Abaloparatide in patients with mild or moderate renal impairment: results from the ACTIVE phase 3 trial

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate, post hoc, the efficacy and safety of abaloparatide by degree of renal impairment.

Methods: ACTIVE was a phase 3, 18-month, randomized, double-blind, active-comparator, placebo-controlled study of postmenopausal women with osteoporosis who received subcutaneous abaloparatide 80?µg, placebo, or open-label teriparatide 20?µg daily. Patients with serum creatinine >2.0?mg/dL or 1.5–2.0?mg/dL with an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) <37?mL/min, calculated by Cockcroft-Gault formula, were excluded.

Results: At baseline, 660 patients had eGFR ≥90?mL/min, 1276 had 60 to ?90?mL/min, and 527 had <60?mL/min. Older age and lower T-scores were associated with greater renal impairment. Among renal-function subgroups, there were no meaningful changes in bone mineral density, fracture risk reduction, or overall incidence of treatment-emergent adverse events in the active-treatment arms. Anemia, nausea, hypercalcemia, and upper-respiratory-tract infection tended to be more frequent with increasing renal impairment. Hypercalcemia measured by albumin-adjusted serum calcium occurred significantly less frequently with abaloparatide than teriparatide in patients with eGFR <60?mL/min (3.6% versus 10.9%; p?=?.008) and in the overall ACTIVE safety population (3.4% versus 6.4%; p?=?.006). Computed tomography scans in 376 patients revealed no evidence of increased renal calcification.

Conclusion: Increased exposure to abaloparatide and teriparatide in patients with renal impairment led to no meaningful differences in efficacy or safety. These results support the use of abaloparatide without dosage adjustment in patients with renal impairment, provided those with severe renal impairments are monitored for adverse events.     

急性脑血管疾病的心电图变化

急性脑血管疾病是临床常见病,临床表现复杂多变,其引起的心脏电学改变也复杂多变.心电图异常改变主要包括心律异常、传导异常、复极异常、房室改变,其中又以复极异常中的ST-T改变为主.     

莪术组分涂层支架预防猪冠状动脉再狭窄的研究

目的通过中华实验用小型猪冠状动脉再狭窄模型,观察中药莪术组分涂层支架抑制内膜增殖的有效性。方法将18只小型猪随机分为莪术组分涂层支架组(ZES组)、雷帕霉素涂层支架组(SES组)及金属裸支架组(BMS组),每组6只,分别在左前降支、左回旋支及右冠状动脉置入同一种支架各1枚。术后30 d冠状动脉造影后将猪处死,观察支架血管段的病理形态及影像学变化。结果 30 d时,与BMS组比较,ZES组和SES组平均管腔直径和平均管腔面积均明显增大(P<0.05),直径狭窄率和面积狭窄率明显减小(P<0.05);与SES组比较,ZES组和BMS组炎症积分明显降低,内皮化积分明显升高(P<0.05);3组损伤积分比较,差异无统计学意义(P>0.05);光学相干断层扫描及扫描电镜观察,SES支架组30 d时可见部分支架节段内皮化不全及炎性细胞浸润。结论 ZES支架可有效地抑制血管内膜增殖,具有良好的生物相容性。     

Diagnostic utility of WT-1 cytoplasmic stain in variety of vascular lesions

Vascular lesions are commonly encountered in routine pathologic practice and often pose diagnostic challenges owing to their morphologic diversity. Although WT-1 expression was reported in some vascular tumors, little is known about its staining patterns in a spectrum of vascular lesions from various locations. We examined WT-1 immunostain in 95 cases of vascular lesions including angiosarcomas (AS, 19 cases), hemangioendotheliomas (HE, 5), Kaposi’s sarcomas (KS, 4), cavernous hemangiomas (CVH, 12), capillary hemangiomas (CPH, 7), pyogenic granulomas (PG, 4), lymphangiomas (LA, 4), hemangiopericytomas (HP, 5), glomus tumors (GT, 8), vascular malformation (VM, 13) and granulation tissue (GRT, 14). Strong WT-1 cytoplasmic stain was invariably observed in all cases of malignant and borderline vascular tumors including AS (19/19), KS (4/4) and HE (5/5). WT-1 was also consistently expressed in CPH (7/7), PG (4/4), and GRT (14/14), while it became weaker in VM (10/13) and often negative in CVH (2/12) and LA (0/4). WT1 stain was not demonstrated in HP (0/5) and rarely in GT (2/8). We conclude that consistent and diffuse WT-1 cytoplasmic stain in AS, HE and KS can be useful in distinguishing these tumors from poorly differentiated tumors with mimicking features. On the other hand, reliable WT-1 stain in CPH, PG and GRT may help in differential diagnosis with non-endothelial vascular tumors such as GT and HP. Recognizing the WT-1 cytoplasmic stain in a broad spectrum of benign and neoplastic tissues is critical in formulating appropriate immunohistochemical panels and avoiding misinterpretation of results.     

