期刊
JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY
卷 107, 期 1, 页码 74-83出版社
AMER ASSOC NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS
DOI: 10.3171/JNS-07/07/0074
关键词
convection-enhanced delivery; glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor; Parkinson disease
资金
- Intramural NIH HHS Funding Source: Medline
Object. The authors conducted an analysis of the distribution of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor in the human striatum following convection-enhanced delivery. Methods. Computational examinations of the effects of differing catheters, infusion rates, infusate concentrations, and target placement on distribution were completed based on the protocols of three recent clinical trials. Results. Similar drug distributions around on-target end-hole catheters were predicted in two of the trials (AmgenUT study and Bristol study), although there was slightly deeper penetration for one of the trials (Bristol) due to a higher infusate concentration. However, when positioning uncertainly located catheter tips close to gray-white matter interfaces. backflow Could diminish delivery, shunting infusate across the interfaces. For delivery via a multiport catheter at a constant base infusion rate plus a periodic bolus inflow rate (Kentucky study), base inflow alone generated a somewhat smaller distribution volume relative to those in the other trials, was positioned more anteriorly in the putamen, and was,somewhat elongated axially; the bolus component extended this putaminal distribution to a larger relative volume but may have been reduced by backflow loss. Conclusions. Results of these computations indicated that for catheters placed exactly on the intended target, ideal drug distributions were similar for two of the trials (AmgenUT and Bristol) and different in terms of location and extent in the third study (Kentucky); yet the pattern of trial outcornes did not reflect these same groupings. This finding suggests that other factors are at play, widely varying statistical power and the possible effects of not excluding data from patients who experienced large drug losses across gray tissue boundaries due to variation in catheter placement.
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