1. The Use of Cylexin (CY-1503) in Prevention of Reperfusion Lung Injury in Patients Undergoing Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
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Kim M. Kerr, Kenneth M. Moser, Gerard J. Smits, Stuart W. Jamieson, David P. Kapelanski, James J. Marsh, Rebekah L. Fedullo, Peter F. Fedullo, Richard N. Channick, Roberta M. Comito, and William R. Auger
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Adult ,Male ,Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Hypertension, Pulmonary ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Oligosaccharides ,Endarterectomy ,Lung injury ,Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine ,law.invention ,Lewis Blood Group Antigens ,Double-Blind Method ,law ,Humans ,Medicine ,Aged ,Mechanical ventilation ,Lung ,Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Respiratory disease ,Middle Aged ,respiratory system ,medicine.disease ,Intensive care unit ,Pulmonary hypertension ,Surgery ,Bronchoalveolar lavage ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Reperfusion Injury ,Anesthesia ,Female ,Pulmonary Embolism ,business ,Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid - Abstract
Pulmonary thromboendartectomy (PTE) for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension may be complicated by reperfusion lung injury. This has previously been demonstrated to be neutrophil-mediated. We postulated that blocking selectin-mediated adhesion of neutrophils to the endothelium with Cylexin (CY-1503) would prevent reperfusion lung injury in this patient population. In this double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, parallel study, 26 patients received Cylexin the day of surgery and 25 received placebo. Significantly fewer patients in the treated group (31%) compared with the placebo group (60%) developed lung injury (p = 0.036). However, the average number of days of mechanical ventilation, days in the intensive care unit (ICU) and hospital, as well as mortality were not significantly different between the treatment groups. Those with reperfusion lung injury had significantly elevated percent neutrophils, total protein, and soluble P-selectin in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid compared with those without lung injury. We conclude that reperfusion lung injury after PTE is a high-permeability lung injury and its incidence can be reduced by the administration of Cylexin on the day of surgery.
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- 2000
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