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Bennett-Guerrero E, Romeiser JL, DeMaria S, Nadler JW, Quinn TD, Ponnappan SK, Yang J, Sasson AR. General Anesthetics in CAncer REsection Surgery (GA-CARES) randomized multicenter trial of propofol vs volatile inhalational anesthesia: protocol description. Perioper Med (Lond) 2023; 12:2. [PMID: 36631831 PMCID: PMC9832634 DOI: 10.1186/s13741-022-00290-z] [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] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2022] [Accepted: 12/17/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Studies indicate that patients can be "seeded" with their own cancer cells during oncologic surgery and that the immune response to these circulating cancer cells might influence the risk of cancer recurrence. Preliminary data from animal studies and some retrospective analyses suggest that anesthetic technique might affect the immune response during surgery and hence the risk of cancer recurrence. In 2015, experts called for prospective scientific inquiry into whether anesthetic technique used in cancer resection surgeries affects cancer-related outcomes such as recurrence and mortality. Therefore, we designed a pragmatic phase 3 multicenter randomized controlled trial (RCT) called General Anesthetics in Cancer Resection (GA-CARES). METHODS After clinical trial registration and institutional review board approval, patients providing written informed consent were enrolled at five sites in New York (NY) State. Eligible patients were adults with known or suspected cancer undergoing one of eight oncologic surgeries having a high risk of cancer recurrence. Exclusion criteria included known or suspected history of malignant hyperthermia or hypersensitivity to either propofol or volatile anesthetic agents. Patients were randomized (1:1) stratified by center and surgery type using REDCap to receive either propofol or volatile agent for maintenance of general anesthesia (GA). This pragmatic trial, which seeks to assess the potential impact of anesthetic type in "real world practice", did not standardize any aspect of patient care. However, potential confounders, e.g., use of neuroaxial anesthesia, were recorded to confirm the balance between study arms. Assuming a 5% absolute difference in 2-year overall survival rates (85% vs 90%) between study arms (primary endpoint, minimum 2-year follow-up), power using a two-sided log-rank test with type I error of 0.05 (no planned interim analyses) was calculated to be 97.4% based on a target enrollment of 1800 subjects. Data sources include the National Death Index (gold standard for vital status in the USA), NY Cancer Registry, and electronic harvesting of data from electronic medical records (EMR), with minimal manual data abstraction/data entry. DISCUSSION Enrollment has been completed (n = 1804) and the study is in the follow-up phase. This unfunded, pragmatic trial, uses a novel approach for data collection focusing on electronic sources. TRIAL REGISTRATION Registered (NCT03034096) on January 27, 2017, prior to consent of the first patient on January 31, 2017.
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- Elliott Bennett-Guerrero
- grid.36425.360000 0001 2216 9681Department of Anesthesiology, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony, Brook University, Stony Brook, NY USA
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- grid.36425.360000 0001 2216 9681Department of Anesthesiology, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony, Brook University, Stony Brook, NY USA
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- grid.59734.3c0000 0001 0670 2351Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY USA
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- grid.412750.50000 0004 1936 9166Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine, New York, NY USA
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- grid.240614.50000 0001 2181 8635Department of Anesthesiology, Preoperative Medicine and Pain Medicine, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY USA
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- grid.273206.20000 0001 2173 8133Department of Anesthesiology, Long Island Jewish Medical Center at Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, NY USA
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- grid.36425.360000 0001 2216 9681Department of Family, Population and Preventive Medicine, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY USA
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- grid.36425.360000 0001 2216 9681Department of Surgery/Surgical Oncology, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony, Brook University, Stony Brook, NY USA
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Loecher AM, West K, Quinn TD, Defayette AA. Management of diffuse alveolar hemorrhage in the hematopoietic stem cell transplantation population: A systematic review. Pharmacotherapy 2021; 41:943-952. [PMID: 34618944 DOI: 10.1002/phar.2630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2021] [Revised: 09/19/2021] [Accepted: 09/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Pulmonary complications post-hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) such as diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) can occur in 2% to 14% of HSCT patients and have a mortality greater than 80%. Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage is considered to be an inflammatory response; therefore, HSCT patients are primarily treated with different types of systemic corticosteroids with varying dosages. Other treatments currently reported in the literature in conjunction with corticosteroids include aminocaproic acid, recombinant factor VIIa (rFVIIa), and etanercept. This review highlights appropriate frontline and adjunctive treatment options for HSCT patients with DAH and outcomes for each intervention. To perform the review, the PubMed database was searched from inception through March 19, 2021, to identify potential studies using the search terms DAH and HSCT, DAH and hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT), DAH and stem cell, lung injury and HSCT, and lung injury and HCT. When applicable, references from articles identified in the search were also reviewed for inclusion. Much of the data identified were limited to retrospective cohort studies and case series. Based on the data available, the treatment approach should consist of corticosteroid therapy with a suggested methylprednisolone dose of 250 mg daily followed by a 50% taper every 3 days. Intrapulmonary administration of rFVIIa and intravenous administration of aminocaproic acid could be considered as adjunctive agents in those patients who do not promptly respond to corticosteroid therapy. Due to a lack of data specific to HSCT patients who develop DAH and the risk of infectious complications, etanercept should be avoided. Future studies should be designed as randomized controlled trials and examine the use of adjunctive therapies in the upfront setting for HSCT patients with DAH.
