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Definitions

• AMI Acute myocardial infarction
• thrombolysis thrombolytic agents
• urokinase urokinase
• reteplase recombinant tissue plasminogen activator,
• Reperfusion injury refers to the damage to tissue when blood supply returns to that tissue after a period of ischemia.
• the damage of reperfusion injury is partly due to the inflammatory response in the damaged tissue.
• white blood cells carried to the ischemic area release a host of inflammatory factors such as interleukins as well as the generation of free radicals.
• the restoration of blood flow also causes damage to cell proteins, DNA and plasma membranes via the reintroduction of oxygen and the damage to cellular plasma membranes causes the release of additional free radicals. Free radicals are also believed to act indirectly to stimulate apoptotic responses in damaged tissues.
• the present inventions provide, in various aspects, methods for treating a cardiac condition using a substantially cell free biocompatible and biodegradeable synthetic self-assembling peptide (SAP) scaffold material termed CardioMatrix.
• SAP synthetic self-assembling peptide
• the inventors have discovered that purified self-assembling peptides can be fashioned into injectable and implantable gels suitable for use in a number of cardiac applications.
• the CardioMatrix materials and methods can be used to treat a wide range of cardiac tissue related conditions including, but not limited to, AMI, valve disease, pericardial disease, congenital heart disease, and congestive heart failure.
• the present inventions provide a therapeutic benefit by decreasing the extent of MI and reperfusion injuries after CardioMatrix injection.
• CardioMatrix refers to SAP comprised of a RADARADARADARADA sequence (SEQ. ID NO. 1).
• cardiac condition includes cardiac conditions, diseases, injuries, etc.
• cardiac conditions include, but are not limited to, AMI, valve disease, pericardial disease, congenital heart disease, and congestive heart failure.
• the present inventions provide methods for treating cardiac tissue comprising injecting into the tissue to be treated a substantially cell free solution containing greater than about 1% CardioMatrix by weight, and preferably greater than about 3% CardioMatrix by weight.
• the solution comprises a sucrose solution containing a physiologically acceptable concentration of sucrose, e.g., a 10% by weight sucrose solution.
• the solution can contain one or more acceptable buffers to bring the solution to a physiological acceptable pH (e.g., pH of about 7 to about 8.5) prior to introducing the CardioMatrix solution into a subject.
• these methods of treatment provide treatment, at least in part, via one or more of: local delivery of NO formed from LA, and promote formation of nitric oxide (NO) in response to physiological and/or pathological stimuli by CardioMatrix.
• NO nitric oxide
• the present inventions provide methods for treating an infarct comprising injecting into an infarct a substantially cell free solution containing greater than about 1% CardioMatrix by weight, and preferably greater than about 3% CardioMatrix by weight.
• the solution comprises a sucrose solution containing a physiologically acceptable concentration of sucrose, e.g., a 10% by weight sucrose solution.
• the solution can contain one or more acceptable buffers to bring the solution to a physiological acceptable pH (e.g., pH of about 7 to about 8.5) prior to introducing the CardioMatrix solution into a subject.
• the present inventions provide methods for the treatment of one or more of hypertension, septic shock, neuro-degeneration, arthritis, and asthma by injection into a tissue to be treated a substantially cell free solution containing greater than about 1% CardioMatrix by weight (and preferably greater than about 3% CardioMatrix by weight) that provides treatment, at least in part, via one or more of: local delivery of NO formed from LA, and promote formation of nitric oxide (NO) in response to physiological and/or pathological stimuli by CardioMatrix.
• the present inventions provide methods for the treatment of one or more of hypertension, septic shock, neuro-degeneration, arthritis, and asthma using local administration of a LA containing CardioMatrix. .
• the present methods comprise providing a cardioprotective and/or cardio-regenerative effect by local administration of a substantially cell free solution containing greater than about 1% CardioMatrix by weight, and preferably greater than about 3% CardioMatrix by weight.
• the present inventions provide injectable CardioMatrix, comprised of a self-assembling RAD ARAD ARAD ARADA sequence, capable of forming nanofiber scaffolds that promote increasing one or more of cardiac cell preservation and cardiac cell recruitment.
