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Research Paper
Exercise-Induced Serum Enzyme Elevations Confounding the Evaluation of Investigational Drug Toxicity: Report of Two Cases in a Vaccine Trial
Casey Johnson, Thomas P. Monath, Niranjan Kanesa-Thasan, Danell Mathis, Chuck Miller, Seth Shapiro, Richard Nichols, Karen McCarthy, Alison Deary and Philip Bedford
volume 1 | issue 1
january 2005Pages: 24 - 29
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Two subjects developed marked elevations in creatine kinase and other serum enzymes associated with mild myalgia during a randomized, double-blind, controlled Phase 1 clinical trial of an investigational live, attenuated vaccine against West Nile virus (ChimeriVax™-WN02). One subject had received ChimeriVax™-WN02 while the other subject was enrolled in an active control group and received licensed yellow fever 17D vaccine (YF-VAX®). Subsequently, the clinical trial was interrupted, and an investigation was begun to evaluate the enzyme abnormalities. As daily serum samples were collected for determination of quantitative viremia, it was possible to define the enzyme elevations with precision, and to relate these elevations to physical activity of the subjects, symptoms, and virological and serological measurements. Evaluation of both subjects clearly showed that skeletal muscle injury, and not cardiac or hepatic dysfunction, was responsible for the biochemical abnormalities. This investigation also implicated strenuous exercise as the cause of the apparent muscle injury rather than the study vaccines. As a result of this experience, subjects engaged in future early-stage trials of these live, attenuated viral vaccines will be advised not to engage in contact sports or new or enhanced exercise regimens for which they are not trained or conditioned. The inclusion of placebo control arm (in lieu of or addition to an active vaccine control) will also be useful in differentiating causally related serum enzyme elevations.
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