A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase Inhibition in Patients with Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- 06.12.2021
- Original work
Erschienen in:
- Verfasst von
- Ross P Martini
- Dominic Siler
- Justin Cetas
- Nabil J. Alkayed
- Elyse Allen
- Miriam M Treggiari
- Erschienen in
- Neurocritical Care | Ausgabe 3/2022
Abstract
Background
Epoxyeicosatrienoates (EETs) are endogenous regulators of neuroinflammation and cerebral blood flow. Their metabolism to dihydroxyeicosatrienoates (DHETs) is catalyzed by soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH). After subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), EETs’ pathway amplification may be a therapeutic target for the prevention of delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI). We conducted a double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase Ib randomized trial of GSK2256294, a pharmacologic inhibitor of sEH, to evaluate the safety profile and to assess biomarkers of neurovascular inflammation in patients with aneurysmal SAH.
Methods
Patients were randomly assigned to receive 10 mg of GSK2256294 or a placebo treatment once daily for 10 days, beginning within 72 hours after aneurysm rupture. The primary study end point was safety. Secondary end points included serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) EETs-to-DHETs ratio, cytokine levels, and serum endothelial injury biomarkers, measured at day 7 and day 10 after SAH. Tertiary end points included neurologic status, disposition, length of stay, incidence of DCI, and mortality; these were assessed at hospital discharge and at 90 days.
Results
Ten patients received GSK2256294 and nine patients received a placebo. There were no adverse events related to the study drug. GSK2256294 administration resulted in a significant increase in the EET/DHET ratio at day 7 and day 10 in serum, but not in the CSF. There was a trend for decreased CSF inflammatory cytokines following GSK2256294 administration, but this did not reach statistical significance.
Conclusions
GSK2256294 administration was safe and well tolerated in critically ill patients with SAH, producing an increase in serum EETs and the EET-to-DHET ratio. Our findings support future studies in a larger population to evaluate the role of sEH inhibition in the prevention of DCI after SAH and other forms of brain injury and inflammatory conditions.
Clinical trial registration
ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03318783.
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- Titel
- A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase Inhibition in Patients with Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Verfasst von
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Ross P Martini
Dominic Siler
Justin Cetas
Nabil J. Alkayed
Elyse Allen
Miriam M Treggiari
- Publikationsdatum
- 06.12.2021
- Verlag
- Springer US
- Erschienen in
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Neurocritical Care / Ausgabe 3/2022
Print ISSN: 1541-6933
Elektronische ISSN: 1556-0961 - DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12028-021-01398-8
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