• the present inventions provide methods of treatment comprising local myocardial injection of a CardioMatrix material.
• the methods promote improved recovery of ventricular contractility after myocardial infarction.
• the following definitions may be useful in understanding SAPs, and SAP structures, and the CardioMatrix material.
• scaffold is meant a three-dimensional structure capable of supporting cells. Cells may be encapsulated by the scaffold or may be disposed in a layer on a surface of the scaffold. The beta-sheet secondary structure of the scaffold may be confirmed using standard circular dichroism to detect an absorbance minimum at approximately 218 nm and a maximum at approximately 195 ran.
• the scaffold is formed from the self-assembly of peptides that may include L-amino acids, D-amino acids, natural amino acids, non-natural amino acids, or a combination thereof.
• the peptides may be covalently linked to a compound, such as a chemoattractant or a therapeutically active compound.
• the peptides may be chemically synthesized or purified from natural or recombinant sources, and the amino- and carboxy-termini of the peptides may be protected or not protected.
• the peptide scaffold may be formed from one or more distinct molecular species of peptides which are complementary and structurally compatible with each other.
• Peptides containing mismatched pairs may also form scaffolds if the disruptive force is dominated by stabilizing interactions between the peptides.
• Scaffolds are also referred to herein as peptide structures, peptide hydrogel structures, peptide gel structures, or hydrogel structures.
• composite capable of forming ionic or hydrogen bonding interactions between hydrophilic residues from adjacent peptides in the scaffold; for example, each hydrophilic residue in a peptide either hydrogen bonds or ionically pairs with a hydrophilic residue on an adjacent peptide or is exposed to solvent.
• structurally compatible capable of maintaining a sufficiently constant intrapeptide distance to allow scaffold formation.
• the variation in the intrapeptide distance is less than 4, 3, 2, or 1 angstroms. It is also contemplated that larger variations in the intrapeptide distance may not prevent scaffold formation if sufficient stabilizing forces are present.
• This distance may be calculated based on molecular modeling or based on a simplified procedure that has been previously reported (U.S. Patent Number 5,670,483). In this method, the intrapeptide distance is calculated by taking the sum of the number of unbranched atoms on the side- chains of each amino acid in a pair.
• the variation in the intrapeptide distance of peptides having lysine-glutamic acid pairs and glutamine-glutamine pairs is 3 angstroms.
• pure is used to indicate the extent to which the peptides described herein are free of other chemical species, including deletion adducts of the peptide in question and peptides of differing lengths.
• biologically active agent is used to refer to agents, compounds, or entities that alter, inhibit, activate, or otherwise affect biological or biochemical events. Such agents may be naturally derived or synthetic. Biologically active agents include classes of molecules (e.g., proteins, amino acids, peptides, polynucleotides, nucleotides, carbohydrates, sugars, lipids, nucleoproteins, glycoproteins, lipoproteins, steroids, growth factors, chemoattractants, etc.) that are commonly found in cells and tissues, whether the molecules themselves are naturally-occurring or artificially created (e.g., by synthetic or recombinant methods).
• molecules e.g., proteins, amino acids, peptides, polynucleotides, nucleotides, carbohydrates, sugars, lipids, nucleoproteins, glycoproteins, lipoproteins, steroids, growth factors, chemoattractants, etc.
• Biologically active agents also include drugs, for example, anticancer substances, analgesics, and opioids.
• the drug is one that has already been deemed safe and effective for use by the appropriate governmental agency or body.
• drugs for human use listed by the FDA under 21 C.F.R. ⁇ 330.5, 331 through 361, and 440 through 460; drugs for veterinary use listed by the DA under 21 C.F.R. ⁇ 500 through 589, incorporated herein by reference are all considered acceptable for use in accordance with the present invention.
