Anakinra in Infants and Children With Coronary Artery Abnormalities in Acute Kawasaki Disease

Summary

Kawasaki disease (KD) is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in children in the developed world. Despite available treatment, 25% of children in San Diego County appropriately treated for KD develop coronary artery abnormalities that may lead to complications later in life, including heart attack. Although the investigators can identify children with KD that have these coronary artery abnormalities, there is no approved additional treatment to decrease coronary artery inflammation and arrest or prevent damage to the coronary arteries. Anakinra, a therapy that blocks the high levels of interleukin 1 (IL1) that lead to inflammation during acute KD, has been shown in the KD mouse model to prevent the development of coronary artery damage. Therefore, the investigators propose to study the safety and activity of anakinra in infants and children \< 2 years old with coronary artery abnormalities from KD.

Timeline

Start

2014-11

Primary completion

2022-10

Completion

2022-12

Publications

• Background Yang J, Jain S, Capparelli EV, Best BM, Son MB, Baker A, Newburger JW, Franco A, Printz BF, He F, Shimizu C, Hoshino S, Bainto E, Moreno E, Pancheri J, Burns JC, Tremoulet AH. Anakinra Treatment in Patients with Acute Kawasaki Disease with Coronary Artery Aneurysms: A Phase I/IIa Trial. J Pediatr. 2022 Apr;243:173-180.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.12.035. Epub 2021 Dec 23.
• Tremoulet AH, Jain S, Kim S, Newburger J, Arditi M, Franco A, Best B, Burns JC. Rationale and study design for a phase I/IIa trial of anakinra in children with Kawasaki disease and early coronary artery abnormalities (the ANAKID trial). Contemp Clin Trials. 2016 May;48:70-5. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2016.04.002. Epub 2016 Apr 11.

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