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- Alyssa M Loecher
- Department of Pharmacy, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York, USA.,Department of Anesthesiology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York, USA
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Sroka R, Gabriel EM, Al-Hadidi D, Nurkin SJ, Urman RD, Quinn TD. A novel anesthesiologist-led multidisciplinary model for evaluating high-risk surgical patients at a comprehensive cancer center. J Healthc Risk Manag 2019; 38:12-23. [PMID: 30033650 DOI: 10.1002/jhrm.21326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [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: 06/08/2023]
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The objective of this retrospective analysis was to describe the development and implementation of an anesthesiologist-led multidisciplinary committee to evaluate high-risk surgical patients in order to improve surgical appropriateness. The study was conducted in an anesthesia preoperative evaluation clinic at an academic comprehensive cancer center. One hundred sixty-seven high-risk surgical patients with cancer-related diagnoses were evaluated and discussed at a High-Risk Committee (HRC) meeting to determine surgical appropriateness and optimize perioperative care. The HRC is an anesthesiologist-led model for multidisciplinary review of high-risk patients developed at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. The group of high-risk patients in which surgery was not performed had, on average, a greater percentage of hypertension, smoking history, dyspnea, heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, renal failure, and sleep apnea than the group in whom surgery was performed. Only one of 107 high-risk patients who had surgery died within the first 30 days after surgery. A smaller percentage of patients died in the group that had surgery versus the group in which surgery was canceled. For all patients discussed by the HRC, the mortality was less than 2% within the first 30 days after the HRC.
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- Raymond Sroka
- Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY
- Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Department of Anesthesiology, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
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- Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Department of Anesthesiology, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
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- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY
- Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Department of Anesthesiology, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
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Quinn TD, Wolczynski P, Sroka R, Urman RD. Creating a Pathway for Multidisciplinary Shared Decision-Making to Improve Communication During Preoperative Assessment. Anesthesiol Clin 2018; 36:653-662. [PMID: 30390785 DOI: 10.1016/j.anclin.2018.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Shared decision-making (SDM) is essential for high-quality surgical care. Barriers to SDM exist in clinical practice but there is evidence these obstacles can be overcome. SDM requires clinician and patient engagement. Though patients may indicate understanding, deficits in decision making may persist based on language, age, or educational barriers. Multidisciplinary decision-making before surgery is an opportunity for anesthesiologists and other perioperative professionals to improve surgical care. The authors present an example of a successfully implemented pathway for high-risk surgical patients at a tertiary care center, leveraging the preoperative anesthesia evaluation.