• Additional exemplary biologically active agents include but are not limited to anti-AIDS substances, anti-cancer substances, immunosuppressants (e.g., cyclosporine), anti-viral agents, enzyme inhibitors, neurotoxins, hypnotics, anti-histamines, lubricants, tranquilizers, anticonvulsants, muscle relaxants and anti-Parkinson agents, anti-spasmodics and muscle contractants including channel blockers, miotics and anticholinergics, anti-glaucoma compounds, anti-parasite, anti-protozoal, and/or anti-fungal compounds, modulators of cell-extracellular matrix interactions including cell growth inhibitors and anti-adhesion molecules, vasodilating agents, inhibitors of DNA, RNA or protein synthesis, antihypertensives, anti-pyretics, steroidal and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents, anti- angiogenic factors, anti-secretory factors, anticoagulants and/or antithrombotic agents, local anesthetics, ophthal
• a hydrogel such as a peptide hydrogel is "stable with respect to mechanical or physical agitation” if, when subjected to mechanical agitation, it substantially retains the physical properties (such as elasticity, viscosity, etc.), that characterized the hydrogel prior to physical agitation.
• the hydrogel need not maintain its shape or size and may fragment into smaller pieces when subjected to mechanical agitation while still being termed stable with respect to mechanical or physical agitation.
• stable does not have this meaning except when used with this phrase.
• nanofiber refers to a fiber having a diameter of nanoscale dimensions. Typically a nanoscale fiber has a diameter of 500 nm or less. According to certain embodiments of the invention a nanofiber has a diameter of less than 100 nm. According to certain other embodiments of the invention a nanofiber has a diameter of less than 50 nm. According to certain other embodiments of the invention a nanofiber has a diameter of less than 20 nm. According to certain other embodiments of the invention a nanofiber has a diameter of between 10 and 20 nm. According to certain other embodiments of the invention a nanofiber has a diameter of between 5 and 10 nm. According to certain other embodiments of the invention a nanofiber has a diameter of less than 5 nm.
• nanoscale environment scaffold refers to a scaffold comprising nanofibers.
• at least 50% of the fibers comprising the scaffold are nanofibers.
• at least 75% of the fibers comprising the scaffold are nanofibers.
• at least 90% of the fibers comprising the scaffold are nanofibers.
• at least 95% of the fibers comprising the scaffold are nanofibers.
• at least 99% of the fibers comprising the scaffold are nanofibers.
• the scaffold may also comprise non-fiber constituents, e.g., water, ions, growth and/or differentiation-inducing agents such as growth factors, therapeutic agents, or other compounds, which may be in solution in the scaffold and/or bound to the scaffold.
• the term "effective amount” includes an amount effective, at dosages and for periods of time necessary, to achieve the desired result.
• An effective amount may vary according to factors such as the disease state, age, and weight of the subject. Dosage regimens may be adjusted to provide the optimum therapeutic response. An effective amount is also one in which any toxic or detrimental effects (e.g., side effects) are outweighed by the therapeutically beneficial effects.
• CardioMatrix is a self-assembling peptide (SAP) containing the sequence RADARADARADARADA and is a member of a class of peptide biomaterials that have been developed in the context of cell culture, stem cell biology and tissue engineering (24, 25). CardioMatrix sequences for use in the present inventions can also be modified to contain active sequences from various growth factors (eg. platelet-derived growth factor) and/or extracellular matrix proteins (eg. collagen, laminin) (10, 14). Examples of the preparation and characterization of SAPs can be found in U.S. Published Application Nos. 2004/0242469 and 2006/0084607, the entire contents of both of which are incoprated herein by reference.
• the CardioMatrix material comprises purified amphiphilic peptides where the peptides are at least 75% pure, preferably at least 85% pure and more preferably at least 95% pure.
• the CardioMAtrix material is used in the present inventions in the form of an injectable aqueous solution.
• the concentration of peptide chains in solution can be varied. In various embodiments, the concentration of the peptide chains in solution is one or more of: between about 1% and about 10% by weight; between about 3% and about 7% by weight; and between about 6% and about 10% by weight. In various embodiments, the concentration of the peptide chains in solution is one or more of: greater than about 2% by weight; greater than about 3% by weight; greater than about 4% by weight; greater than about 5% by weight; greater than about 6% by weight; greater than about 7% by weight; and greater than about 8% by weight.
