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Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., Volume 163, Number 6, May 2001, 1410-1414

The Effect of Delipidated Deglycolipidated (DDMV) and Heat-killed Mycobacterium vaccae in Asthma

PHILIPPA M. SHIRTCLIFFE, STEPHANIE E. EASTHOPE, SOO CHENG, MARK WEATHERALL, PAUL L. J. TAN, GRAHAM LE GROS, and RICHARD BEASLEY

Wellington Asthma Research Group, Department of Medicine, Wellington School of Medicine, Wellington South, New Zealand; Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, Wellington South, New Zealand; and Genesis Research and Development Corporation Limited, Auckland, New Zealand

Experimental and epidemiological evidence supports the hypothesis that exposure to mycobacteria has the potential to suppress the development of asthma and/or atopy and there are reports in the Chinese medical literature of repeated vaccination with inactivated BCG being effective in the management of asthma. Forty-three patients with stable moderately severe asthma who were skin prick test positive to house dust mite were randomized to receive two intradermal injections of either phosphate-buffered saline (placebo), heat-killed Mycobacterium vaccae (0.5 mg), or delipidated deglycolipidated Mycobacterium vaccae (DDMV) (0.05 mg). Markers of asthma severity were measured for 3 mo and blood eosinophil, IgE levels, and the T cell proliferative and cytokine responses were monitored. There were no significant differences between either treatment group and the placebo group for any of the outcome variables. There was also no difference between the treatment groups and placebo for eosinophil, IgE levels, or the T cell proliferative and cytokine response. The results indicate no effect of low dose intradermal DDMV or M. vaccae on asthma severity in patients with established asthma.




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