title: Normalization of idiopathic arterial hypertension following cancer immunotherapy with interleukin-2.
abstract: It is known that IL-2 cancer immunotherapy is associated with hypotension. The present study was performed to evaluate the influence of low-dose IL-2 subcutaneous therapy on blood pressure in cancer patients with idiopathic hypertension requiring hypotensive therapy. The study included 12 patients, who received IL-2 at 6 million IU/day for at least 4 weeks. Mean values of both systolic and diastolic pressure significantly decreased under IL-2 therapy, and the hypotensive agents were interrupted within 2 weeks in 10/12 patients. Moreover, 6 of them still showed normal blood pressure values without hypotensive therapy after a median follow-up of 6 months. This preliminary study would suggest that low-dose IL-2 subcutaneous therapy may normalize blood pressure values in cancer patients with idiopathic hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Radioterapia Oncologica, Ospedale S. Gerardo, Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lissoni
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bastone
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barni
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tancini
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Galli
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D007167:Immunotherapy; D007279:Injections, Subcutaneous; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D007376:Interleukin-2