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. 2019 May 31;11(3):65–75. doi: 10.1080/19382014.2019.1601543

Table 3.

Study results.

Author and Year Average (SD) # IC infusions in interventional group vs comparison group Average IEQ/kg (SD) with infusion interventional
vs comparison group
Difference in IEQ/kg or # of infusions II HbA1c (%) Infection
Allotransplant
ETA
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hering 200511 1 (0) 7271 (1035) - 12mo: 100% (8/8); >12mo: 62.5% (5/8) Pre-txp range 6.6 ± 1.1 to 8.3 ± 1.1 vs post-txp range 5.3 ± 0.5 to 6.0 ± 0.5 0/8
Bellin 200812 1.9 (0.4) 6476 (2203.7) - 12mo: 83% (5/6); 24mo: 66.7% (4/6) 24mo: 6.0 ± 0.7; those achieved II: 5.6 ± 0.2 0/6
Faradji 200810 - SI: 5613 (485) vs 8713 (2123) - 18mo: ETA group 100% (4/4) vs non-ETA group 20% (1/5) (p = 0.04); II duration over the 18mo: ETA group >non-ETA group per survival curve comparison (p = 0.025) 18mo: ETA 6.2 ± 0.08 vs non-ETA 7.05 ± 0.55 -
Froud 200813 1.7 (0.6) vs 1.8 (0.4) 7352.6 (4303.8) vs 7204.9 (1953.1) Cumulative IEQ/kg: ETA 12,554.3 ± 7173 vs non-ETA 13,058.8 ± 3540 (p = 0.92) 3mo: ETA 66.7% (2/3) vs non-ETA 87.5% (14/16) 24mo: ETA 5.1 ± 0.15 vs non-ETA 6.3 ± 0.12 pmol/mL (p < 0.01) 0/3
Gangemi 20088 1.3 (0.5) vs 2.5 (0.6) 8612.1 (2605.3) vs 9754.1 (4023.2) Total IEQ to achieve II: ETA 537,495 ± 190,968 with 1 infusion vs non-ETA 1,460,080 ± 418 330 in 2 (n = 2) or 3 (n = 2) infusions (p = 0.028) 15mo: ETA 66.7% (4/6) vs non-ETA 100% (4/4) Lower in both groups from baseline (p = 0.001), ETA 7.8 ± 1.0 to 6.1 ± 0.3 (after 1 infusion) vs non-ETA 6.5 ± 0.6 to 5.6 ± 0.2 (after ≥2 infusions) ETA 1/6 vs non-ETA 0/4
Koh 201014 1.1 (0.2) 6076 (492) vs 9071 (796) - ATG + ETA 82.6% (11/13) vs DAC 100% (4/4) (p = 1.) Pre-SI 7.0 ± 0.2 vs post-SI 6.1 ± 0.2% (p = 0.005) -
Rickels 20139
1.4 (0.5) vs 1.8 (0.4)
6952.0 (517.7) vs 7951.7 (1242.8)
Proportion of group with 2 infusions: ETA 36.4% (4/11) vs non-ETA 80% (4/5) (p < 0.05); Total IEQ/kg: ETA 9480 ± 706 vs non-ETA 14313 ± 2237 (p < 0.05)
12mo: ETA 100% (9/9) vs non-ETA 20% (1/5)
-
-
INF
 
 
 
 
 
 
Froud 200515
1.9 (0.4) vs 1.8 (0.5)
6702.4 (2040) vs 7683.8 (1861.2)
-
14/14 (100%), 2 did not complete study protocol; II without SI at 12mo: 79% (11/14); II without SI at 18mo: 43% (6/14)
Normalized in 8 patients with sustained II over 3y
2/16 including parvovirus anemia, aspiration pneumonia
ETA + ANA
 
 
 
 
 
 
Matsumoto 201116 1 (0) vs 2 (0) 11811.8 (1833.2) vs 8119.7 (1018.1) Total IEQ/infusion: ANA 720522 ± 111826 vs non-ANA 552138 ± 69233 (p = 0.22) SUITO index at 1mo: ANA 49.6 ± 8.3 vs non-ANA 19.3 ± 6.3 (p < 0.05) Insulin free: ANA 5.9 ± 0.1 vs non-ANA 5.7 ± 0.3 (p = 0.68) -
Takita 201217
1.25 (0.5) vs 2 (0)
10953 (1015) vs 8158 (2091)
ETA+ANA 10953 ± 1015 vs ETA 1st infusion 7881 ± 1753, 2nd infusion 8435 ± 2429 (p = 0.48)
-
-
0/8 opportunistic infection; 2/8 upper respiratory
ETA Long-term Follow-up
 
 
 
 
 
Bellin 201219 1.3 (0.5) vs 2.1 (0.8) 7298.7 (546.8) vs 6688.9 (343.2) Cumulative IEQ: Group 1 (intervention group) <Group 2, 3, and 4 (historical CITR groups) (p < 0.01) II significantly lower at every time point in ATG group without TNF blocker vs ATG with TNF blocker; II and significantly associated variables per adjusted analysis: TNF blocker (p = 0.03) - -
Qi 201420
1.8 (1.0) vs 2.5 (0.6)
8237 (2308.1) vs 9754.1 (4023.2)
Total IEQ/kg: ETA 16414 ± 9423 vs non-ETA 24385 ± 14209 (p = 0.85)
100% (10/10), ETA needed 1 SI vs non-ETA ≥2 SI to achieve II; 83.3% (5/6) maintained II in ETA vs 25% (1/4) in non-ETA
<6% within 6mo: 90% (9/10)
-
Autotransplant
ETA or ETA + ANA
 
 
 
Naziruddin 201818 1 (0) vs 1 (0) ETA – 5384 (3104); ANA + ETA – 5352 (3145) vs CTL 5424 (3592) ETA 5384 ± 3104 vs ANA + ETA 5352 ± 3145 vs CTL 5424 ± 3592 (p = 0.99) SUITO at 6mo: ANA + ETA>ETA (p = 0.035), ANA + ETA no difference from CTL (p = 0.103) 6mo: ETA<CTL (p < 0.05), ANA + ETA<CTL (p < 0.05), no difference at other time points -

Abbreviations: ANA, anakinra; ATG, antithymocyte globulin; CITR, Collaborative Islet Transplant Registry; CTL, control; DAC, daclizumab; ETA, etanercept; HbA1c, hemoglobin A1c; IC, islet cells; II, insulin independence; mo, months; SD, standard deviation; SI, supplemental infusion; SUITO, secretory unit of islet transplant objects; txp, transplant; y, year