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Weight-adjusted dalteparin for prevention of vascular thromboembolism in advanced pancreatic cancer patients decreases serum tissue factor and serum-mediated induction of cancer cell invasion

Maraveyas, Anthony; Ettelaie, Camille; Echrish, Hussein; Li, Chao; Gardiner, Eric; Greenman, John; Madden, Leigh A

Authors

Hussein Echrish

Chao Li

Eric Gardiner



Abstract

The aim of the present study was to assess the role of tissue factor and serum-induced cell invasion in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer (APC). A cohort of 39 patients with APC, without thrombosis, receiving chemotherapy, were entered in a randomized controlled trial (ISRCTN = 76464767) of thromboprevention with weight-adjusted dalteparin (WAD). A total of 19 patients received WAD, the remaining 20 acting as a control group. Serum from baseline and week 8 was analysed for circulating-tissue factor antigen using ELISA. Circulating-tissue factor antigen rose from 324 pg/ml, [interquartile range (IQR) 282-347 pg/ml] to 356 pg/ml, (IQR 319-431 pg/ml) in controls (C), and decreased in the dalteparin-treated group (D) from 336 pg/ml (IQR 281-346 pg/ml) to 303 pg/ml (IQR 274-339 pg/ml). The difference in median percentage change between D and C was statistically significant [-4.0 (D) vs. 4.7 (C); P = 0.005, n = 39] . Serum-induced cellular invasion of MIA-Paca-2 cells in response to patient serum was studied using a Boyden chamber assay in 30 patients (14 WAD and 16 C). The median percentage change between C and D was significant [+54.9 (C) vs. -21.9 (D) P = 0.025, n = 30]. There was a weak correlation between BB-tissue factor reduction and cellular invasion reduction (Spearman) [0.384 (P = 0.037, n = 30)] . APC patients treated with WAD have lower tissue factor antigen levels and attenuated induction of cellular invasion in their blood. These assays may provide useful markers to guide appropriate dalteparin (and other low-molecular weight heparin) dosing schedules to optimize anticancer effects of dalteparin in APC. © 2010 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Citation

Maraveyas, A., Ettelaie, C., Echrish, H., Li, C., Gardiner, E., Greenman, J., & Madden, L. A. (2010). Weight-adjusted dalteparin for prevention of vascular thromboembolism in advanced pancreatic cancer patients decreases serum tissue factor and serum-mediated induction of cancer cell invasion. Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis, 21(5), 452-458. https://doi.org/10.1097/mbc.0b013e328338dc49

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Feb 14, 2010
Publication Date 2010-07
Journal BLOOD COAGULATION & FIBRINOLYSIS
Print ISSN 0957-5235
Publisher Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 21
Issue 5
Pages 452-458
DOI https://doi.org/10.1097/mbc.0b013e328338dc49
Keywords Hematology; General Medicine
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/400117
Publisher URL http://journals.lww.com/bloodcoagulation/Abstract/2010/07000/Weight_adjusted_dalteparin_for_prevention_of.12.aspx