Inhibition of delta-protein kinase C by delcasertib as an adjunct to primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute anterior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: Results of the PROTECTION AMI randomized controlled trial

A. Michael Lincoff*, Matthew Roe, Philip Aylward, John Galla, Andrzej Rynkiewicz, Victor Guetta, Michael Zelizko, Neal Kleiman, Harvey White, Ellen McErlean, David Erlinge, Mika Laine, Jorge Manuel Dos Santos Ferreira, Shaun Goodman, Shamir Mehta, Dan Atar, Harry Suryapranata, Svend Eggert Jensen, Tamas Forster, Antonio Fernandez-OrtizDanny Schoors, Peter Radke, Guido Belli, Danielle Brennan, Gregory Bell, Mitchell Krucoff

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Abstract

Aims Delcasertib is a selective inhibitor of delta-protein kinase C (delta-PKC), which reduced infarct size during ischaemia/ reperfusion in animal models and diminished myocardial necrosis and improved reperfusion in a pilot study during primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).

Methods and results A multicentre, double-blind trial was performed in patients presenting within 6 h and undergoing primary PCI for anterior (the primary analysis cohort, n = 1010 patients) or inferior (an exploratory cohort, capped at 166 patients) STEMI. Patients with anterior STEMI were randomized to placebo or one of three doses of delcasertib (50,150, or450 mg/h) by intravenous infusion initiated before PCI and continued for ∼2.5 h.There were no differences between treatment groups in the primary efficacy endpoint of infarct size measured by creatine kinaseMB fraction area under the curve (AUC) (median 5156, 5043, 4419, and 5253 ng h/mL in the placebo, delcasertib 50, 150, and 450 mg/mL groups, respectively) in the anterior STEMI cohort. No treatment-related differences were seen in secondary endpoints of infarct size, electrocardiographic STsegment recovery AUC or time to stable ST recovery, or left ventricular ejection fraction at 3 months. No differences in rates of adjudicated clinical endpoints (death, heart failure, or serious ventricular arrhythmias) were observed.

Conclusions Selective inhibition of delta-PKC with intravenous infusion of delcasertib during PCI for acute STEMI in a population of patients treated according to contemporary standard of care did not reduce biomarkers of myocardial injury. Clinical trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00785954.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2516-2523
Number of pages8
JournalEuropean Heart Journal
Volume35
Issue number37
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Oct 2014
Externally publishedYes

Funding

FundersFunder number
12Canadian Heart Research Centre
5Heart Institute
DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
Department of Medicine
Hamilton General Hospital Hamilton
KAI Pharmaceuticals
Oslo University Hospital
Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Sons of Norway Foundation
Cleveland ClinicC5Research
City, University of London
Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences
University of California, San Francisco
Lunds Universitet
Oslo University College

    Keywords

    • Myocardial
    • Myocardial infarction
    • Pharmacology
    • Reperfusion
    • Stents
    • Stunning

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