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Citation Information: JCI Insight. 2019;4(4):e125851. https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.125851.
Abstract
BACKGROUND. Protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) is a thiol isomerase secreted by vascular cells that is required for thrombus formation. Quercetin flavonoids inhibit PDI activity and block platelet accumulation and fibrin generation at the site of a vascular injury in mouse models, but the clinical effect of targeting extracellular PDI in humans has not been studied. METHODS. We conducted a multicenter phase II trial of sequential dosing cohorts to evaluate the efficacy of targeting PDI with isoquercetin to reduce hypercoagulability in cancer patients at high risk for thrombosis. Patients received isoquercetin at 500 mg (cohort A, n = 28) or 1000 mg (cohort B, n = 29) daily for 56 days, with laboratory assays performed at baseline and the end of the study, along with bilateral lower extremity compression ultrasound. The primary efficacy endpoint was a reduction in D-dimer, and the primary clinical endpoint included pulmonary embolism or proximal deep vein thrombosis. RESULTS. The administration of 1000 mg isoquercetin decreased D-dimer plasma concentrations by a median of –21.9% (P = 0.0002). There were no primary VTE events or major hemorrhages observed in either cohort. Isoquercetin increased PDI inhibitory activity in plasma (37.0% in cohort A, n = 25, P < 0.001; 73.3% in cohort B, n = 22, P < 0.001, respectively). Corroborating the antithrombotic efficacy, we also observed a significant decrease in platelet-dependent thrombin generation (cohort A median decrease –31.1%, P = 0.007; cohort B median decrease –57.2%, P = 0.004) and circulating soluble P selectin at the 1000 mg isoquercetin dose (median decrease –57.9%, P < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS. Isoquercetin targets extracellular PDI and improves markers of coagulation in advanced cancer patients. TRIAL REGISTRATION. Clinicaltrials.gov NCT02195232. FUNDING. Quercegen Pharmaceuticals; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI; U54HL112302, R35HL135775, and T32HL007917); and NHLBI Consortium Linking Oncology and Thrombosis (U01HL143365).
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Jeffrey I. Zwicker, Benjamin L. Schlechter, Jack D. Stopa, Howard A. Liebman, Anita Aggarwal, Maneka Puligandla, Thomas Caughey, Kenneth A. Bauer, Nancy Kuemmerle, Ellice Wong, Ted Wun, Marilyn McLaughlin, Manuel Hidalgo, Donna Neuberg, Bruce Furie, Robert Flaumenhaft, on behalf of CATIQ Investigators
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