• the CardioMatrix solutions are formulated to avoid osmotic shock to a subject tupon admistration.
• the CardioMatrix solutions are prepared using an about 10% sucrose solution.
• a CardioMatrix solution may have a shelf life of at least one year with or without added electrolyte.
• the CardioMatrix solution can contain one or more acceptable buffers to bring the solution to a physiological acceptable pH (e.g., pH of about 7 to about 8.5) prior to introducing the solution into a subject.
• a physiological acceptable pH e.g., pH of about 7 to about 8.5
• the CardioMatrix solution is preferably sterilized prior to use in a subject.
• the CardioMatrix powder can be radiation sterilized, for example, by exposure to gamma radiation to about 35 Kgrey. CardioMatrix solutions can be made that are stable with respect to exposure to radiation and structural alterations upon exposure to sterilizing radiation.
• the peptide chains in the CardioMatrix solution can be made to spontaneously self-assemble into scaffolds through electrostatic interactions.
• the self- assembled CardioMatrix peptide chains can form a hydrogel that remains ductile and amenable to flow upon application of an appropriate stimulus.
• SAPs upon the introduction of millimolar amounts of monovalent cations, either through the addition of salt solution, cell culture media or injection of the material in-vivo, can undergo self- assembly into nanofibers, approximately 10 nm in diameter, which form well-ordered 3- dimensional porous scaffolds (13).
• the amphophilic peptides' charge density, size and water- structuring abilities can mimic those of in-vivo extracellular matrix.
• the CardioMatrix solutions can be formed into a stable scaffold by exposure to a monovalent salt solution.
• Sufficient electrolyte is added to the solution to initiate self-assembly of the peptides into a beta-sheet macroscopic structure upon contact with tissue at the site of administration.
• the concentration of the added electrolyte is at least 5, 10, 20, or 50 mM. Smaller concentrations, e.g., 0.1 to 1 mm, or larger concentrations can also be used. The choice of concentration depends partially on the desired ionic strength of the peptide gel and also affects the speed of gelation.
• Suitable electrolytes include, but are not limited to, Li + , Na + , K + , and Cs + .
• the electrolyte causes the peptide chains to self-assemble into a scaffold that is stable with respect to mechanical agitation.
• the present inventions provide a substantially cell free solution comprising an amphiphilic self-assembling peptide having the complementary components of providing a: 1) a suitable biological scaffold that creates a microenvironment niche for cardiac cell types, and 2) that the endogenous cardiac cells and/or engrafted cell population can rapidly integrate into the needed tissue (24, 25).
• the CardioMatrix scaffold materials of the present inventions comprise a network of nanofibers with intervening spaces rather than a solid matrix, which can promote cell infiltration and cell-cell interactions to promote healing.
• the introduction of the CardioMatrix material can be performed "cell-free," for example, the methods do not require the preparation of cells to be introduced into infarcted areas for the treatment of cardiac tissues.
• the CardioMatrix materials of the present inventions provide, in various embodiments, appropriate three-dimensional architecture, promote signaling pathways influencing critical cell functions, such as proliferation, differentiation, and migration, or both (7-10, 14, 15). Furthermore, since the CardioMatrix solutions does not gel until it is administered, it could prevent back leakage of injected cells into the desired region-this technical advantage has proven to be extremely helpful in several pre-clinical studies conducted by the inventors.
• the CardioMatrix solution of the present inventions is injectable, and can, in various embodiments, be used for localized drug delivery.
• the CardioMatrix solution is used to deliver drugs directly to the heart for either short term therapy, long term therapy, or both. Accordingly, instead of repeated systemic administration, CardioMatrix containing the desired agent can be periodically delivered directly to a desired area of the heart. All concentrations of CardioMatrix solution are injectable with any size needle, even very fine gauge needles (30 gauge).
• CardioMatrix solutions in various embodiments, can behave as a injection-molded material.
• the hydrogels passed through a needle fill a desired space with a single coherent bolus rather than a tangled, threaded mass. That is, the material assembles both at the scale of the individual peptide chains and on a macroscale as a gel.
