The incidence of spontaneous arrhythmias in telemetered beagle dogs, Göttingen Minipigs and Cynomolgus non-human primates: A HESI consortium retrospective analysis
Emmanuel Boulay , Loïs S. Miraucourt , Michael K. Pugsley , Matthew M. Abernathy , Ray Chui , Jill Dalton , Marjorie Demers , Noel Dybdal , Elissa Gazaille , Andrea Greiter-Wilke , Peter Hoffmann , Hai Huang , Carrie LaDuke , Kevin Norton , Jennifer B. Pierson , Isabelle Reeves , Brian Roche , Eric I. Rossman , Albert E. Schultze , Hai-Ming Tang , Simon Authier
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Abstract
Introduction
Characterization of the incidence of spontaneous arrhythmias to identify possible drug-related effects is often an important part of the analysis in safety pharmacology studies using telemetry.
Methods
A retrospective analysis in non-clinical species with and without telemetry transmitters was conducted. Electrocardiograms (24 h) from male and female beagle dogs (n = 131), Göttingen minipigs (n = 108) and cynomolgus non-human primates (NHP; n = 78) were analyzed.
Results
Ventricular tachycardia (VT) was observed in 3% of the dogs but was absent in minipigs and NHPs. Ventricular fibrillation (VF) was not observed in the 3 species. Ventricular premature beats (VPBs) were more frequent during daytime and atrioventricular blocks (AVBs) were more frequent at night in all species. A limited number of animals exhibited a high arrhythmia frequency and there was no correlation between animals with higher frequency of an arrhythmia type and the frequency of other arrythmias in the same animals. Clinical chemistry or hematology parameters were not different with or without telemetry devices. NHP with a transmural left ventricular pressure (LVP) catheter exhibited a greater incidence of VPBs and PJCs compared to telemetry animals without LVP.
Discussion
All species were similar with regards to the frequency of ventricular ectopic beats (26–46%) while the dog seemed to have more frequent junctional complexes and AVB compared to NHP and minipigs. Arrhythmia screening may be considered during pre-study evaluations, to exclude animals with abnormally high arrhythmia incidence.
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