugo F. Efficacy of oral rofecoxib versus intravenous ketoprofen as an adjuvant to PCA morphine after urologic surgery. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2004; 48:1190-3. [PMID: 15352968 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2004.00496.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [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: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Adjunctive use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs has become increasingly popular in the perioperative period because of their opioid-sparing effects. This randomized, controlled, double-dummy study was designed to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of using oral rofecoxib as an alternative to intravenous ketoprofen for pain management in patients undergoing urologic surgery. METHODS Seventy patients were randomly assigned to receive either a placebo (Control) or rofecoxib 50 mg po (Rofecoxib) 1 h prior to surgery. After a standardized spinal anesthetic, patients in the Control group received ketoprofen 100 mg IV q 8 h for 24 h, while the Rofecoxib group received an equivolume of saline at 8-h intervals for 24 h. Both groups were allowed to self-administer morphine (1 mg IV boluses) using a PCA delivery system. The need for 'rescue' analgesic medication, as well as pain scores [using an 11-point verbal rating scale (VRS) (0 = none to 10-severe)], were recorded at 1, 2, 6, 12, and 24-h intervals after surgery. In addition, the incidences of side-effects were recorded at the end of the study period. RESULTS Total amount of morphine required in the initial 24-h postoperative period was nonsignificantly reduced in the Rofecoxib group (29 +/- 2 vs. 37 +/- 4 mg). More importantly, the percentage of patients reporting moderate-to-severe pain (VRS score > or =4) during the study period was lower in the Rofecoxib group (12 vs. 22%, P < 0.05). The daily cost of rofecoxib (USD 1.14 for 50-mg dose) was also significantly less than ketoprofen (USD 3.06 for three 100-mg doses). CONCLUSION Premedication with oral rofecoxib (50 mg) is a cost-effective alternative to the parenteral nonselective NSAID, ketoprofen (100 mg q 8 h), when used as an adjuvant to PCA morphine for pain management after urologic surgery.
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- M C Cabrera
- Department of Anesthesiology, Air Force Hospital of Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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