• the CardioMatrix solutions can in various embodiments thus provide both an injectable material for ease of administration and a continuous fibrous network that facilitates cellular ingrowth and proliferation.
• a wide variety of devices can be used to deliver the injectable solutions including, but note limited, syringes, dual-chamber syringes, injection catheters, and delivery catheters.
• CardioMatrix solutions in various embodiments, can behave as non- Newtonian fluids.
• the solution can become more viscous over time.
• a 3% solution could exhibit a yield stress of 20-30 Pa and a viscosity less than 40 cP about an hour after mixing, the yield stress could increase to 50-65 Pa after about 5-6 hours, and after about two weeks, the yield stress could increase to about 100-160 Pa, and the viscosity increased to less than 200 cP.
• One or more biologically active agents for example, therapeutically active compounds or chemo-attractants, can be added to the CardioMatrix (10, 14).
• Growth factors alone or in combination with other biologically active agents such as cytokines (epidermal growth factor, nerve growth factor, transforming growth factor-alpha and beta, platelet-derived growth factor, insulin-like growth factor, vascular endothelial growth factor, etc.) can be added to the CardioMatrix material (10, 14).
• Drugs and growth factors each can be added in a similar fashion to CardioMatrix, for example, as follows: the desired drug or growth factor at 2X concentration is added to the sucrose vehicle solution, at a volume equal to that of sucrose vehicle solution, then mixed with CardioMatrix prior to injection.
• Biocompatibility and toxicology tests on CardioMatrix of the present inventions have shown that these materials, when implanted into animals or tested in vitro, are safe and biocompatible. We have also shown that when injected in vivo, CardioMatrix is degraded and excreted within 28 days. Lastly, hemocompatibility tests have shown that CardioMatrix in direct contact with blood and plasma do not initiate coagulation cascades that would be detrimental for many applications in vivo. Biocompatibility and toxicology test results are shown in Example 2.
• the present inventions provide methods of treatment comprising local injection of a substantially cell free CardioMatrix material into a tissue to be treated.
• the tissue to be treated comprises cardiac tissue, including but not limited to vascular, arterial, muscular, arterial lining, etc. tissues.
• the substantially cell free material is injected as a solution containing greater than about 1% CardioMatrix by weight, and preferably greater than about 3% CardioMatrix by weight.
• the present methods comprise providing a cardioprotective and/or cardio-regenerative effect by local administration of a substantially cell free solution containing greater than about 1% CardioMatrix by weight, and preferably greater than about 3% CardioMatrix by weight.
• AMI events lead to edema and inflammation in the heart which causes the infracted region to expand beyond the originally damaged area.
• the infarct expansion occurs 2-10 days after the event and causes necrosis not only in the original infracted zone but also in the expanded area (16).
• "stunning" in the heart occurs immediately after ischemia and subsequent reperfusion while “hibernation” is a process by which the myocardium adapts to chronic ischemia which involves a metabolic switch to alternative types of energy consumption, typically in the form of anaerobic glycolysis (22).
• Infracted cardiac tissue can enter a "hibernating" state from a chronically “stunned” state and this transition correlates with a temporal and spatial variation in structural protein expression during the progression (23).
• the present inventions provide methods for providing a cardioprotective and/or cardio-regenerative effect by local administration of a substantially cell free solution containing greater than about 1% CardioMatrix by weight, and preferably greater than about 3% CardioMatrix by weight.
• the treatment methods provide one or more of: controling infarct size, reducing or preventing infarct expansion, and reducing ventricular wall stress.
• a substantially cell free solution containing an amphiphilic self-assembling peptide can be used to create embolization.
• the substantially cell free solution can be administered to (e.g., injected into) blood vessels around a tumor or vessels that have been cut during surgery to stop blood flow.
• the substantially cell free solution containing an amphiphilic self-assembling peptide can be injected into heart muscle to stimulate muscle production at thinning cardiac walls.
• the pH of the solution can be adjusted to further promote cell ingrowth and extracellular matrix production, and/or growth factors can be added to promote, e.g., specific cell behavior.
