Characterization of the clinical effects after the first dose of bacterially synthesized recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor

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Bacterially synthesized recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (rhGM-CSF) is an agent with therapeutic potential for neutropenic states, but even at doses below the maximal tolerated dose adverse effects occur during short courses of administration. We have recognized a syndrome of hypoxia and hypotension that follows the first but not subsequent doses of rhGM-CSF. Thirteen of 42 patients receiving rhGM-CSF in phase I studies an 4 of 6 patients in a phase II study developed a reaction that occurred after the first dose of 24 of 78 cycles of rhGM-CSF therapy. The reaction was characterized by flushing (16 of 24), tachycardia (16 of 24), hypotension (14 of 24), musculoskeletal pain (13 of 24), dyspnea (12 of 24), nausea and vomiting (11 of 24), rigors (5 of 24), involuntary leg spasms (3 of 24), and syncope (3 of 24). The reaction did not occur after any of more than 600 second and subsequent consecutive rhGM-CSF doses. Oxygen saturation decreased during first-dose reactions by 8% ± 4% as compared with 3% ± 1% on first days without reactions (P < .01), intravenous (IV) rather than subcutaneous (SC) administration (P < .05), occurrence of a reaction after the first dose of a previous cycle of rhGM-CSF therapy (P

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Lieschke, G. J., Cebon, J., & Morstyn, G. (1989). Characterization of the clinical effects after the first dose of bacterially synthesized recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor. Blood, 74(8), 2634–2643. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.v74.8.2634.2634

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