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Clinical Investigation and Reports |
Randomized, Single-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Pilot Study of Catheter-Based Myocardial Gene Transfer for Therapeutic Angiogenesis Using Left Ventricular Electromechanical Mapping in Patients With Chronic Myocardial Ischemia
From the Departments of Medicine (P.R.V., D.W.L., M.C.M., L.M.G., D.D.E., M.M., J.M.I.), Cardiovascular Research (C.E.M., C.M.C.), and Cardiothoracic Surgery (J.F.S.), St Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Tufts Medical School, Boston, Mass.
Correspondence to Douglas W. Losordo, MD, or Jeffrey M. Isner, MD, St Elizabeth’s Medical Center, 736 Cambridge St, Boston, MA 02135. E-mail dlosordo@opal.tufts.edu or jisner{at}opal.tufts.com
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Background—Catheter-based myocardial gene transfer (GTx) has not been previously tested in human subjects. Accordingly, we performed a pilot study to investigate the feasibility and safety of catheter-based myocardial GTx of naked plasmid DNA encoding vascular endothelial growth factor-2 (phVEGF-2) in patients with chronic myocardial ischemia.
Methods and Results—A steerable, deflectable 8F catheter incorporating a 27-guage needle was advanced percutaneously to the left ventricular myocardium of 6 patients with chronic myocardial ischemia. Patients were randomized (1:1) to receive phVEGF-2 (total dose, 200 µg), which was administered as 6 injections into ischemic myocardium (total, 6.0 mL), or placebo (mock procedure). Injections were guided by NOGA left ventricular electromechanical mapping. Patients initially randomized to placebo became eligible for phVEGF-2 GTx if they had no clinical improvement 90 days after their initial procedure. Catheter injections (n=36) caused no changes in heart rate or blood pressure. No sustained ventricular arrhythmias, ECG evidence of infarction, or ventricular perforations were observed. phVEGF-2–transfected patients experienced reduced angina (before versus after GTx, 36.2±2.3 versus 3.5±1.2 episodes/week) and reduced nitroglycerin consumption (33.8±2.3 versus 4.1±1.5 tablets/week) for up to 360 days after GTx; reduced ischemia by electromechanical mapping (mean area of ischemia, 10.2±3.5 versus 2.8±1.6 cm2, P=0.04); and improved myocardial perfusion by SPECT-sestamibi scanning for up to 90 days after GTx when compared with images obtained after control procedure.
Conclusions—This randomized trial of catheter-based phVEGF-2 myocardial GTx provides preliminary indications regarding the feasibility, safety, and potential efficacy of percutaneous myocardial GTx to human left ventricular myocardium.
Key Words: gene therapy • mapping • catheters
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Site-specific gene transfer (GTx) of naked DNA encoding vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) has been shown to induce therapeutic angiogenesis in animal models of hindlimb and myocardial ischemia.1 2 Subsequent clinical experience documented histological, angiographic, and/or physiological evidence of neovascularization in patients with critical limb ischemia3 4 after direct intramuscular GTx. More recently, this strategy has been applied to patients with chronic myocardial ischemia in whom conventional revascularization (PTCA and/or CABG) is not feasible. Because cardiac muscle is less accessible than the skeletal muscles of the lower extremity, myocardial GTx of naked DNA has, to date, required a minithoracotomy to expose myocardium for intramuscular injection. Studies to date5 have suggested that this approach is safe and may yield objective signs of improvement in myocardial perfusion.6
Although the use of a minithoracotomy seems to be generally well tolerated, even in patients with advanced myocardial ischemia, nevertheless, the procedure has some risk associated with the administration of general anesthesia and some morbidity associated with surgical manipulation (particularly in patients with previous bypass surgery), and it limits the feasibility of repeat administrations. From a clinical trial perspective, GTx performed via thoracotomy carries the additional disadvantage of making randomization against placebo more difficult.
Accordingly, this pilot study was designed to assess the feasibility, safety, and potential efficacy of catheter-based, percutaneous myocardial GTx of naked DNA encoding VEGF-2 administered via a novel needle-injection catheter versus a mock procedure.
