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Effects of Albumin Treatment on Systemic and Portal Hemodynamics and Systemic Inflammation in Patients With Decompensated Cirrhosis

Fernández, J; Clària, J; Amorós, A; Aguilar, F; Castro, M; Casulleras, M; Acevedo, J; ... Arroyo, V; + view all (2019) Effects of Albumin Treatment on Systemic and Portal Hemodynamics and Systemic Inflammation in Patients With Decompensated Cirrhosis. Gastroenterology 10.1053/j.gastro.2019.03.021. (In press). Green open access

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Abstract

BACKGROUND & AIMS: We investigated the effect of albumin treatment (20% solution) on hypoalbuminemia, cardiocirculatory dysfunction, portal hypertension, and systemic inflammation in patients with decompensated cirrhosis with and without bacterial infections. METHODS: We performed a prospective study to assess the effects of long-term (12 weeks) treatment with low doses of albumin (1 g/kg body weight every 2 weeks), and high doses (1.5 g/kg every week), on serum albumin, plasma renin, cardiocirculatory function, portal pressure, and plasma levels of cytokines, collecting data from 18 patients without bacterial infections (the Pilot-PRECIOSA study). We also assessed the effect of short-term (1 week) treatment with antibiotics alone vs. the combination of albumin plus antibiotics (1.5 g/kg on day 1 and 1 g/kg at day 3) on plasma levels of cytokines in biobanked samples from 78 patients with bacterial infections included in a randomized controlled trial (INFECIR-2 study). RESULTS: Circulatory dysfunction and systemic inflammation were extremely unstable in many patients included in the pilot-PRECIOSA study; these patients had intense and reversible peaks in plasma levels of renin and interleukin 6 (IL6). Long-term high-dose albumin but not low-dose albumin was associated with normalization of serum level of albumin, improved stability of the circulation and left ventricular function, and reduced plasma levels of cytokines (IL6, GCSF, IL1RN, and VEGF) without significant changes in portal pressure. The immune-modulatory effects of albumin observed in the Pilot-PRECIOSA study were confirmed in the INFECIR-2 study. In this study, patients given albumin had significant reductions in plasma levels of cytokines. CONCLUSIONS: In an analysis of data from 2 trials (pilot-PRECIOSA study and INFECIR-2 study) we found that albumin treatment reduces systemic inflammation and cardiocirculatory dysfunction in patients with decompensated cirrhosis. These effects might be responsible for the beneficial effects of albumin therapy on outcomes of patients with decompensated cirrhosis. ClinicalTrials.gov no: NCT00968695 and NCT03451292.

Type: Article
Title: Effects of Albumin Treatment on Systemic and Portal Hemodynamics and Systemic Inflammation in Patients With Decompensated Cirrhosis
Location: United States
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2019.03.021
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2019.03.021
Language: English
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Keywords: Liver-related complications, immune response, interventional trials, splanchnic hemodynamics
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine > Inst for Liver and Digestive Hlth
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10074537
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