Medications Modulating the Acid Sphingomyelinase/Ceramide System and 28-Day Mortality among Patients with SARS-CoV-2 : An Observational Study

Prior evidence indicates the potential central role of the acid sphingomyelinase (ASM)/ceramide system in the infection of cells with SARS-CoV-2. We conducted a multicenter retrospective observational study including 72,105 adult patients with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection who were admitted to 36 AP-HP (Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris) hospitals from 2 May 2020 to 31 August 2022. We examined the association between the ongoing use of medications functionally inhibiting acid sphingomyelinase (FIASMA), which reduces the infection of cells with SARS-CoV-2 in vitro, upon hospital admission with 28-day all-cause mortality in a 1:1 ratio matched analytic sample based on clinical characteristics, disease severity and other medications (N = 9714). The univariate Cox regression model of the matched analytic sample showed that FIASMA medication use at admission was associated with significantly lower risks of 28-day mortality (HR = 0.80; 95% CI = 0.72-0.88; p < 0.001). In this multicenter observational study, the use of FIASMA medications was significantly and substantially associated with reduced 28-day mortality among adult patients hospitalized with COVID-19. These findings support the continuation of these medications during the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infections. Randomized clinical trials (RCTs) are needed to confirm these results, starting with the molecules with the greatest effect size in the study, e.g., fluoxetine, escitalopram, and amlodipine.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

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Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) - 16(2023), 8 vom: 04. Aug.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hoertel, Nicolas [VerfasserIn]
Rezaei, Katayoun [VerfasserIn]
Sánchez-Rico, Marina [VerfasserIn]
Delgado-Álvarez, Alfonso [VerfasserIn]
Kornhuber, Johannes [VerfasserIn]
Gulbins, Erich [VerfasserIn]
Olfson, Mark [VerfasserIn]
Ouazana-Vedrines, Charles [VerfasserIn]
Carpinteiro, Alexander [VerfasserIn]
Cougoule, Céline [VerfasserIn]
Becker, Katrin Anne [VerfasserIn]
Alvarado, Jesús M [VerfasserIn]
Limosin, Frédéric [VerfasserIn]
On Behalf Of The Ap-Hp/Université Paris Cité/Inserm Covid-Research Collaboration Ap-Hp Covid Cdr Initiative And Entrepôt de Données de Santé Ap-Hp Consortium [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antidepressant
COVID-19
Ceramide
FIASMA
Journal Article
Mortality
SARS-CoV-2

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Date Revised 29.08.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/ph16081107

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM361292058