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Patients
Eligibility for catheter-based myocardial GTx included stable Canadian Cardiovascular Society class 3 or 4 angina refractory to maximum medical therapy, multivessel occlusive coronary artery disease, and reversible ischemia on stress SPECT-sestamibi studies. Subjects were excluded if they had a reduced left ventricular (LV) systolic function (LV ejection fraction [EF] <20%, malignancy, or diabetic retinopathy). All patients continued their routine medical therapy after GTx.
NOGA LV Electromechanical Mapping
Subjects underwent nonfluoroscopic LV
electromechanical mapping (EMM) immediately before GTx to guide
injections of plasmid DNA to foci of ischemic
myocardium. The NOGA system
(Biosense-Webster) of catheter-based mapping and navigation has been
previously described in
detail.7 8 9
The editing of the raw data was performed by the
NOGA system computer, and postprocessing
analysis was performed by blinded observers.
Local functional analysis is based on linear local
shortening (LLS), a parameter that calculates the
fractional shortening of regional endocardial surfaces at end-systole
and correlates with wall motion. Unipolar (UpV) and bipolar endocardial
potentials recorded from the tip electrode, based on local
intracardiac signal amplitudes, are used to map myocardial viability.
The combination of these 2 data sets permits an assessment of
electromechanical function that can be used to identify foci of
myocardial ischemia. For example, for a given myocardial
segment of interest, an UpV 
5 mV (thereby suggestive of viable
myocardium) and normal local shortening 12% (thereby
suggestive of normal contraction) would together imply normal
myocardium. In contrast, an UpV <5 mV and abnormal local
shortening <4% (signifying severe regional hypokinesis or akinesis)
would denote a site of LV infarction. Alternatively, an UpV 5 mV and
abnormal local shortening of 4% to 12% (indicating mild to moderate
impairment of contractility) would suggest an area of
ischemic, hibernating
myocardium.6 10 11
To quantify the area of ischemia, a 2D algorithm based on a standard reference frame was used to calculate both the area of ischemia and the total surface area in the 2D view depicting maximal ischemia.
Plasmid DNA
The phVEGF-2 plasmid containing the complementary DNA
sequence encoding the 52-kDa human VEGF-2 (Vascular Genetics, Inc) was
administered via the injection catheter. This expression plasmid is
5283-base pairs in length and was constructed by Human Genome Sciences.
Preparation and purification from cultures of phVEGF-2–transformed
Escherichia coli were performed
by the Puresyn PolyFlo method and contained 1.22 mg/mL plasmid DNA in
phosphate-buffered saline (20 mmol/L, pH 7.2; containing 0.01%
[wt/vol] edetate disodium).
Percutaneous Catheter-Based
Myocardial GTx
After the completion of LV EMM, the mapping catheter
was replaced by the injection catheter (Biosense-Webster), a modified
8F mapping catheter, the distal tip of which incorporates a 27G needle
that can be advanced or retracted by 4 to 6 mm. The catheter was
flushed with sterile saline for 30 to 45 minutes before injections,
thus prefilling the lumen before the introduction of the catheter into
the circulation. The injection catheter was then advanced via a femoral
arteriotomy across the aortic valve into the left ventricle, and it was
manipulated to acquire stable points based on the
parameters described above within the target region that
had been superimposed on the previously acquired 3D map.
Once a stable point was attained, the needle was advanced 4 to 6 mm into the myocardium; the intracardiac electrogram detected transient myocardial injury and/or premature ventricular contractions as evidence of needle penetration into the myocardium. For patients randomized to GTx (1:1 randomization with placebo), 6 injections were made into areas of ischemia (suggested by the combination of preserved voltage and abnormal wall motion). Each injection consisted of 1 mL of solution (total volume, 6 mL/patient) delivered from a 1-mL syringe, for a total dose of 200 µg of phVEGF-2. After completion of each injection, the needle was retracted and the catheter was moved to another endocardial site within the zone of ischemia. After the last injection and before needle retraction, the lumen was again flushed with 0.1 mL of sterile saline.
