Département Anesthésie Réanimation, CHU Angers, Université D'Angers, 4 rue Larrey, 49933, Angers Cedex 9, France.
Département Médecine Intensive Réanimation, CHU Angers, Université D'Angers, Angers, France.
Crit Care. 2021 Feb 15;25(1):62. doi: 10.1186/s13054-020-03430-3.
Anemia is a significant problem in patients on ICU. Its commonest cause, iron deficiency (ID), is difficult to diagnose in the context of inflammation. Hepcidin is a new marker of ID. We aimed to assess whether hepcidin levels would accurately guide treatment of ID in critically ill anemic patients after a prolonged ICU stay and affect the post-ICU outcomes.
In a controlled, single-blinded, multicenter study, anemic (WHO definition) critically ill patients with an ICU stay ≥ 5 days were randomized when discharge was expected to either intervention by hepcidin treatment protocol or control. In the intervention arm, patients were treated with intravenous iron (1 g of ferric carboxymaltose) when hepcidin was < 20 μg/l and with intravenous iron and erythropoietin for 20 ≤ hepcidin < 41 μg/l. Control patients were treated according to standard care (hepcidin quantification remained blinded). Primary endpoint was the number of days spent in hospital 90 days after ICU discharge (post-ICU LOS). Secondary endpoints were day 15 anemia, day 30 fatigue, day 90 mortality and 1-year survival.
Of 405 randomized patients, 399 were analyzed (201 in intervention and 198 in control arm). A total of 220 patients (55%) had ID at discharge (i.e., a hepcidin < 41 μg/l). Primary endpoint was not different (medians (IQR) post-ICU LOS 33(13;90) vs. 33(11;90) days for intervention and control, respectively, median difference - 1(- 3;1) days, p = 0.78). D90 mortality was significantly lower in intervention arm (16(8%) vs 33(16.6%) deaths, absolute risk difference - 8.7 (- 15.1 to - 2.3)%, p = 0.008, OR 95% IC, 0.46, 0.22-0.94, p = 0.035), and one-year survival was improved (p = 0.04).
Treatment of ID diagnosed according to hepcidin levels did not reduce the post-ICU LOS, but was associated with a significant reduction in D90 mortality and with improved 1-year survival in critically ill patients about to be discharged after a prolonged stay.
www.clinicaltrial.gov NCT02276690 (October 28, 2014; retrospectively registered).
贫血是 ICU 患者的一个严重问题。其最常见的原因是铁缺乏症(ID),而在炎症的情况下,ID 很难被诊断。铁调素是 ID 的一个新标志物。我们旨在评估铁调素水平是否能准确指导长期 ICU 住院后贫血危重病患者的 ID 治疗,并影响 ICU 后的结果。
在一项对照、单盲、多中心研究中,当预计患者将出院时,将 ICU 住院时间≥5 天的贫血(世界卫生组织定义)危重病患者随机分配至接受铁调素治疗方案干预或对照组。在干预组中,当铁调素<20μg/l 时,给予患者静脉注射铁(1g 羧基麦芽糖铁),当 20≤铁调素<41μg/l 时,给予患者静脉注射铁和促红细胞生成素。对照组患者根据标准治疗进行治疗(铁调素定量仍保持盲法)。主要终点是 ICU 出院后 90 天的住院天数(ICU 后 LOS)。次要终点是第 15 天贫血、第 30 天疲劳、第 90 天死亡率和 1 年生存率。
在 405 名随机患者中,对 399 名患者进行了分析(干预组 201 名,对照组 198 名)。共有 220 名患者(55%)在出院时存在 ID(即铁调素<41μg/l)。主要终点没有差异(干预组和对照组 ICU 后 LOS 的中位数(IQR)分别为 33(13;90)和 33(11;90)天,中位数差值-1(-3;1)天,p=0.78)。干预组第 90 天死亡率显著降低(16(8%)vs. 33(16.6%)死亡,绝对风险差异-8.7(-15.1 至-2.3)%,p=0.008,OR 95%CI,0.46,0.22-0.94,p=0.035),1 年生存率提高(p=0.04)。
根据铁调素水平诊断并治疗 ID 并没有减少 ICU 后 LOS,但与长期住院后即将出院的危重病患者的第 90 天死亡率显著降低和 1 年生存率提高相关。
www.clinicaltrial.gov NCT02276690(2014 年 10 月 28 日;回溯注册)。