Anti-inflammatory therapy in ischaemic heart disease : from canakinumab to colchicine

Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. © The Author(s) 2021..

Four large trials have recently evaluated the effects of anti-inflammatory drugs in the secondary prevention of major cardiovascular events (MACE) in over 25 000 patients followed for 1.9-3.7 years. CANTOS tested subcutaneous canakinumab [an anti-interleukin (IL) 1β antibody] 300 mg every 3 months against placebo in patients with a history of myocardial infarction (MI) and serum C-reactive protein (CRP) >2 mg/L, demonstrating efficacy in preventing MACE but increased rates of fatal infections. COLCOT (in patients with recent MI) and LoDoCo2 (in patients with chronic coronary syndromes) tested oral colchicine (an NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitor) 0.5 mg daily vs. placebo, demonstrating prevention of MACE with a slightly increased risk of pneumonia in COLCOT (0.9 vs. 0.4%) but not in LoDoCo2. CIRT tested oral methotrexate (an anti-rheumatic anti-nuclear factor-kB) 15-20 mg per week against placebo in ischaemic heart disease patients with diabetes or metabolic syndrome, without significant reduction in MACE rates or in circulating IL6 or CRP levels, and with increased risk of skin cancers. In summary, canakinumab and colchicine have shown efficacy in preventing MACE in ischaemic heart disease patients, but only colchicine has acceptable safety (and cost) for use in secondary cardiovascular prevention. Clinical results are expected with the anti-IL6 ziltivekimab.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

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European heart journal supplements : journal of the European Society of Cardiology - 23(2021), Suppl E vom: 06. Okt., Seite E13-E18

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Andreotti, Felicita [VerfasserIn]
Maggioni, Aldo Pietro [VerfasserIn]
Campeggi, Alice [VerfasserIn]
Iervolino, Adelaide [VerfasserIn]
Scambia, Giovanni [VerfasserIn]
Massetti, Massimo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Atherothrombosis
Canakinumab
Colchicine
Inflammation
Ischaemic heart disease
Journal Article

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Date Revised 16.10.2021

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/eurheartj/suab084

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NLM331910748