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Trial reportFrontiers in immunology2022

Cytokine levels associated with favorable clinical outcome in the CAPSID randomized trial of convalescent plasma in patients with severe COVID-19.

Sixten Körper, Eva Vanessa Schrezenmeier, Hector Rincon-Arevalo, Beate Grüner, Daniel Zickler, Manfred Weiss, Thomas Wiesmann, Kai Zacharowski, Johannes Kalbhenn, Martin Bentz and 15 more

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In one paragraph

Trial report in Frontiers in immunology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04433910 (A Randomized, Prospective, Open Label Clinical Trial on the Use of Convalescent Plasma Compared to Best Supportive Care in Patients With Severe COVID-19), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper.

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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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NCT04433910 phase2completednot on this map

A Randomized, Prospective, Open Label Clinical Trial on the Use of Convalescent Plasma Compared to Best Supportive Care in Patients With Severe COVID-19

TypeinterventionalSponsorDeutsches Rotes Kreuz DRK-Blutspendedienst Baden-Wurttemberg-HessenRan2020 to 2022Enrolled106ConditionsCOVID-19ArmsConvalesscent Plasma
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 6 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

25 authors at 11 institutions in 2 countries.

Sixten KörperInstitute for Clinical Transfusion Medicine and Immunogenetics Ulm, German Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service Baden-Württemberg-Hessen and University Hospital Ulm and Institute of Transfusion Medicine, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
Eva Vanessa SchrezenmeierDepartment of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Free University Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.
Hector Rincon-ArevaloDepartment of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Free University Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.
Beate GrünerDivision of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital and Medical Center Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
Daniel ZicklerDepartment of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Free University Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.
Manfred WeissDepartment of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.
Thomas WiesmannDepartment of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Phillips-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
Kai ZacharowskiClinic of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.
Johannes KalbhennClinic of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine University Medical Center of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Martin BentzDepartment of Internal Medicine III, Hospital of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Matthias M DollingerMedical Clinic I, Klinikum Landshut, Landshut, Germany.
Gregor PaulDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Pneumology and Infectious Diseases, Klinikum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.
Philipp M LepperDepartment of Internal Medicine V - Pneumology, Allergology, Intensive Care Medicine, Saarland University Hospital, Homburg, Germany.
Lucas ErnstDepartment of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Free University Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.
Hinnerk WulfDepartment of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.
Sebastian ZinnDepartment of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Phillips-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
Thomas ApplInstitute for Clinical Transfusion Medicine and Immunogenetics Ulm, German Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service Baden-Württemberg-Hessen and University Hospital Ulm and Institute of Transfusion Medicine, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
Bernd JahrsdörferInstitute for Clinical Transfusion Medicine and Immunogenetics Ulm, German Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service Baden-Württemberg-Hessen and University Hospital Ulm and Institute of Transfusion Medicine, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
Markus RojewskiInstitute for Clinical Transfusion Medicine and Immunogenetics Ulm, German Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service Baden-Württemberg-Hessen and University Hospital Ulm and Institute of Transfusion Medicine, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
Ramin LotfiInstitute for Clinical Transfusion Medicine and Immunogenetics Ulm, German Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service Baden-Württemberg-Hessen and University Hospital Ulm and Institute of Transfusion Medicine, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
Thomas DörnerDepartment of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Bettina JungwirthDepartment of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.
Erhard SeifriedInstitute of Transfusion Medicine and Immunohematology, German Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service Baden-Württemberg - Hessen, Frankfurt, Germany.
Daniel FürstInstitute for Clinical Transfusion Medicine and Immunogenetics Ulm, German Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service Baden-Württemberg-Hessen and University Hospital Ulm and Institute of Transfusion Medicine, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
Hubert SchrezenmeierInstitute for Clinical Transfusion Medicine and Immunogenetics Ulm, German Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service Baden-Württemberg-Hessen and University Hospital Ulm and Institute of Transfusion Medicine, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
University Hospital Ulm · DEGerman Red Cross · DECharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DEUniversität Ulm · DEHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin · DEPhilipps University of Marburg · DEKlinikum Stuttgart · DESaarland University · DEUniversity Hospital Frankfurt · DEUniversity Medical Center Freiburg · DEUniversity of Applied Sciences Landshut · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: To determine the profile of cytokines in patients with severe COVID-19 who were enrolled in a trial of COVID-19 convalescent plasma (CCP). Methods: Patients were randomized to receive standard treatment and 3 CCP units or standard treatment alone (CAPSID trial, ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04433910). The primary outcome was a dichotomous composite outcome (survival and no longer severe COVID-19 on day 21). Time to clinical improvement was a key secondary endpoint. The concentrations of 27 cytokines were measured (baseline, day 7). We analyzed the change and the correlation between serum cytokine levels over time in different subgroups and the prediction of outcome in receiver operating characteristics (ROC) analyses and in multivariate models. Results: The majority of cytokines showed significant changes from baseline to day 7. Some were strongly correlated amongst each other (at baseline the cluster IL-1ß, IL-2, IL-6, IL-8, G-CSF, MIP-1α, the cluster PDGF-BB, RANTES or the cluster IL-4, IL-17, Eotaxin, bFGF, TNF-α). The correlation matrix substantially changed from baseline to day 7. The heatmaps of the absolute values of the correlation matrix indicated an association of CCP treatment and clinical outcome with the cytokine pattern. Low levels of IP-10, IFN-γ, MCP-1 and IL-1ß on day 0 were predictive of treatment success in a ROC analysis. In multivariate models, low levels of IL-1ß, IFN-γ and MCP-1 on day 0 were significantly associated with both treatment success and shorter time to clinical improvement. Low levels of IP-10, IL-1RA, IL-6, MCP-1 and IFN-γ on day 7 and high levels of IL-9, PDGF and RANTES on day 7 were predictive of treatment success in ROC analyses. Low levels of IP-10, MCP-1 and high levels of RANTES, on day 7 were associated with both treatment success and shorter time to clinical improvement in multivariate models. Conclusion: This analysis demonstrates a considerable dynamic of cytokines over time, which is influenced by both treatment and clinical course of COVID-19. Levels of IL-1ß and MCP-1 at baseline and MCP-1, IP-10 and RANTES on day 7 were associated with a favorable outcome across several endpoints. These cytokines should be included in future trials for further evaluation as predictive factors.

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COVID-19CytokinesBecaplerminCapsidChemokine CCL3Chemokine CXCL10COVID-19 SerotherapyGranulocyte Colony-Stimulating FactorHumansInterleukin-17Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist ProteinInterleukin-2Interleukin-4Interleukin-6Interleukin-8Interleukin-9BecaplerminChemokine CCL3Chemokine CXCL10CytokinesGranulocyte Colony-Stimulating FactorInterleukin-17Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist ProteinInterleukin-2Interleukin-4Interleukin-6Interleukin-8Interleukin-9Tumor Necrosis Factor-alphachemokinesconvalescent plasmaCOVID-19interleukinspredictive factorsrandomized trial

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PMID36275695
PMCPMC9582990
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