title: Effects of recombinant human interleukin-3 in patients with normal hematopoiesis and in patients with bone marrow failure.
abstract: In a phase I/II study, 19 patients with advanced tumors but normal hematopoiesis and nine patients with bone marrow failure and prolonged severe cytopenias were treated with recombinant human interleukin-3 (rhIL-3) to assess the toxicity and biological effects of this multipotential hematopoietic growth factor. Doses ranging from 30 micrograms/m2 to 500 micrograms/m2 were administered as subcutaneous bolus injection daily for 15 days. A dose-dependent increase in platelet counts ranging from 1.3-fold at 60 micrograms/m2 to 1.9-fold at 250 micrograms/m2 was induced by rhIL-3 in 15 of 18 evaluable patients with normal hematopoiesis. An increase in reticulocyte counts was observed in 14 patients. The blood leukocyte counts dose dependently increased 1.4- to 3.0-fold. In patients with bone marrow failure, platelet counts increased by a mean of sixfold (range, 1.3-fold to 14.3-fold) in five of eight evaluable patients. Reticulocyte counts increased 4.4-fold in six patients, and neutrophil counts increased by a mean of 3.1-fold in all eight patients. Platelet transfusions could be discontinued after treatment with rhIL-3 in two of three transfusion-dependent patients. Only mild side effects, mainly fever, headache, and flushing, were observed. These results indicate that rhIL-3 functions as a multilineage hematopoietin in vivo in patients with normal bone marrow function and in patients with secondary bone marrow failure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, University of Frankfurt, FRG.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ganser
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lindemann
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Seipelt
authors.forename: O G
authors.initials: OG
authors.lastname: Ottmann
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Herrmann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eder
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Frisch
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schulz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mertelsmann
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hoelzer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001855:Bone Marrow Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D004920:Erythropoiesis / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006410:Hematopoiesis / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D007279:Injections, Subcutaneous; D007377:Interleukin-3 / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D007377:Interleukin-3; D011994:Recombinant Proteins