Biomarker-Concordant Steroid Administration in Severe Coronavirus Disease-2019

BACKGROUND: Although corticosteroids have become the standard of care for patients with coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) on supplemental oxygen, there is growing evidence of differential treatment response. This study aimed to evaluate if there was an association between biomarker-concordant corticosteroid treatment and COVID-19 outcomes.

METHODS: This registry-based cohort study included adult COVID-19 hospitalized patients between January 2020 and December 2021 from 109 institutions. Patients with available C-reactive protein (CRP) levels within 48 h of admission were evaluated. Those on steroids before admission, stayed in the hospital for <48 h, or were not on oxygen support were excluded. Corticosteroid treatment was biomarker-concordant if given with high baseline CRP ≥150 mg/L or withheld with low CRP (<150 mg/L) and vice-versa was considered discordant (low CRP with steroids, high CRP without steroids). Hospital mortality was the primary outcome. Sensitivity analyses were conducted using varying CRP level thresholds. The model interaction was tested to determine steroid effectiveness with increasing CRP levels.

RESULTS: Corticosteroid treatment was biomarker-concordant in 1778 (49%) patients and discordant in 1835 (51%). The concordant group consisted of higher-risk patients than the discordant group. After adjusting for covariates, the odds of in-hospital mortality were significantly lower in the concordant group than the discordant (odds ratio [95% confidence interval (C.I.)] = 0.71 [0.51, 0.98]). Similarly, adjusted mortality difference was significant at the CRP thresholds of 100 and 200 mg/L (odds ratio [95% C.I.] = 0.70 [0.52, 0.95] and 0.57 [0.38, 0.85], respectively), and concordant steroid use was associated with lower need for invasive ventilation for 200 mg/L threshold (odds ratio [95% C.I.] = 0.52 [0.30, 0.91]). In contrast, no outcome benefit was observed at CRP threshold of 50. When the model interaction was tested, steroids were more effective at reducing mortality as CRP levels increased.

CONCLUSION: Biomarker-concordant corticosteroid treatment was associated with lower odds of in-hospital mortality in severe COVID-19.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:38

Enthalten in:

Journal of intensive care medicine - 38(2023), 11 vom: 25. Nov., Seite 1003-1014

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tekin, Aysun [VerfasserIn]
Domecq, Juan P [VerfasserIn]
Valencia Morales, Diana J [VerfasserIn]
Surapeneni, Krishna Mohan [VerfasserIn]
Zabolotskikh, Igor B [VerfasserIn]
Cartin-Ceba, Rodrigo [VerfasserIn]
Clevenbergh, Philippe [VerfasserIn]
Mesland, Jean-Baptiste [VerfasserIn]
Claure-Del Granado, Rolando [VerfasserIn]
Gavidia, Oscar Y [VerfasserIn]
Kumar, Vishakha K [VerfasserIn]
Kashyap, Rahul [VerfasserIn]
Walkey, Allan J [VerfasserIn]
Gajic, Ognjen [VerfasserIn]
Odeyemi, Yewande [VerfasserIn]
From the Society of Critical Care Medicine Discovery Viral Infection and Respiratory Illness Universal Study (VIRUS): COVID-19 Registry Investigator Group [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Anti-inflammatory therapy
Biomarker-concordant
Biomarkers
C-reactive protein
Coronavirus disease-2019
Corticosteroids
Journal Article
Oxygen
S88TT14065
Steroids

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Date Completed 23.10.2023

Date Revised 23.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1177/08850666231177200

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM357288610