Yutaka Niihara1, Scott T Miller1, Julie Kanter1, Sophie Lanzkron1, Wally R Smith1, Lewis L Hsu1, Victor R Gordeuk1, Kusum Viswanathan1, Sharada Sarnaik1, Ifeyinwa Osunkwo1, Edouard Guillaume1, Swayam Sadanandan1, Lance Sieger1, Joseph L Lasky1, Eduard H Panosyan1, Osbourne A Blake1, Tamara N New1, Rita Bellevue1, Lan T Tran1, Rafael L Razon1, Charles W Stark1, Lynne D Neumayr1, Elliott P Vichinsky1. 1. From Emmaus Medical, Torrance (Y.N., L.T.T., R.L.R., C.W.S.), University of California at Los Angeles (Y.N.), Harbor-UCLA and Los Angeles BioMedical Research Institute (J.L.L., E.H.P.), and University of Southern California (C.W.S.), Los Angeles, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Inglewood (L.S., O.A.B.), and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital and Research Center, Oakland (L.D.N., E.P.V.) - all in California; State University of New York-Downstate Medical Center (S.T.M.), Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center (K.V.), Interfaith Medical Center (E.G.), Brooklyn Hospital Center (S. Sadanandan), and New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital (R.B.) - all in Brooklyn, NY; Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston (J.K.); Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore (S.L.); Virginia Commonwealth University Healthcare Systems, Richmond (W.R.S.); University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago (L.L.H., V.R.G.); Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit (S. Sarnaik); Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte, NC (I.O.); and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University, Atlanta (T.N.N.).
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Oxidative stress contributes to the complex pathophysiology of sickle cell disease. Oral therapy with pharmaceutical-grade l-glutamine (USAN, glutamine) has been shown to increase the proportion of the reduced form of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotides in sickle cell erythrocytes, which probably reduces oxidative stress and could result in fewer episodes of sickle cell-related pain. METHODS: In a multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, phase 3 trial, we tested the efficacy of pharmaceutical-grade l-glutamine (0.3 g per kilogram of body weight per dose) administered twice daily by mouth, as compared with placebo, in reducing the incidence of pain crises among patients with sickle cell anemia or sickle β0-thalassemia and a history of two or more pain crises during the previous year. Patients who were receiving hydroxyurea at a dose that had been stable for at least 3 months before screening continued that therapy through the 48-week treatment period. RESULTS: A total of 230 patients (age range, 5 to 58 years; 53.9% female) were randomly assigned, in a 2:1 ratio, to receive l-glutamine (152 patients) or placebo (78 patients). The patients in the l-glutamine group had significantly fewer pain crises than those in the placebo group (P=0.005), with a median of 3.0 in the l-glutamine group and 4.0 in the placebo group. Fewer hospitalizations occurred in the l-glutamine group than in the placebo group (P=0.005), with a median of 2.0 in the l-glutamine group and 3.0 in the placebo group. Two thirds of the patients in both trial groups received concomitant hydroxyurea. Low-grade nausea, noncardiac chest pain, fatigue, and musculoskeletal pain occurred more frequently in the l-glutamine group than in the placebo group. CONCLUSIONS: Among children and adults with sickle cell anemia, the median number of pain crises over 48 weeks was lower among those who received oral therapy with l-glutamine, administered alone or with hydroxyurea, than among those who received placebo, with or without hydroxyurea. (Funded by Emmaus Medical; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01179217 .).
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BACKGROUND: Oxidative stress contributes to the complex pathophysiology of sickle cell disease. Oral therapy with pharmaceutical-grade l-glutamine (USAN, glutamine) has been shown to increase the proportion of the reduced form of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotides in sickle cell erythrocytes, which probably reduces oxidative stress and could result in fewer episodes of sickle cell-related pain. METHODS: In a multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, phase 3 trial, we tested the efficacy of pharmaceutical-grade l-glutamine (0.3 g per kilogram of body weight per dose) administered twice daily by mouth, as compared with placebo, in reducing the incidence of pain crises among patients with sickle cell anemia or sickle β0-thalassemia and a history of two or more pain crises during the previous year. Patients who were receiving hydroxyurea at a dose that had been stable for at least 3 months before screening continued that therapy through the 48-week treatment period. RESULTS: A total of 230 patients (age range, 5 to 58 years; 53.9% female) were randomly assigned, in a 2:1 ratio, to receive l-glutamine (152 patients) or placebo (78 patients). The patients in the l-glutamine group had significantly fewer pain crises than those in the placebo group (P=0.005), with a median of 3.0 in the l-glutamine group and 4.0 in the placebo group. Fewer hospitalizations occurred in the l-glutamine group than in the placebo group (P=0.005), with a median of 2.0 in the l-glutamine group and 3.0 in the placebo group. Two thirds of the patients in both trial groups received concomitant hydroxyurea. Low-grade nausea, noncardiac chest pain, fatigue, and musculoskeletal pain occurred more frequently in the l-glutamine group than in the placebo group. CONCLUSIONS: Among children and adults with sickle cell anemia, the median number of pain crises over 48 weeks was lower among those who received oral therapy with l-glutamine, administered alone or with hydroxyurea, than among those who received placebo, with or without hydroxyurea. (Funded by Emmaus Medical; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01179217 .).
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