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Mepolizumab as a corticosteroid-sparing agent in lymphocytic variant hypereosinophilic syndrome.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mepolizumab, a monoclonal anti-IL-5 antibody, is an effective corticosteroid-sparing agent for patients with Fip1-like 1/platelet-derived growth factor receptor ? fusion (F/P)-negative hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES). Lymphocytic variant hypereosinophilic syndrome (L-HES) is characterized by marked overproduction of IL-5 by dysregulated T cells.

Objective

To determine whether patients with L-HES respond to mepolizumab in terms of corticosteroid tapering and eosinophil depletion to the same extent as corticosteroid-responsive F/P-negative patients with HES and a normal T-cell profile.

Methods

Patients enrolled in the mepolizumab trial were evaluated for L-HES on the basis of T-cell phenotyping and T-cell receptor gene rearrangement patterns, and their serum thymus-and-activation-regulated chemokine (TARC) levels were measured. Response to treatment was compared in patient subgroups based on results of these analyses.

Results

Lymphocytic variant HES was diagnosed in 13 of 63 patients with HES with complete T-cell assessments. The ability to taper corticosteroids on mepolizumab was similar in patients with L-HES and those with a normal T-cell profile, although a lower proportion of patients with L-HES maintained eosinophil levels below 600/?L. Increased serum TARC levels (>1000 pg/mL) had no significant impact on the ability to reduce corticosteroid doses, but a lower proportion of patients with elevated TARC achieved eosinophil control on mepolizumab.

Conclusion

Mepolizumab is an effective corticosteroid-sparing agent for patients with L-HES. In some cases however, eosinophil levels remain above 600/?L, suggesting incomplete neutralization of overproduced IL-5 or involvement of other eosinophilopoietic factors.

SUBMITTER: Roufosse F

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2950246 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Mepolizumab as a corticosteroid-sparing agent in lymphocytic variant hypereosinophilic syndrome.

Roufosse Florence F de Lavareille Aurore A Schandené Liliane L Cogan Elie E Georgelas Ann A Wagner Lori L Xi Liqiang L Raffeld Mark M Goldman Michel M Gleich Gerald J GJ Klion Amy A

The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 20101001 4

<h4>Background</h4>Mepolizumab, a monoclonal anti-IL-5 antibody, is an effective corticosteroid-sparing agent for patients with Fip1-like 1/platelet-derived growth factor receptor α fusion (F/P)-negative hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES). Lymphocytic variant hypereosinophilic syndrome (L-HES) is characterized by marked overproduction of IL-5 by dysregulated T cells.<h4>Objective</h4>To determine whether patients with L-HES respond to mepolizumab in terms of corticosteroid tapering and eosinophil ...[more]

PMID: 20810155

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Project description:BackgroundCurrent standard-of-care treatments for hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) include oral corticosteroids (OCS) and immunosuppressive/cytotoxic (IS/CT) therapies. The anti-IL-5 monoclonal antibody mepolizumab has also recently been approved for patients with this disease. The objective of this analysis was to assess the relationship between baseline therapy and flare reduction in patients with HES treated with mepolizumab, using data from the Phase III 200622 study (NCT02836496).MethodsIn the double-blind, parallel-group 200622 study, eligible patients were ≥12 years old and had HES for ≥6 months, ≥2 flares in the previous 12 months, blood eosinophils ≥1000 cells/μL at screening and ≥4 weeks' stable HES therapy. Patients were randomised (1:1) to receive mepolizumab 300 mg subcutaneously or placebo every 4 weeks for 32 weeks plus their existing HES therapy. This post hoc, descriptive analysis assessed the effect of baseline HES therapy [IS/CT (± OCS), OCS No IS/CT, and No IS/CT/OCS] on the proportion of patients with ≥1 flare during the study period, the annualised rate of flares, time to first flare, and the proportion of patients with ≥1 flare during Weeks 20─32, with mepolizumab versus placebo.ResultsMepolizumab treatment was associated with a decrease in the proportion of patients who experienced ≥1 flare during the study period in all baseline therapy groups versus placebo (32-96% reduction). Similarly, the probability of a flare was lower with mepolizumab (14.3-31.4%) than placebo (35.7-74.1%) in all baseline therapy groups, as was the annualised flare rate (0.22-0.68 vs 1.14-1.62). The proportion of patients who experienced ≥1 flare during Weeks 20-32 was reduced with mepolizumab versus placebo for all baseline therapy groups (55-85% reduction). For all endpoints, the greatest effect of mepolizumab treatment was seen in the IS/CT (± OCS) group.ConclusionsPatients with poorly controlled HES are likely to achieve clinical benefit with mepolizumab in terms of flare reduction, regardless of their baseline therapy.Clinical trial registration(https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02836496).

Dataset Information

Mepolizumab as a corticosteroid-sparing agent in lymphocytic variant hypereosinophilic syndrome.

Background

Objective

Methods

Results

Conclusion

Publications

Mepolizumab as a corticosteroid-sparing agent in lymphocytic variant hypereosinophilic syndrome.

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