Because percutaneous myocardial GTx had not been previously performed in human subjects, discussions with the US Food and Drug Administration and the Investigational Review Board of St Elizabeth’s Medical Center resulted in a procedural variation for patients randomized to placebo; in these patients, because no agent with the potential for benefit was to be administered, it was advised and agreed that the needle was not to be extended; the construction of this catheter does not permit injection of fluid if the needle is not extended. In every other respect, however, the procedure was reproduced, including advancing the catheter to 6 different areas and having the operators, as they located the appropriate ischemic sites, mimic the injection process, including instructions directed to the individual operating the work station and audible indications to the patient that an injection was "beginning" or "ending."
Patients initially randomized to the control group were prospectively designated as eligible for crossover to the GTx arm after 90 days if they failed to demonstrate evidence of clinical improvement and showed no improvement in myocardial perfusion by SPECT-sestamibi scanning or LV NOGA EMM. All patients were blinded throughout the procedure by judicious use of conscious sedation, taped music played through headphones, and the aforementioned attempts by the operator to mimic GTx in the control patients.
SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Study
In addition to LV EMM, subjects underwent a
Persantine SPECT-sestamibi study before and after GTx. The acquisition
of the post-stress SPECT image began 10 minutes after the end of the
stress period. Redistribution images were recorded before
and at least 4 hours after stress with the subject at rest.
Perfusion scores were calculated by a blinded observer for each patient
based on the Cedars-Sinai 20-segment short-axis
system.12 On day 90,
subjects underwent repeat nuclear perfusion testing using the same
stress protocol and isotope used at baseline.
Statistical Analysis
Data are reported as mean±SEM. Comparisons between
paired variables were performed using a Student’s
t test with a significance
level of
P<0.05.
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Patients
Demographic and clinical data for the 6 patients (aged 67±3 years) are shown in the Table
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LV Mapping Procedure
Areas of electrically viable myocardium
(UpV 5 mV) associated with abnormal/impaired wall motion (LLS
<12%), ie, electromechanical uncoupling diagnostic of
ischemia by the NOGA system, were
detected in all patients before GTx. Foci of ischemia involved
the anterior (n=2), lateral (n=2), posterolateral (n=1), and posterior
(n=1) LV walls.
Percutaneous LV GTx
Six patients underwent a total of 36
percutaneous catheter-based myocardial injections; this
included 3 patients who were initially randomized to phVEGF-2 GTx and 3
who crossed over to GTx >90 days after initial randomization to the
control group. Injections caused no significant changes in heart rate
(before injection,74±5 bpm; after injection, 74±5 bpm),
systolic blood pressure (147±14 versus 148±11 mm Hg),
or diastolic blood pressure (69±6 versus 70±5
mm Hg). Transient unifocal ventricular ectopic activity
was observed at the time the needle was extended into the
myocardium. In all patients, sporadic premature
ventricular contractions occurred during injection, but no
episodes of sustained ventricular (or atrial)
arrhythmias were observed. No sustained injury pattern was
observed during the injections as recorded by the endocardial
electrogram.
Continuous ECG monitoring for 24 hours after GTx disclosed no sustained ventricular or atrial arrhythmias. ECGs recorded after GTx showed no evidence of acute myocardial infarction or ischemia in any patient. Creatine kinase-MB levels were not elevated above normal limits in any patient after GTx. There were no major complications, including no echocardiographic evidence of pericardial effusion and/or cardiac tamponade.
Clinical Outcome
Clinically, phVEGF-2–transfected patients reported a
reduction in anginal episodes per week (36.2±2.3 versus 3.5±1.2
episodes/week, P=0.002) and the
weekly consumption of nitroglycerin tablets (33.8±2.3
versus 4.1±1.5, P=0.002) for
up to 360 days after GTx. In contrast, although blinded patients
randomized to the control group reported an initial reduction in weekly
anginal episodes and nitroglycerin consumption, this
changed clinical profile was not sustained past 30 days
(Figures 1A and 1B). Indeed, by 90 days after treatment
assignment, patients in the control group had regressed to values that
were not statistically different from baseline values.
