Sepsis & infection

Targeted therapy using polymyxin B hemadsorption in patients with sepsis: a post-hoc analysis of the JSEPTIC-DIC study and the EUPHRATES trial

Crit CarePublished Post-hoc analysis of the JSEPTIC-DIC observational study and the EUPHRATES randomised trial

Primary result · 28-day survival in targeted subpopulation (PT-INR > 1.4 or lactate > 3 mmol/L), EUPHRATES cohortResult — go to the resultTreatment effect + 16% 95% CI + 2.2% to + 30%

Authors' conclusion

Abnormal coagulation and hyperlactatemia in septic patients with high endotoxin activity appear to be helpful to identify patients who may benefit most from PMX-HA.

Study context

Population
Patients with sepsis (JSEPTIC-DIC, Japan) and endotoxemic septic shock with high endotoxin activity (EUPHRATES, North America)1,911 JSEPTIC-DIC
Comparison
PMX-HA vs control in the targeted subpopulation
Primary endpoint
28-day survival
Follow-up
28 days
Methodological detailsmachine learning-based causal forest model, derivation (JSEPTIC-DIC) and validation (EUPHRATES) cohorts, subgroup analysis
  • Machine learning-based causal forest model
  • Derivation (JSEPTIC-DIC) and validation (EUPHRATES) cohorts
  • Subgroup analysis

Primary result

As reported in the abstract

28-day survival in targeted subpopulation (PT-INR > 1.4 or lactate > 3 mmol/L), EUPHRATES cohort

Treatment effect

+ 16%

95% CI + 2.2% to + 30%

P = 0.02

By group

Original publication

Targeted therapy using polymyxin B hemadsorption in patients with sepsis: a post-hoc analysis of the JSEPTIC-DIC study and the EUPHRATES trial. Crit Care. Published 21 June 2023. doi:10.1186/s13054-023-04533-3

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