• treat As used herein the terms, “treat,” “treatment,” “treating” and “therapy” are used interchangeably to refer to any method used to partially or completely alleviate, ameliorate, relieve, inhibit, delay onset of, reduce severity of and/or reduce incidence of one or more symptoms or features of a particular disease, disorder, injury and/or condition.
• treatment may be administered to a subject who does not exhibit signs of a disease or condition and/or exhibits only early signs of the disease or condition; treatment may be administered to a subject who has suffer an injury (for example as a result of AMI); etc.
• the methods provide a CardioMatrix solution that treats the damaged tissue by keeping it in a stunned state until the edema and inflammation subside (19, 22).
• the CardioMatrix solutions are employed as a bulking agent that protects the tissue from wall stress which would further compromises cardiac function and, for example, provide a biomechanical or biophysical protective effect towards the infracted tissue, promoting protection from further injury (19).
• the present inventions provide methods of treatment comprising local myocardial injection of a CardioMatrix material.
• the present inventions provide methods for treating an infarct comprising injecting into an infarct a substantially cell free solution containing greater than about 1% CardioMatrix by weight, and preferably greater than about 3% CardioMatrix by weight.
• the solution comprises a sucrose solution containing a physiologically acceptable concentration of sucrose, e.g., a 10% by weight sucrose solution.
• the solution can contain one or more acceptable buffers to bring the solution to a physiological acceptable pH (e.g., pH of about 7 to about 8.5) prior to introducing the CardioMatrix solution into a subject.
• the present inventions provide methods for the treatment of one or more of hypertension, septic shock, neuro-degeneration, arthritis, and asthma using local administration of a LA containing CardioMatrix.
• treatment of one or more of hypertension, septic shock, neuro- degeneration, arthritis, and asthma is provided by injection into a tissue to be treated a substantially cell free solution containing greater than about 1% CardioMatrix by weight, and preferably greater than about 3% CardioMatrix by weight.
• the treatment increases the local delivery of NO to the treated tissue.
• the treatment provides local delivery of NO formed from LA in the Cardiomatrix.
• the CardioMatrix promotes the formation of nitric oxide (NO) by the treated tissues and/or tissues in pyhhsiological communication with the treated tissues.
• NO nitric oxide
• nitric oxide can be formed from LA and oxygen and NO is synthesized in response to physiological and pathological stimuli; as cardiac reperfusion injury has been attributed to reduced NO activity resulting from deficiency of LA (3), various embodiments of the present inventions can provide a treatment via local delivery of NO.
• various other diseases have been linked to inappropriate release of nitric oxide including hypertension, septic shock, neuro-degeneration, arthritis, and asthma.
• the present inventions provide methods for the treatment of one or more of hypertension, septic shock, neuro-degeneration, arthritis, and asthma using local administration of a LA containing CardioMatrix.
• the presenet inventions include methods for facilitating the return of ventricle function by local administration of a substantially cell free solution containing greater than about 1% CardioMatrix by weight, and preferably greater than about 3% CardioMatrix by weight.
• the CardioMatrix material could be "rescuing" the damaged tissue by keeping it in a stunned state until the edema and inflammation subside (19, 22).
• the CardioMatrix also could be acting as a bulking agent that protects the tissue from wall stress which would further compromises cardiac function (19). Since wall stress is an important surrogate marker for congestive heart failure, it is believed that the present inventions provide a biomechanical or biophysical protective effect towards the infracted tissue (19).
• EXAMPLE 1 Studies: Biocompatability and Toxicology.
• the Agar Diffusion test (ISO 10993-5) measures a material's effect on cell cultures, which are extremely sensitive to minute quantities of leachable chemicals and readily display characteristic signs of toxicity in the presence of potentially harmful leachables.
• the biological reactivity of a mammalian monolayer, L929 mouse fibroblast cell culture, in response to the test article was determined as "no-reactivity" in tests.
