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ArticleJournal of pharmaceutical health care and sciences2022

Prognostic factors in patients with septic disseminated intravascular coagulation treated with thrombomodulin: the effect of reduced thrombomodulin dose; a single-center, retrospective, observational study.

Yoshihiro Nishita, Masatoshi Taga, Masaru Sakurai, Yoshitsugu Iinuma, Togen Masauji

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Yoshihiro NishitaDepartment of Pharmacy, Kanazawa Medical University Hospital, 1-1 Daigaku, Uchinada-cho, Kahoku-gun, Ishikawa, 920-0293, Japan. yoshi-n@kanazawa-med.ac.jp.
Masatoshi TagaDepartment of Pharmacy, Kanazawa Medical University Hospital, 1-1 Daigaku, Uchinada-cho, Kahoku-gun, Ishikawa, 920-0293, Japan.
Masaru SakuraiDepartment of Social and Environmental Medicine, Kanazawa Medical University, 1-1 Daigaku, Uchinada-cho, Kahoku-gun, Ishikawa, 920-0293, Japan.
Yoshitsugu IinumaDepartment of Infectious Disease, Kanazawa Medical University, 1-1 Daigaku, Uchinada-cho, Kahoku-gun, Ishikawa, 920-0293, Japan.
Togen MasaujiDepartment of Pharmacy, Kanazawa Medical University Hospital, 1-1 Daigaku, Uchinada-cho, Kahoku-gun, Ishikawa, 920-0293, Japan.
Kanazawa Medical University Hospital · JPKanazawa Medical University · JP

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Abstract

backgroundHuman soluble recombinant thrombomodulin (TM alfa), a treatment for septic Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), is recommended for patients with severe renal dysfunction in reduced doses. However, no studies have examined yet how dose reduction affects clinical efficacy. In this study, we investigated the significance of the TM alfa dose as a prognostic factor in clarifying the clinical background factors related to the clinical effect of TM alfa in patients with septic DIC.

methodsThis study involved 102 patients with septic DIC admitted to a single-center intensive care unit between April 2013 and March 2020, receiving TM alfa. The following factors were retrospectively collected from the medical records of the target patients: (1) patient background, (2) sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) score, (3) Japanese Association for Acute Medicine DIC diagnostic criteria score, (4) DIC treatment information, (5) TM alfa dose per bodyweight (normal dose: 0.06 mg/kg or reduced dose: 0.02 mg/kg), (6) DIC resolution within 7 days after the start of TM alfa administration (DIC resolution), (7) all deaths within 30 days after the start of TM alfa administration (30-days-all-cause mortality), (8) presence or absence of new hemorrhagic side effects after the start of TM alfa administration. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to assess factors associated with DIC resolution and 30-days-all-cause mortality.

resultsThe SOFA score (odds ratio: 95% confidence interval, 0.76: 0.66-0.89), pneumonia (0.24: 0.08-0.75), and reduced dose administration of TM alfa (0.23: 0.08-0.66) were independent of and negatively related to the DIC resolution. For the 30-days-all-cause mortality, the SOFA score (1.66: 1.31-2.09), pneumonia (9.50: 2.49-36.25), and TM alfa dose reduction (3.52: 1.06-11.69) were independent, poor prognostic factors. We found no association between the hemorrhagic side effects and the TM alfa dose per bodyweight.

conclusionsThe reduced dose of TM alfa for patients with severe renal dysfunction was observed to be an influential factor for DIC resolution and 30-day all-cause mortality, as were SOFA scores and pneumonia. Further studies are required in the future to verify this finding.

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DIC resolutionDisseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)Dose reductionHuman soluble thrombomodulin alfaSepsis

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