Effects of IL-1 Beta Inhibition on Vascular Inflammation in TET2 Clonal Hematopoiesis

Exclusion Criteria19

• placement of a drug-eluting stent in a proximal coronary arterial segment <180 days before baseline imaging
• prior coronary artery bypass grafting
• pregnancy or breastfeeding
• history of blood malignancy or current solid-tumor malignancy
• history of organ or stem cell transplantation
• current treatment with prescription, systemic (oral, IV \[intravenous\], or IM \[intramuscular\]) steroids or anti-inflammatory/immune suppressant medical therapies (including colchicine but excluding topical therapies, UV therapy, ASA-derivative therapies, or NSAIDS) for autoimmune/inflammatory diseases, post-transplant care, asthma, or pain
• use of oral steroids or prescription oral anti-inflammatory/immune suppressant medication for >7 days within the past 1 month
• use of IV or IM steroids or IV or IM anti-inflammatory/immune suppressant medication within the past 3 months
• known allergy to dextran's and/or DTPA and/or radiometals and/or severe allergy to iodinated contrast media
• estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) < 45 ml/min/1.73 m2
• contraindications to nitroglycerin known narrow angle glaucoma, or known severe aortic stenosis
• use of phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor AND refusal to abstain from use of these medications within the 5 days prior to scheduled CCTA scan
• significant radiation exposure (40msV) received within the past 12 months
• concurrent enrollment in another research study judged by the investigators to interfere with the current study
• known active or recurrent hepatic disease (including cirrhosis or ALT/AST levels >3 times the upper limit oof or total bilirubin >2 times the upper limits of normal)
• history or evidence of tuberculosis (TB) (active or latent) infection or risk factor for TB
• active bacterial, fungal or viral infection at the time of enrollment or history of recurrent infections
• suspected or proven immunocompromised state
• live vaccinations within 3 months prior to randomization visit or live vaccinations planned during the trial