Anakinra or high-dose corticosteroids in COVID-19 pneumonia patients who deteriorate on low-dose dexamethasone: an observational study of comparative effectiveness

Objectives: To assess whether escalating to high-dose corticosteroids or anakinra compared with continuing low-dose corticosteroids reduced mortality in patients with severe COVID-19 whose respiratory function deteriorated while receiving dexamethasone 6 mg daily. Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study between March 1 to December 31, 2020, of hospitalized patients with confirmed COVID-19 pneumonia. In-hospital death was analyzed using logistic regression with inverse probability of treatment weighting of receiving anakinra, high-dose corticosteroid (dexamethasone <10 mg daily), or remaining on low-dose corticosteroids on the day of first respiratory deterioration. Results: We analyzed 6671 patients whose respiratory status deteriorated while receiving dexamethasone 6 mg daily for COVID-19 pneumonia, of whom 6265 stayed on low-dose corticosteroids, 232 were escalated to high-dose corticosteroids, and 174 to anakinra in addition to corticosteroids. The propensity score-adjusted odds of death were higher in the anakinra (odds ratio [OR] 1.76; 95% CI 1.13-2.72) and high-dose corticosteroid groups (OR 1.53; 95% CI 1.14-2.07) compared with those who continued low-dose corticosteroids on the day of respiratory deterioration. The odds of hospital-acquired infections were also higher in the anakinra (OR 2.00; 95% CI 1.28-3.11) and high-dose corticosteroid groups (OR 1.43; 95% CI 1.00-2.04) compared with low-dose corticosteroid group. Conclusion: Our findings do not support escalating patients with COVID-19 pneumonia who deteriorate on low-dose corticosteroids to high-dose corticosteroids or anakinra..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:126

Enthalten in:

International Journal of Infectious Diseases - 126(2023), Seite 87-93

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Annette Langer-Gould [VerfasserIn]
Stanley Xu [VerfasserIn]
Laura C. Myers [VerfasserIn]
Aiyu Chen [VerfasserIn]
John D. Greene [VerfasserIn]
Beth Creekmur [VerfasserIn]
Katia Bruxvoort [VerfasserIn]
John L. Adams [VerfasserIn]
Vincent Liu [VerfasserIn]
Michael K. Gould [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anakinra
COVID-19
Corticosteroids
Infections
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Mortality

doi:

10.1016/j.ijid.2022.11.017

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

DOAJ020801807