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Trial reportScientific reports2017

Plasma metabolomic profile varies with glucocorticoid dose in patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia.

Mohammad A Alwashih, David G Watson, Ruth Andrew, Roland H Stimson, Manal Alossaimi, Gavin Blackburn, Brian R Walker

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Trial report in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 39% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Mohammad A AlwashihStrathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G4 0RE, UK.
David G WatsonStrathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G4 0RE, UK. d.g.watson@strath.ac.uk.
Ruth AndrewBHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science, Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH16 4TJ, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6916-2994
Roland H StimsonBHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science, Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH16 4TJ, UK.
Manal AlossaimiStrathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G4 0RE, UK.
Gavin BlackburnGlasgow Polyomics, Wolfson Wohl Cancer Research Centre, College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Garscube Estate Switchback Road, Bearsden, G61 1QH, UK.
Brian R WalkerBHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science, Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH16 4TJ, UK.
The Queen's Medical Research Institute · GBUniversity of Strathclyde · GBUniversity of Glasgow · GB

Funding

British Heart Foundation RG/11/4/28734Medical Research Council MR/K010271/1Wellcome Trust 107049/Z/15/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glucocorticoid replacement therapy is the mainstay of treatment for congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) but has a narrow therapeutic index and dose optimisation is challenging. Metabolomic profiling was carried out on plasma samples from 117 adults with 21-hydroxylase deficiency receiving their usual glucocorticoid replacement therapy who were part of the CaHASE study. Samples were profiled by using hydrophilic interaction chromatography with high resolution mass spectrometry. The patients were also profiled using nine routine clinical measures. The data were modelled by using both multivariate and univariate statistics by using the clinical metadata to inform the choice of patient groupings. Comparison of 382 metabolites amongst groups receiving different glucocorticoid doses revealed a clear distinction between patients receiving ≤5 mg (n = 64) and >5 mg (n = 53) daily prednisolone-equivalent doses. The 24 metabolites which were statistically significantly different between groups included free fatty acids, bile acids, and amino acid metabolites. Using 7 metabolites improved the receiver operating characteristic with area under the curve for predicting glucocorticoid dose of >0.9 with FDR adjusted P values in the range 3.3 E-04 -1.9 E-10. A combination of seven plasma metabolite biomarkers readily discriminates supraphysiological glucocorticoid replacement doses in patients with CAH.

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MetabolomeAdrenal Hyperplasia, CongenitalAdultArea Under CurveBiomarkersCross-Sectional StudiesDiscriminant AnalysisDose-Response Relationship, DrugGlucocorticoidsHumansHydrophobic and Hydrophilic InteractionsLeast-Squares AnalysisMass SpectrometryMiddle AgedROC CurveBiomarkersGlucocorticoids

Identifiers

PMID29213133
PMCPMC5719028
OpenAlexW2773346847

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