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J Am Coll Cardiol, 2003; 42:1339-1347, doi:10.1016/S0735-1097(03)00988-4
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CLINICAL RESEARCH: CLINICAL TRIAL

A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of Ad5FGF-4 gene therapy and its effect on myocardial perfusion in patients with stable angina

Cindy L. Grines, MD, FACC*,*, Matthew W. Watkins, MD, FACC{dagger}, John J. Mahmarian, MD, FACC{ddagger}, Ami E. Iskandrian, MD, FACC§, Jeffrey J. Rade, MD, FACC||, Pran Marrott, MRCP, MSc, Craig Pratt, MD, FACC{dagger}, Neal Kleiman, MD, FACC{dagger} for the Angiogenic GENe Therapy (AGENT-2) Study Group

* Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
{dagger} Department of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA
{ddagger} Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, The Methodist Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
§ Department of Medicine/Section of Cardiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
|| John Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Berlex Laboratories, Montville, New Jersey, USA

* Reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Cindy L. Grines, Division of Cardiology/3rd Floor Heart Center, William Beaumont Hospital, 3601 West 13 Mile Road, Royal Oak, Michigan 48073-6769, USA.
cgrines{at}beaumonthospitals.com

OBJECTIVES: The primary objective of this study was to determine whether intracoronary administration of the adenoviral gene for fibroblast growth factor (Ad5FGF-4) can improve myocardial perfusion compared with placebo.

BACKGROUND: Animal studies and observational clinical studies have shown improvement in perfusion of the ischemic myocardium using genes encoding angiogenic growth factors; however, randomized, double-blind data in humans are lacking.

METHODS: We performed a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of intracoronary injection of 1010 adenoviral particles containing a gene encoding fibroblast growth factor (Ad5FGF-4) to determine the effect on myocardial perfusion. Fifty-two patients with stable angina and reversible ischemia comprising >9% of the left ventricle on adenosine single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging were randomized to gene therapy (n = 35) or placebo (n = 17). Clinical follow-up was performed, and 51 (98%) patients underwent a second adenosine SPECT scan after 8 weeks.

RESULTS: Overall (n = 52), the mean total perfusion defect size at baseline was 32.4% of the left ventricle, with 20% reversible ischemia and 12.5% scar. At eight weeks, Ad5FGF-4 injection resulted in a significant reduction of ischemic defect size (4.2% absolute, 21% relative; p < 0.001) and placebo-treated patients had no improvement (p = 0.32). Although the change in reversible perfusion defect size between Ad5FGF-4 and placebo was not significant (4.2% vs. 1.6%, p = 0.14), when a single outlier was excluded a significant difference was observed (4.2% vs. 0.8%, p < 0.05). Ad5FGF-4 was well tolerated and did not result in any permanent adverse sequelae.

CONCLUSIONS: Intracoronary injection of Ad5FGF-4 showed an encouraging trend for improved myocardial perfusion; however, further studies of therapeutic angiogenesis with Ad5FGF-4 will be necessary.

Abbreviations and Acronyms
  ANOVA = analysis of variance
  CABG = coronary artery bypass graft
  CK = creatine kinase
  FGF = fibroblast growth factor
  HIV = human immunodeficiency virus
  RPDS = reversible perfusion defect size
  SGOT = serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase
  SGPT = serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase
  SPECT = single-photon emission computed tomography
  99mTc = technetium-99m




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