Early Tocilizumab Dosing Is Associated With Improved Survival in Critically Ill Patients Infected With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2

Copyright © 2021 The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the Society of Critical Care Medicine..

To identify the most efficacious timing for tocilizumab administration in critically ill patients infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2.

DESIGN: Observational multicenter cohort study.

SETTING: A total of 23 acute care hospitals in four states.

PATIENTS: One-hundred eighteen patients admitted between March 13, 2020, and April 16, 2020. Eighty-one patients received tocilizumab, and 37 were untreated and served as a control group.

MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: The main outcome was mortality and was analyzed by timing of tocilizumab dosing. Early dosing was defined as a tocilizumab dose administered prior to or within 1 day of intubation. Late dosing was defined as a dose administered greater than 1 day after intubation. A control group that was treated only with standard of care, and without tocilizumab, was used for comparison. Early tocilizumab therapy was associated with a statistically significant decrease in mortality as compared to patients who were untreated (p = 0.003). Dosing tocilizumab late was associated with an increased mortality compared with the untreated group (p = 0.006).

CONCLUSIONS: Early tocilizumab administration was associated with decreased mortality in critically ill severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 patients, but a potential detriment was suggested by dosing later in a patient's course.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:3

Enthalten in:

Critical care explorations - 3(2021), 4 vom: 01. Apr., Seite e0395

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Petrak, Russell M [VerfasserIn]
Van Hise, Nicholas W [VerfasserIn]
Skorodin, Nathan C [VerfasserIn]
Fliegelman, Robert M [VerfasserIn]
Chundi, Vishnu [VerfasserIn]
Didwania, Vishal [VerfasserIn]
Han, Alice [VerfasserIn]
Harting, Brian P [VerfasserIn]
Hines, David W [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cytokine storm
Journal Article
Mechanical ventilation
Mortality
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2
Tocilizumab

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Date Revised 21.04.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/CCE.0000000000000395

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM32373071X