Treatment with anti-TNF monoclonal antibody (c5N) reduces the extent of induced endometriosis in the baboon

Human Reproduction
H FalconerThomas D'Hooghe

Abstract

Inflammatory cytokines, including interleukin (IL)-1, IL-6, IL-8 and tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), are important in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. We assessed the efficacy of anti-TNF monoclonal antibody (mAb, c5N), known to prevent induced endometriosis in baboons, in reducing established endometriosis in baboons. This prospective, randomized, blinded, controlled study was conducted in baboons at the Institute of Primate Research (IPR), Nairobi, Kenya. Endometriosis was induced in 18 adult female baboons (Papio anubis) with regular menstrual cycles and a normal pelvis; the extent of endometriosis was documented by videolaparoscopy 25 days later. The baboons were then randomly assigned to receive a single infusion of either placebo (n=7, 5 ml/kg) or c5N (n=11, 5 mg/kg). Follow-up laparoscopy was performed 25 days later to document any differences in the number, surface area and estimated volume of lesions between the two groups and between the first and the second laparoscopies in each group. Representative biopsies of at least one endometriotic lesion per baboon were obtained at the final laparoscopy. Significant reductions in total surface area, estimated total volume of endometriotic lesions and both number a...Continue Reading

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