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P=0.002 vs baseline. B, Nitroglycerin tablets consumed per week at each follow-up time point for phVEGF-2 (n=6) and control patients (n=3). *P<0.05 vs baseline; Modified Bruce protocol exercise tolerance testing was performed in all patients at 90, 180, and 360 days after GTx. Of phVEGF-2–transfected patients, 4 of 6 demonstrated improved exercise duration for up to 360 days after GTx; the increase in exercise duration ranged from 7 to 127 seconds (mean, 72±25 seconds). In the 2 patients in whom exercise duration was not improved, the test was terminated in one because of angina and in the other because of claudication. Of the 3 original control patients, 2 were not improved at 90 days after control assignment; after crossover to phVEGF-2 GTx, both were improved for up to 180 days after GTx. The one original control patient whose exercise test was improved 90 days after control assignment was permitted to crossover to GTx due to continued angina and persistent ischemia on SPECT-sestamibi scanning and LV NOGA EMM.
LVEF was not significantly altered for up to 360 days after GTx. For phVEGF-2–transfected patients, mean LVEF before GTx was 44±9%; it was 49±7% after GTx (P=0.07). For control patients, mean LVEF before and after instrumentation was 43±4% and 47±7%, respectively (P=0.423).
NOGA Electromechanical Assessment
Mean UpV and bipolar voltage recordings 5 mV
and 2 mV, respectively, which defined myocardial viability in the
ischemic segments, did not change significantly after GTx. Mean
LLS in segments of myocardial ischemia, however, improved
significantly from 5.3±1.4% to 12.5±1.4%
(P=0.002) in patients
transfected with phVEGF-2
(Figure 2). The area of ischemic
myocardium was consequently reduced from 10.2±3.5
cm2 before GTx to 2.8±1.6
cm2 after GTx
(P=0.04;
Figure 1C
) in these patients.
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In contrast, patients in the control group demonstrated no
change in the area of ischemia at 90 days after control
assignment (9.9±6.7 versus 9.6±6.3 cm2
before versus after control), nor was the mean LLS significantly
different (ie, LLS remained in the ischemic range) after sham
procedures (6.7±2.4% and 8.1±3.2%, respectively, before and after
control; P=0.342). After
crossover to phVEGF-2, these patients demonstrated normalization of LLS
in ischemic segments (6.7±2.4% versus 12.9±1.7%,
P=0.04) and a reduction in
ischemic area (9.9±6.7 versus 2.2±0.4
cm2,
P=0.05) after 90 days compared
with baseline (Figure 3).
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SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Study
The results of EMM corresponded to improved
perfusion scores calculated from SPECT-sestamibi myocardial perfusion
scans recorded at rest (17.8±2.1 versus 11.5±2.6, before versus
after GTx; P=0.01) and in
pharmacological stress (22.3±3.0 versus 16.5±2.7;
P=0.03) in
phVEGF-2-transfected patients
(Figures 1D and 4). There was no change in either stress
(18.3±5.4 versus 18.0±3.5,
P=0.893) or rest (16.3±5.7
versus 15.0±4.0, P=0.659)
scores for patients in the control group before and after sham
procedures
(Figure 5).
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This is the first report to document percutaneous, catheter-based GTx to the myocardium of human subjects. Preclinical studies from our laboratory9 and from others13 investigated the safety and feasibility of this novel delivery catheter, which was used in conjunction with the Biosense-NOGA mapping system, for percutaneous myocardial GTx. These studies established that catheter-based GTx could be safely and successfully achieved in normal and ischemic porcine myocardium in a relatively site-specific fashion.
Catheter-based techniques for myocardial GTx in human subjects have thus far been restricted to intracoronary infusion of viral vectors encoding for angiogenic growth factors14 and are thus potentially limited by imprecise localization of delivery of the viral vector and possible systemic exposure. Moreover, intravascular delivery of naked DNA is not feasible because of the fact that naked DNA is degraded by circulating nucleases; lacking receptor-mediated uptake mechanisms characteristic of viral vectors, naked DNA GTx leads to insignificant tissue uptake of systemically administered transgene.
