Ronnie Aronson1, Peter A Gottlieb2, Jens S Christiansen3, Thomas W Donner4, Emanuele Bosi5, Bruce W Bode6, Paolo Pozzilli7. 1. LMC Diabetes & Endocrinology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada ronnie.aronson@lmc.ca. 2. University of Colorado, Denver, CO. 3. University of Aarhus, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark. 4. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. 5. San Raffaele Hospital Scientific Institute, Vita Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy. 6. Emory University, Atlanta Diabetes Associates, Atlanta, GA. 7. Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary, University of London, London, U.K.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Previous studies demonstrated that the anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody otelixizumab, administered at a total dose of 48-64 mg, can slow the loss of C-peptide in recent-onset type 1 diabetes patients, with frequent reactivation of Epstein Barr virus (EBV). The DEFEND-1 (Durable Response Therapy Evaluation for Early or New-Onset Type 1 Diabetes) trial was designed to test whether a lower dose of otelixizumab could preserve C-peptide secretion in new-onset type 1 diabetes patients. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: A multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled trial was performed in sites in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Two hundred eighty-one patients were randomized to treatment with 3.1 mg otelixizumab administered over 8 days or placebo. The primary end point of the study was the change in C-peptide area under the curve (AUC) from a 2-h mixed-meal tolerance test at month 12. RESULTS: The change in 2-h C-peptide AUC was not different between placebo-treated patients and otelixizumab-treated patients (-0.20 vs. -0.22 nmol/L, P = 0.81). Secondary end points, including HbA1c, glucose variability, and insulin dose, were also not statistically different between the two groups. More patients in the otelixizumab group than in the placebo group experienced adverse events, mostly grade 1 or grade 2. There was no EBV reactivation (viral load >10,000 copies/10(6) peripheral blood mononuclear cells) in the otelixizumab group, in contrast with previously published studies at higher doses of otelixizumab. CONCLUSIONS:Otelixizumab was well tolerated in patients with recent-onset type 1 diabetes at a total dose of 3.1 mg, but did not achieve preservation of levels of C-peptide or other markers of metabolic control.
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OBJECTIVE: Previous studies demonstrated that the anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody otelixizumab, administered at a total dose of 48-64 mg, can slow the loss of C-peptide in recent-onset type 1 diabetespatients, with frequent reactivation of Epstein Barr virus (EBV). The DEFEND-1 (Durable Response Therapy Evaluation for Early or New-Onset Type 1 Diabetes) trial was designed to test whether a lower dose of otelixizumab could preserve C-peptide secretion in new-onset type 1 diabetespatients. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: A multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled trial was performed in sites in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Two hundred eighty-one patients were randomized to treatment with 3.1 mg otelixizumab administered over 8 days or placebo. The primary end point of the study was the change in C-peptide area under the curve (AUC) from a 2-h mixed-meal tolerance test at month 12. RESULTS: The change in 2-h C-peptide AUC was not different between placebo-treated patients and otelixizumab-treatedpatients (-0.20 vs. -0.22 nmol/L, P = 0.81). Secondary end points, including HbA1c, glucose variability, and insulin dose, were also not statistically different between the two groups. More patients in the otelixizumab group than in the placebo group experienced adverse events, mostly grade 1 or grade 2. There was no EBV reactivation (viral load >10,000 copies/10(6) peripheral blood mononuclear cells) in the otelixizumab group, in contrast with previously published studies at higher doses of otelixizumab. CONCLUSIONS:Otelixizumab was well tolerated in patients with recent-onset type 1 diabetes at a total dose of 3.1 mg, but did not achieve preservation of levels of C-peptide or other markers of metabolic control.
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