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- Timothy D Quinn
- Department of Anesthesiology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, 77 Goodell Street, Suite 550, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA; Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Elm and Carlton Streets, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, 462 Grider Street, Buffalo, NY 14215, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, 77 Goodell Street, Suite 550, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA; Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Elm and Carlton Streets, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Center for Perioperative Research, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Nelson O, Quinn TD, Arriaga AF, Hepner DL, Lipsitz SR, Cooper Z, Gawande AA, Bader AM. A Model for Better Leveraging the Point of Preoperative Assessment: Patients and Providers Look Beyond Operative Indications When Making Decisions. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 6:241-8. [PMID: 26669650 DOI: 10.1213/xaa.0000000000000274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Previous literature on preoperative evaluation focuses on the impact on the day of surgery cancellations and delays; however, the framework of cancellations and delays at the time of the elective outpatient preoperative anesthesia visit has not been categorized. We describe the current model in the preoperative clinic at Brigham and Women's Hospital, examining the pattern of cancellations at the time of this preoperative visit and the framework used for categorizing the issues involved. Looking at this broader framework is important in an era of patient-centered care; we seek to identify targets to modify the preoperative assessment and adequately assess and capture the spectrum of issues involved. Elective cases evaluated in the preoperative clinic were reviewed over 10 months. Characteristics of cancelled and noncancelled cases were compared. In-depth analysis of issues related to cancellation was done; 1-year follow-up was completed. Cancellation patterns included categories encompassing clinical, financial, alignment with patient values and goals, compliance, and social issues. The period of preoperative assessment can therefore be leveraged to review a number of domains that can adversely affect surgical outcomes and improve patient-centered care. Also, our framework allows the institution to benchmark these patterns over time; increases in cancellations at the time of the preoperative anesthesia clinic visit for specific categories can prompt an opportunity to examine and improve preoperative workflow.
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- Olivia Nelson
- From the *Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; †Department of Anesthesiology, Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; ‡Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York §Department of Anesthesiology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York; ‖Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; ¶Center for Surgery and Public Health and #Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; **Ariadne Labs, Boston, Massachusetts; ††Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; and ‡‡Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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PURPOSE To investigate factors associated with unplanned postoperative admissions to the intensive care unit (ICU). METHODS Data from the National Anesthesia Clinical Outcomes Registry (NACOR) were analyzed. We performed univariate and multivariate logistic regression to identify patient- and surgery-specific characteristics associated with unplanned postoperative ICU admission. We also recorded the prevalence of Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) and International Classification of Diseases, ninth revision ( ICD-9) billing codes and outcomes for unplanned postoperative ICU admissions. RESULTS Of 23 341 130 records in the database, 2 910 738 records met our inclusion criteria. A higher American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status (ASA PS) class, case duration greater than 4 hours, and advanced age were associated with a greater likelihood of unplanned ICU admission. Vascular and thoracic surgery patients were more likely to have an unplanned ICU admission. The most common CPT and ICD-9 codes involved repair of femur/hip fracture, bowel resection, and acute postoperative pain. Large community hospitals were more likely than university hospitals to have unplanned postoperative ICU admissions. Patients in the unplanned postoperative ICU admission group were more likely to have experienced intraoperative cardiac arrest, hemodynamic instability, or respiratory failure and were more likely to die in the immediate perioperative period. CONCLUSION Our study is the first diverse analysis of unplanned postoperative ICU admissions in the literature across multiple specialties and practice models. We found an association of advanced age, higher ASA PS class, and duration of procedure with unplanned ICU admission after surgery. Surgical specialties and procedures with the most unplanned ICU admissions could be areas for quality improvement and clinical pathways in the future.
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- Timothy D Quinn
- 1 Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- 2 Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- 3 American Society of Anesthesiologists, Anesthesia Quality Institute, Schaumburg, IL, USA
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- 2 Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Ryan PM, Bourdi M, Korrapati MC, Proctor WR, Vasquez RA, Yee SB, Quinn TD, Chakraborty M, Pohl LR. Endogenous interleukin-4 regulates glutathione synthesis following acetaminophen-induced liver injury in mice. Chem Res Toxicol 2011; 25:83-93. [PMID: 22107450 DOI: 10.1021/tx2003992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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In a recent study, we reported that interleukin (IL)-4 had a protective role against acetaminophen (APAP)-induced liver injury (AILI), although the mechanism of protection was unclear. Here, we carried out more detailed investigations and have shown that one way IL-4 may control the severity of AILI is by regulating glutathione (GSH) synthesis. In the present studies, the protective role of IL-4 in AILI was established definitively by showing that C57BL/6J mice made deficient in IL-4 genetically (IL-4(-/-)) or by depletion with an antibody, were more susceptible to AILI than mice not depleted of IL-4. The increased susceptibility of IL-4(-/-) mice was not due to elevated levels of hepatic APAP-protein adducts but was associated with a prolonged reduction in hepatic GSH that was attributed to decreased gene expression of γ-glutamylcysteine ligase (γ-GCL). Moreover, administration of recombinant IL-4 to IL-4(-/-) mice postacetaminophen treatment diminished the severity of liver injury and increased γ-GCL and GSH levels. We also report that the prolonged reduction of GSH in APAP-treated IL-4(-/-) mice appeared to contribute toward increased liver injury by causing a sustained activation of c-Jun-N-terminal kinase (JNK) since levels of phosphorylated JNK remained significantly higher in the IL-4(-/-) mice up to 24 h after APAP treatment. Overall, these results show for the first time that IL-4 has a role in regulating the synthesis of GSH in the liver under conditions of cellular stress. This mechanism appears to be responsible at least in part for the protective role of IL-4 against AILI in mice and may have a similar role not only in AILI in humans but also in pathologies of the liver caused by other drugs and etiologies.