Disorders characterized by predominant or exclusive dermal inflammation

Some cutaneous inflammatory disorders are typified by a predominant or exclusive localization in the dermis. They can be further subdivided by the principal cell types into lymphocytic, neutrophilic, and eosinophilic infiltrates, and mixtures of them are also seen in a proportion of cases. This review considers such conditions. Included among the lymphoid lesions are viral exanthems, pigmented purpuras, gyrate erythemas, polymorphous light eruption, lupus tumidus, and cutaneous lymphoid hyperplasia. Neutrophilic infiltrates are represented by infections, Sweet syndrome, pyoderma gangrenosum, and hidradenitis suppurativa, as well as a group of so-called “autoinflammatory” dermatitides comprising polymorphonuclear leukocytes. Eosinophil-dominated lesions include arthropod bite reactions, cutaneous parasitic infestations, the urticarial phase of bullous pemphigoid, Wells syndrome (eosinophilic cellulitis), hypereosinophilic syndrome, and Churg-Strauss disease. In other conditions, eosinophils are admixed with neutrophils in the corium, with or without small-vessel vasculitis. Exemplary disorders with those patterns include drug eruptions, chronic idiopathic urticaria, urticarial vasculitis, granuloma faciale, and Schnitzler syndrome (chronic urticarial with a monoclonal gammopathy).     

耐多药结核病治疗药物及潜在药物的结构和性质计算

目的：比较分析耐多药结核病（MDR-TB）临床治疗药物和潜在药物结构与性质差异，为开发新药提供参考。方法：运用密度泛函理论M06-2X/6-311+G（2d，p）方法，对噁唑烷酮类MDR-TB治疗药物利奈唑胺（Lin），临床试验药物舒特唑胺（Sut）、德帕唑胺（Del）、TBI-223（223）及新近合成化合物19c的药效构象、几何和电子结构、红外（IR）、紫外-可见（UV-Vis）、电子圆二色（ECD）谱进行计算比较，并借助概念密度泛函理论进行分子全局反应指数分析，使用药物代谢动力学平台开展成药性和ADME/Tox评估。结果：计算显示19c增加一个手性中心明显减少了药效构象，在不同溶剂环境中，五种化合物药效结构几何参数值相近，计算值与晶体参数吻合较好。极性环境使Del极性改变最大。计算红外光谱特征与实验吻合。Lin计算的紫外最大吸收波数与实验完全一致，Del紫外吸收光谱以HOMO电子向LUMO跃迁为主，其他均以HOMO向LUMO+2跃迁为主，都具有双峰曲线。Sut计算ECD峰与实验相吻合。19c、Sut和Lin静电势分布主要集中在噁唑烷酮端，而Del和223则另一端呈电势负性。五种化合物反应指数彼此数值接近。类药性评价显示Del分布系数与其他差别大，整体彼此相近。动力学参数五种化合物比较一致，但临床用药Lin的参数更优。结论：新化合物19c较MDR-TB临床治疗药物及临床试验药物具有优势，存在进一步开发的价值。     

Neurological and humoral control of blood pressure

There is a relationship between arterial blood pressure, cardiac output and vascular resistance which can be described mathematically, and helps us to understand the short-term control of blood pressure in the terms of a hydraulic system. The sensors in this system are the arterial baroreceptors which mediate changes in the hydraulic system though control of the autonomic nervous system, which in turn influences heart rate, inotropy and vascular tone. Altering the distribution of blood between the arterial and venous systems compensates for acute changes in total blood volume. The total blood volume is controlled predominantly by the kidney, with the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system acting as both the ‘sensor’ of blood pressure/volume (via renin release in the juxtaglomerular apparatus) and the ‘effector’ of blood pressure/volume (via aldosterone secretion by the adrenal cortex). Overall control is shared; the baroreceptors being responsible for mediating short-term changes, and renal mechanisms determining the long-term control of blood pressure. These systems have to be adaptable in order to deal with physiological variation in the delivery of blood to tissues from rest to exercise, and with the large shifts in blood volume seen in acute haemorrhage. Pathophysiological changes in these systems lead to maladaptive responses, with systemic hypertension the most commonly seen.