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Evaluation of the safety and effectiveness of oral propranolol in patients with von Hippel-Lindau disease and retinal hemangioblastomas: phase III clinical trial

BACKGROUND: von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL) is a multisystem cancer syndrome caused by mutations in the VHL gene. Retinal hemangioblastoma is one of the most common tumours, and when it appears near the optic nerve, its treatment is challenging and risky. To date, no treatment has proven effective i...

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Autores principales: González-Rodríguez, Beatriz, Villar Gómez de las Heras, Karina, Aguirre, Daniel T, Rodríguez-Padial, Luis, Albiñana, Virginia, Recio-Poveda, Lucía, Cuesta, Angel M, Botella, Luisa Mª, Jiménez-Escribano, Rosa María
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6557078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31245608
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjophth-2018-000203
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author González-Rodríguez, Beatriz
Villar Gómez de las Heras, Karina
Aguirre, Daniel T
Rodríguez-Padial, Luis
Albiñana, Virginia
Recio-Poveda, Lucía
Cuesta, Angel M
Botella, Luisa Mª
Jiménez-Escribano, Rosa María
author_facet González-Rodríguez, Beatriz
Villar Gómez de las Heras, Karina
Aguirre, Daniel T
Rodríguez-Padial, Luis
Albiñana, Virginia
Recio-Poveda, Lucía
Cuesta, Angel M
Botella, Luisa Mª
Jiménez-Escribano, Rosa María
author_sort González-Rodríguez, Beatriz
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description BACKGROUND: von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL) is a multisystem cancer syndrome caused by mutations in the VHL gene. Retinal hemangioblastoma is one of the most common tumours, and when it appears near the optic nerve, its treatment is challenging and risky. To date, no treatment has proven effective in changing the course of the disease. This study was designed to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of propranolol in controlling these tumours. METHODS: Seven patients were included. All patients took a daily dose of 120 mg of propranolol for 1 year. Clinical variables were assessed at baseline, and at 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months. The primary endpoint of the study was the number and size of retinal hemangioblastomas. On every visit, retinal outcomes and blood biomarkers (such as vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and miR210) were analysed. RESULTS: Number and size of retinal hemangioblastomas remained stable in all patients. All of them had initially increased levels of VEGF and miR210. There was a gradual reabsorption of retinal exudation in two patients, correlating with a progressive decrease of both biomarkers. The only adverse effect reported was hypotension in one patient. CONCLUSIONS: Propranolol could be used to treat retinal hemangioblastomas in VHL patients, although more studies are needed to determine the ideal dose and long-term effect. VEGF and miR210 should be explored as biomarkers of disease activity. As far as we know, these are the first biomarkers proposed to monitor the VHL disease activity. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: 2014-003671-30
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spelling pubmed-65570782019-06-26 Evaluation of the safety and effectiveness of oral propranolol in patients with von Hippel-Lindau disease and retinal hemangioblastomas: phase III clinical trial González-Rodríguez, Beatriz Villar Gómez de las Heras, Karina Aguirre, Daniel T Rodríguez-Padial, Luis Albiñana, Virginia Recio-Poveda, Lucía Cuesta, Angel M Botella, Luisa Mª Jiménez-Escribano, Rosa María BMJ Open Ophthalmol Original Article BACKGROUND: von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL) is a multisystem cancer syndrome caused by mutations in the VHL gene. Retinal hemangioblastoma is one of the most common tumours, and when it appears near the optic nerve, its treatment is challenging and risky. To date, no treatment has proven effective in changing the course of the disease. This study was designed to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of propranolol in controlling these tumours. METHODS: Seven patients were included. All patients took a daily dose of 120 mg of propranolol for 1 year. Clinical variables were assessed at baseline, and at 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months. The primary endpoint of the study was the number and size of retinal hemangioblastomas. On every visit, retinal outcomes and blood biomarkers (such as vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and miR210) were analysed. RESULTS: Number and size of retinal hemangioblastomas remained stable in all patients. All of them had initially increased levels of VEGF and miR210. There was a gradual reabsorption of retinal exudation in two patients, correlating with a progressive decrease of both biomarkers. The only adverse effect reported was hypotension in one patient. CONCLUSIONS: Propranolol could be used to treat retinal hemangioblastomas in VHL patients, although more studies are needed to determine the ideal dose and long-term effect. VEGF and miR210 should be explored as biomarkers of disease activity. As far as we know, these are the first biomarkers proposed to monitor the VHL disease activity. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: 2014-003671-30 BMJ Publishing Group 2019-05-28 /pmc/articles/PMC6557078/ /pubmed/31245608 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjophth-2018-000203 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
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González-Rodríguez, Beatriz
Villar Gómez de las Heras, Karina
Aguirre, Daniel T
Rodríguez-Padial, Luis
Albiñana, Virginia
Recio-Poveda, Lucía
Cuesta, Angel M
Botella, Luisa Mª
Jiménez-Escribano, Rosa María
Evaluation of the safety and effectiveness of oral propranolol in patients with von Hippel-Lindau disease and retinal hemangioblastomas: phase III clinical trial
title Evaluation of the safety and effectiveness of oral propranolol in patients with von Hippel-Lindau disease and retinal hemangioblastomas: phase III clinical trial
title_full Evaluation of the safety and effectiveness of oral propranolol in patients with von Hippel-Lindau disease and retinal hemangioblastomas: phase III clinical trial
title_fullStr Evaluation of the safety and effectiveness of oral propranolol in patients with von Hippel-Lindau disease and retinal hemangioblastomas: phase III clinical trial
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of the safety and effectiveness of oral propranolol in patients with von Hippel-Lindau disease and retinal hemangioblastomas: phase III clinical trial
title_short Evaluation of the safety and effectiveness of oral propranolol in patients with von Hippel-Lindau disease and retinal hemangioblastomas: phase III clinical trial
title_sort evaluation of the safety and effectiveness of oral propranolol in patients with von hippel-lindau disease and retinal hemangioblastomas: phase iii clinical trial
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6557078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31245608
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjophth-2018-000203
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