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- Pauline M Ryan
- Molecular and Cellular Toxicology Section, Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Immunology Center, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health , 9000 Rockville Pike, Building 10, Room 8N110, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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Quinn TD, Polk HC, Edwards MJ. Hyperthermic isolated limb perfusion increases circulating levels of inflammatory cytokines. Cancer Immunol Immunother 1995; 40:272-75. [PMID: 7750126 PMCID: PMC11037690 DOI: 10.1007/bf01519902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/1994] [Accepted: 02/06/1995] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Hyperthermic isolated limb perfusion is an established method of treatment for regionally advanced melanoma. Recent studies suggest that exogenously administered cytokines potentiate tumor response in patients with in-transit melanoma. We hypothesized that isolated limb perfusion induces an immunogenic response characterized by increased circulating levels of cytokines in the pump circuit, potentially contributing to the antitumor effect. We obtained blood samples from the perfusion circuit and systemic circulation at various intervals from patients undergoing isolated chemotherapeutic perfusion for melanoma. Samples were analyzed for serum cytokine profiles by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. When compared with baseline values, significant increases in serum levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6), interleukin-8 (IL-8), and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) occurred within the perfusion circuit during isolated limb perfusion (P < 0.05). In addition, there was a corresponding increase in IL-8 within the systemic circulation at the 60-min interval (P < 0.05), suggesting some degree of leakage from the isolated circuit due to the extremely high levels of IL-8 in the perfusion circuit. A transient but insignificant decrease in circulating levels of neutrophils was also observed during the perfusion process, which may be attributed to margination. Increased levels of cytokines IL-6, IL-8, and TNF occurred within the isolated circuit during hyperthermic limb perfusion and may contribute to tumor response seen in patients treated with isolated limb perfusion.
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- T D Quinn
- Department of Surgery, University of Louisville, School of Medicine, KY 40292, USA
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Quinn TD, Miller FN, Wilson MA, Garrison RN, Anderson JA, Lenz LG, Edwards MJ. Interleukin-2-induced lymphocyte infiltration of multiple organs is differentially suppressed by soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor. J Surg Res 1994; 56:117-22. [PMID: 8121166 DOI: 10.1006/jsre.1994.1020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [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: 01/28/2023]
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Interleukin-2 (IL-2) mediates the regression of metastatic cancer, but clinical application is restricted by associated toxicities. Previous studies implicate tumor necrosis factor (TNF) as an important mediator of certain IL-2-induced toxicities. We hypothesized that soluble TNF receptor (sTNFr), a TNF antagonist, would alter lymphocyte trafficking into normal tissues and ameliorate IL-2-induced toxicity. Four groups of C57BL/6 mice were treated for 4 days with intraperitoneal injections of 100,000 IU IL-2 alone, 100,000 IU IL-2 and 30 micrograms sTNFr combined, 30 micrograms sTNFr alone, or equal volumes of saline. Animal activity was graded and blood obtained for SGPT and SGOT. At necropsy, organs were harvested for wet:dry ratios as a measurement of organ edema. The lung, liver, and thymus were examined histologically for lymphocytic infiltration and graded on a scale of 1 to 5. IL-2-treated groups had a statistically significant increase in organ edema, lymphocytic infiltration into the lung and liver, liver enzyme elevation, and pancytopenia when compared with controls. Soluble TNFr significantly suppressed IL-2-induced pulmonary lymphocytic infiltration and associated serum lymphopenia without significant alteration of other IL-2-induced effects. These data implicate TNF as a mediator of the pulmonary lymphocytic infiltration and of lymphopenia that accompanies IL-2 therapy and further suggest that alternative mechanisms are involved in other IL-2-induced deleterious effects.
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- T D Quinn
- Department of Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Kentucky 40292
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