In addition, reports of improved clinical outcomes with surgical-based transmyocardial laser revascularization procedures have not been associated with any consistent change in exercise tolerance or improvement in myocardial perfusion, as assessed by radionuclide imaging.15 16 17 Furthermore, studies involving catheter-based laser revascularization procedures have not reported a sustained clinical response. Recently published data on a nonrandomized study of direct myocardial laser revascularization18 reported a modest increase in exercise duration and reduction in angina class at 6 months, but it failed to show any significant change in perfusion.18
Preclinical studies were also performed specifically to test the feasibility and safety of catheter-based delivery of naked plasmid DNA encoding for VEGF-1.19 Gene expression was documented by transient increase in serum levels of VEGF-1 monitored by ELISA assay (an ELISA assay is currently available for VEGF-1 but not for VEGF-2). Effective GTx was demonstrated by the presence of plasmid DNA in myocardial tissue by polymerase chain reaction. No VEGF protein or plasmid was identified in remote organs. Injections caused no changes in heart rate, blood pressure, or O2 saturation. No sustained ventricular arrhythmias were observed. There was no ECG evidence of infarction. Objective evidence of reduced ischemia was documented in all VEGF-transfected animals. The mean area of ischemia decreased from 6.1cm2 at baseline to 0.6 cm2 after GTx in phVEGF-1 animals and from 6.7 to 1.2 cm2 in phVEGF-2–transfected animals. No improvement was seen in the control animals. These findings therefore suggested that percutaneous myocardial injection of VEGF could be safely and reproducibly accomplished in the ischemic myocardium of swine and was associated with reduced evidence of ischemia by NOGA LV mapping.
The current pilot study was undertaken to determine if the encouraging experience with catheter-based myocardial GTx in animal models could be duplicated in patients, particularly with regard to safety. The absence of any adverse procedural outcomes, including ventricular arrhythmias, myocardial infarction, systemic embolization, or ventricular perforation, are encouraging in terms of the safety of the current device. These preliminary results were indeed judged sufficient to permit transition to a subsequent double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of catheter-based myocardial GTx of phVEGF-2; of the 19 patients thus far injected with phVEGF-2 or saline, there have again been no adverse procedural outcomes (unpublished data).
This preliminary experience thus suggests that it is feasible to replace currently employed operative approaches with minimally invasive techniques, whether using the catheter employed here or others under investigation, for applications of cardiovascular gene therapy designed to target myocardial function and perfusion. Such an approach may have at least 3 advantages compared with an operative approach. (1) It potentially allows more selective delivery of the transgene to targeted ischemic zones, including sites that are less accessible from a minithoracotomy. (2) The catheter-based approach, because it obviates the need for general anesthesia and operative dissection through adhesions related to the placement of previous bypass conduits, facilitates placebo-controlled, double-blind testing of myocardial GTx. (3) The intervention can be performed as an outpatient procedure and repeated if necessary.
Although the clinical findings of this pilot trial concerning efficacy are similarly encouraging, the number of patients and the single-blinded design preclude firm conclusions in this regard. Subsequent double-blind studies in larger patient cohorts will ultimately resolve this issue.
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Dr Isner is a cofounder of Vascular Genetics, Inc, which cosponsored this trial with Biosense-Webster. None of the authors have any financial relationship with Biosense-Webster. Additional support for this trial was provided by grants from the E.L. Weigand Foundation, Reno, Nevada, and the Peter Lewis Educational Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio. Dr Vale is the recipient of a fellowship from Bracco Diagnostics Inc/Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions. The contributions of the late Thomas Precopio of Biosense Webster to this project are acknowledged and remembered with appreciation and respect.
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Dr Isner is the scientific founder of Vascular Genetics, Inc.
Received December 5, 2000; revision received February 2, 2001; accepted February 8, 2001.
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