• the hemolysis test (Direct Contact, ISO- 10993-4) measures the ability of a material to cause red blood cells to rupture. This test is derived from well-established NIH protocols and is performed in triplicate. This test uses rabbit blood in direct contact with the test material and the degree of hemolysis is measured spectrophotometrically. The CardioMatrix tested "non-hemolytic" in tests carried out by an independent FDA- certified testing agency. Coagulation Prothrombin Time
• Prothrombin Time (Human Plasma, ISO 10993-4) measures the effect of a test article extract on human blood coagulation time. This assay has become a suitable clinical means of determining the presence and functioning ability of prothrombin in the process of coagulation. The CardioMatrix did not have an adverse effect on prothrombin coagulation time of human plasma, in tests carried out by an independent FDA-certified testing agency.
• Test article was implanted into paravertebral muscle of 3 New Zealand white rabbits, with negative control (GelFoam) implanted in the contralateral muscle of each animal. Healing was allowed for 2 weeks. Animals were sacrificed and implants excised. Excised implants were examined macroscopically with a magnifying lens and fixed in formalin. Histologic slides of hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) and Mason's Trichrome stained sections were prepared, studied microscopically by a board-certified veterinary pathologist, and evaluated on a scale of 0-3. CardioMatrix implants retained the initial implant volume, collagen fibers, and vascularization of the injection site.
• H&E hematoxylin and eosin
• Mason's Trichrome stained sections were prepared, studied microscopically by a board-certified veterinary pathologist, and evaluated on a scale of 0-3. CardioMatrix implants retained the initial implant volume, collagen fibers, and vascularization of the injection site.
• Non-Toxic 0.13% on a scale ranging from Nontoxic ( ⁇ 1), Slightly Toxic (1 to ⁇ 2), Mildly Toxic (2 to ⁇ 3), Moderately Toxic (3 to >4), to Severely Toxic ( ⁇ 4), in tests carried out by an independent FDA-certified testing agency.
• Irritation reactivity tests assess the localized reaction of tissues, including breached tissue and blood contact, to device materials or extracts.
• a 0.5% w/v peptide CardioMatrix solution was extracted in NaCl and CSO at a ratio of 0.2gm per 1.0 mL at 70 ⁇ 2°C for 24 hours.
• Control extracts were prepared, in a similar manner to the test article.
• Three rabbits were injected intracutaneously, using one side of the animal for the test article extracts and the other side for the control extracts, at 0.2 mL per site. The injected sites were examined at 24, 48, and 72 hours post inoculation for gross evidence of tissue reaction such as erythema, edema, and necrosis.
• a Primary Irritation Index of 0.5 or less will be considered a negligible irritant, where 0.5 to ⁇ 2 are slight irritants, 2 to ⁇ 5 are moderate irritants, and >5 are severe irritants.
• the test sites injected with CardioMatrix did not exhibit signs of erythema or edema through the 72 hour observation point.
• the Primary Irritation Index for the material is 0.0, in tests carried out by an independent FDA-certified testing agency.
• the purpose of the test was to detect the risk of a patient to a febrile reaction as a result of the administration of the test article extract.
• the test article was prepared by mixing 9ml of the test article with 9mL of 0.9% USP Sodium Chloride for Injection (NaCl) and the resulting gel extracted at a ration of 0.2gm per 1.0 mL.
• the test article extract was administered by intravenous injection at 10 mL/kg.
• the rectal temperatures of the injected rabbits were compared with the temperature of a control rabbit similarly injected with 0.9% USP Sodium Chloride for Injection (NaCl).
• the base-line termperatures of the rabbits determined no more than 30 minutes prior to injection of the test article extract, were used to exclude rabbits whose body temperatures vary by more than 1°C from each other and whose temperatures are greater than 39.8 0 C. Body temperatures were recorded at 30 minute intervals between 1 and 3 hours subsequent to injection. If no rabbit exhibited a rise in temperature of 0.5 0 C or more about its base-line temperature, the product met the requirements for the absence of pyrogens. None of the animals injected with the test article extract exhibited signs of pyrogenic response, in tests carried out by an independent FDA-certified testing agency.
• Jugdutt BI Ventricular remodeling after infaction and extracellular collagen matrix: when is enough enough? Circulation 108: 1395-1403.

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