Study author/year | No. | Sex, M/F | Age, y | Ever smoking | Anti GM-CSF Ab | GM-CSF dose | GM-CSF duration | WLL | Response | Relapse | Side effect, N |
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Subcutaneous | |||||||||||
 Kavuru et al. [22] | 4 | 4/0 | 34.3 ± 11.2 | 3 | NA | 1-4wk, 250μg/d; 5-8wk, up to 5μg/kg/d; 9thwk, up to 7-9μg/kg/d | 12 wk | 3 | 3 | 0 | nausea and emisis, 1 |
 Seymour et al. [17] | 14 | 9/5 | 33 (14–78) | 7 | 12a | 1-5d 3.0μg/kg/d; 6thd, up to 5.0μg/kg/d; if no response, up to 7.5-30 μg/kg/d | 12 wk. | 10 | 6 | 5 | neutropenia, 1; first dose effect, 4; local erythema, 6; headache, 1; fever, 1; asymptomatic splenomegaly 1 |
 Venkateshiah et al. [23] | 25 | 18/7 | 45 (21–57) | 13 | 25 | 1-4wk, 250μg/d; 5-8wk, up to 5μg/kg/d; 9thwk, up to 9μg/kg/d; if no response or suboptimal, up to 9-18μg/kg/d | 52 wk | 21 | 12 | 4 | erythema, 18; fatigue, 7; fever, 4; dyspnea, 10; injection-site edema, 12 |
 Khan et al. [25] | 4 | 3/1 | 40 ± 5.2 | NA | NA | 5μg/kg/d | 12 wk | 3 | 4 | 0 | NA |
 Hadda et al. [24] | 3 | 0/3 | 48.3 ± 22 | NA | 2a | 3-5 μg/kg/d | 6 wk | 3 | 3 | 0 | neutrophilic leukocytosis, 1 |
Inhaled | |||||||||||
 Wylam et al. [26] | 12 | 7/5 | 42.8 (22–63) | 8 | 6a | 250μg bid every other week; if no response up to 500μg bid | 32 wk | 2 | 11 | 5 | no side effects |
 Tazawa et al. [27] | 39 | 22/17 | 56 (46–63) | 21 | 39 | high dose: 1-8d, 250μg/d, 9-14d none, six 2-wk cycles; low dose: 1-4d, 125μg/d, 5-14d none, six 2-wk cycles | 24 wk | 11 | 24 | 1 | total, 7; fever, 1; respiratory infection,1; otitis media, 1; gastric ulcer, 1; diarrhea, 1; pneumonia, 1; tuberculous lymphadenitis, 1 |
 Papiris et al. [28] | 6 | 1/5 | 43.8 ± 15.7 | 2 | 6 | 1-4d, 250μg/d, 5-8d none, as long as necessary; if remission, dose down; if relapse, dose up; | 14–65 mo | 5 | 6 | 2 | no significant adverse effects |
 Tazawa et al. [29] | 3 | 1/2 | 54.7 ± 3.2 | 2 | 3 | 125μg, bid, during alternate weeks | 24 wk | 1 | 3 | 1 | no side effects |
 Ohkouchi et al. [30] | 5 | 4/1 | 45.8 ± 15.7 | 4 | 5 | 1-8d, 125μg bid, 9-14d, none, six 2-wk cycles; 1-4d, 125μg bid, 5-14d, none, six 2-wk cycles | 24 wk | 5 | 5 | 0 | NA |