Influence of chronic use of corticosteroids and calcineurin inhibitors on COVID-19 clinical outcomes: analysis of a nationwide registry

ABSTRACT: Objectives: The aim of this study was to analyze whether subgroups of immunosuppressive (IS) medications conferred different outcomes in COVID-19. Methods: The study involved a multicenter retrospective cohort of consecutive immunosuppressed patients (ISPs) hospitalized with COVID-19 from March to July, 2020. The primary outcome was in-hospital mortality. A propensity score-matched (PSM) model comparing ISP and non-ISP was planned, as well as specific PSM models comparing individual IS medications associated with mortality. Results: Out of 16 647 patients, 868 (5.2%) were on chronic IS therapy prior to admission and were considered ISPs. In the PSM model, ISPs had greater in-hospital mortality (OR 1.25, 95% CI 0.99–1.62), which was related to a worse outcome associated with chronic corticoids (OR 1.89, 95% CI 1.43–2.49). Other IS drugs had no repercussions with regard to mortality risk (including calcineurin inhibitors (CNI); OR 1.19, 95% CI 0.65–2.20). In the pre-planned specific PSM model involving patients on chronic IS treatment before admission, corticosteroids were associated with an increased risk of mortality (OR 2.34, 95% CI 1.43–3.82). Conclusions: Chronic IS therapies comprise a heterogeneous group of drugs with different risk profiles for severe COVID-19 and death. Chronic systemic corticosteroid therapy is associated with increased mortality. On the contrary, CNI and other IS treatments prior to admission do not seem to convey different outcomes..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:116

Enthalten in:

International Journal of Infectious Diseases - 116(2022), Seite 51-58

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jorge Calderón-Parra [VerfasserIn]
Valentín Cuervas-Mons [VerfasserIn]
Victor Moreno-Torres [VerfasserIn]
Manuel Rubio-Rivas [VerfasserIn]
Paloma Agudo-de Blas [VerfasserIn]
Blanca Pinilla-Llorente [VerfasserIn]
Cristina Helguera-Amezua [VerfasserIn]
Nicolás Jiménez-García [VerfasserIn]
Paula-María Pesqueira-Fontan [VerfasserIn]
Manuel Méndez-Bailón [VerfasserIn]
Arturo Artero [VerfasserIn]
Noemí Gilabert [VerfasserIn]
Fátima Ibánez-Estéllez [VerfasserIn]
Santiago-Jesús Freire-Castro [VerfasserIn]
Carlos Lumbreras-Bermejo [VerfasserIn]
Juan-Miguel Antón-Santos [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Autoimmune diseases
COVID-19
Immune-mediated inflammatory diseases
Immunocompromised host
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Prognosis factors
Solid organ transplantation

doi:

10.1016/j.ijid.2021.12.327

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DOAJ01372715X