Early Anakinra Treatment for COVID-19 Guided by Urokinase Plasminogen Receptor

ABSTRACT Background In a previous open-label trial, early anakinra treatment guided by elevated soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) prevented progression of COVID-19 pneumonia into respiratory failure.Methods In the SAVE-MORE multicenter trial, 594 hospitalized patients with moderate and severe COVID-19 pneumonia and plasma suPAR 6 ng/ml or more and receiving standard-of-care were 1:2 randomized to subcutaneous treatment with placebo or 100 mg anakinra once daily for 10 days. The primary endpoint was the overall clinical status of the 11-point World Health Organization ordinal Clinical Progression Scale (WHO-CPS) at day 28. The changes of the WHO-CPS and of the sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) score were the main secondary endpoints.Results Anakinra-treated patients were distributed to lower strata of WHO-CPS by day 28 (adjusted odds ratio-OR 0.36; 95%CI 0.26-0.50; P&lt;0.001); anakinra protected from severe disease or death (6 or more points of WHO-CPS) (OR: 0.46; P: 0.010). The median absolute decrease of WHO-CPS in the placebo and anakinra groups from baseline was 3 and 4 points respectively at day 28 (OR 0.40; P&lt;0.0001); and 2 and 3 points at day 14 (OR 0.63; P: 0.003); the absolute decrease of SOFA score was 0 and 1 points (OR 0.63; P: 0.004). 28-day mortality decreased (hazard ratio: 0.45; P: 0.045). Hospital stay was shorter.Conclusions Early start of anakinra treatment guided by suPAR provides 2.78 times better improvement of overall clinical status in moderate and severe COVID-19 pneumonia.(Sponsored by the Hellenic Institute for the Study of Sepsis<jats:ext-link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://ClinicalTrials.gov">ClinicalTrials.gov</jats:ext-link>identifier,<jats:ext-link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" ext-link-type="clintrialgov" xlink:href="NCT04680949">NCT04680949</jats:ext-link>).

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Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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bioRxiv.org - (2022) vom: 27. Dez. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2022

Sprache:

Englisch

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Kyriazopoulou, Evdoxia [VerfasserIn]
Poulakou, Garyfallia [VerfasserIn]
Milionis, Haralampos [VerfasserIn]
Metallidis, Simeon [VerfasserIn]
Adamis, Georgios [VerfasserIn]
Tsiakos, Konstantinos [VerfasserIn]
Fragkou, Archontoula [VerfasserIn]
Rapti, Aggeliki [VerfasserIn]
Damoulari, Christina [VerfasserIn]
Fantoni, Massimo [VerfasserIn]
Kalomenidis, Ioannis [VerfasserIn]
Chrysos, Georgios [VerfasserIn]
Angheben, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Kainis, Ilias [VerfasserIn]
Alexiou, Zoi [VerfasserIn]
Castelli, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Serino, Francesco Saverio [VerfasserIn]
Bakakos, Petros [VerfasserIn]
Nicastri, Emanuele [VerfasserIn]
Tzavara, Vassiliki [VerfasserIn]
Kostis, Evangelos [VerfasserIn]
Dagna, Lorenzo [VerfasserIn]
Koufargyris, Panagiotis [VerfasserIn]
Dimakou, Katerina [VerfasserIn]
Tzatzagou, Glykeria [VerfasserIn]
Chini, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Bassetti, Matteo [VerfasserIn]
Katrini, Konstantina [VerfasserIn]
Kotsis, Vasileios [VerfasserIn]
Tsoukalas, George [VerfasserIn]
Selmi, Carlo [VerfasserIn]
Bliziotis, Ioannis [VerfasserIn]
Samarkos, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Doumas, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Ktena, Sofia [VerfasserIn]
Masgala, Aikaterini [VerfasserIn]
Papanikolaou, Ilias [VerfasserIn]
Argyraki, Aikaterini [VerfasserIn]
Cardellino, Chiara Simona [VerfasserIn]
Katsigianni, Eleni-Ioanna [VerfasserIn]
Giannitsioti, Efthymia [VerfasserIn]
Cingolani, Antonella [VerfasserIn]
Akinosoglou, Karolina [VerfasserIn]
Liatsis-Douvitsas, Orestis [VerfasserIn]
Symbardi, Styliani [VerfasserIn]
Mouktaroudi, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Ippolito, Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
Florou, Eleni [VerfasserIn]
Kotsaki, Antigone [VerfasserIn]
Netea, Mihai G. [VerfasserIn]
Eugen-Olsen, Jesper [VerfasserIn]
Kyprianou, Miltiades [VerfasserIn]
Panagopoulos, Periklis [VerfasserIn]
Dalekos, George N. [VerfasserIn]
Giamarellos-Bourboulis, Evangelos J. [VerfasserIn]

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doi:

10.1101/2021.05.16.21257283

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