Incidence and clinical significance of cardiac biomarker elevation during stem cell mobilization, apheresis, and intramyocardial delivery: An analysis from ACT34-CMI AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL Povsic, T. J., Losordo, D. W., Story, K., Junge, C. E., Schatz, R. A., Harrington, R. A., Henry, T. D. 2012; 164 (5): 689-U86

Abstract

Cell therapy is a promising therapeutic for a variety of cardiovascular conditions including refractory angina. Elevation of cardiac biomarkers during cell delivery has been frequently described, but the clinical implications have never been studied.ACT34-CMI was a randomized double-blind study assessing the use of intramyocardial delivery of autologous CD34(+) cells for the treatment of refractory angina. Patients (n = 167) underwent G-CSF-mediated (5 µg/[kg day] × 5 days) stem cell mobilization, apheresis, and intramyocardial injection of 1 × 10(5)/kg or 5 × 10(5)/kg CD34(+) cells or placebo. Troponin and creatinine kinase MB were assessed at baseline (n = 161), after cell mobilization and apheresis (n = 153 and 143, respectively), and post-intramyocardial injection (n = 155 and 141, respectively). Major adverse cardiac events (MACE) included death, myocardial infarction, acute congestive heart failure, urgent revascularization, or sustained ventricular arrhythmia.Seven (4.3%) subjects had troponin above the upper limits of normal (ULN) at baseline. Thirty-four (22.2%) and 11 (7.2%) subjects had troponin levels > ULN or >3× ULN after cell mobilization and apheresis, whereas 72 (46.1%) and 39 (25.2%) subjects had troponin elevations > ULN or >3× ULN, respectively, after intramyocardial injections. Age, but no other preprocedural factors, was predictive of troponin elevation. Periprocedural troponin elevation was not associated with an increased risk of MACE during 1 year, especially in cell therapy-treated patients.Troponin elevation is common during stem cell harvesting and intramyocardial administration, is usually asymptomatic, and does not appear to be associated with long-term MACE in subjects undergoing stem cell mobilization and intramyocardial injection.

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