Waseem Amjad1, Joseph Alukal1, Iliana Doycheva1, Talan Zhang1, Anurag Maheshwari1,2, Hwan Yoo1, Paul J Thuluvath3,4. 1. Institute of Digestive Heath and Liver Diseases, Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, 21202, USA. 2. Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. 3. Institute of Digestive Heath and Liver Diseases, Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, 21202, USA. thuluvath@gmail.com. 4. Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. thuluvath@gmail.com.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: In this study, we assessed whether there were any survival advantages with a combination treatment of intravenous N-acetylcysteine (NAC) and prednisone over prednisone alone in those with severe alcoholic hepatitis [discriminant function (DF) ≥ 32]. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Between January 1, 2013, and February 28, 2019, we identified 68 patients (mean age 47.2 years ± 10.1, 57% women, 65% cirrhosis, MELD score 28.1 ± 6.6) with alcoholic hepatitis, and of those, 21 (31%) received prednisone and 47 (69%) received prednisone + NAC. Lille score ≥ 0.45 was considered a poor response. Renal insufficiency was defined as GFR < 60 ml/min/1.73m2 calculated on two separate occasions. RESULTS: DF (74.2 ± 33.6 vs. 56.9 ± 15.9, p = 0.09) was similar, but MELD (29.2 ± 6.3 vs. 25.5 ± 6.4, p = 0.03) scores were higher in the combination group. The overall 30-day and 90-day mortality was 13.2% (9/68) and 20.6% (14/68), respectively. Women were more likely (OR 4.86, 95% CI 1.62-14.59) to respond to treatment based on Lille score compared to men, but the type of treatment regimen had no effect on Lille score (OR 0.84, 95% CI 0.25-2.78). Treatment regimen had no effect on both adjusted and unadjusted survivals. Multivariate analysis, after adjusting for confounding variables, confirmed these observations. DF + renal insufficiency had the highest AUROC (0.86) to predict mortality. CONCLUSION: The combination treatment of NAC + prednisone is not better than prednisone alone in patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis.
INTRODUCTION: In this study, we assessed whether there were any survival advantages with a combination treatment of intravenous N-acetylcysteine (NAC) and prednisone over prednisone alone in those with severe alcoholic hepatitis [discriminant function (DF) ≥ 32]. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Between January 1, 2013, and February 28, 2019, we identified 68 patients (mean age 47.2 years ± 10.1, 57% women, 65% cirrhosis, MELD score 28.1 ± 6.6) with alcoholic hepatitis, and of those, 21 (31%) received prednisone and 47 (69%) received prednisone + NAC. Lille score ≥ 0.45 was considered a poor response. Renal insufficiency was defined as GFR < 60 ml/min/1.73m2 calculated on two separate occasions. RESULTS: DF (74.2 ± 33.6 vs. 56.9 ± 15.9, p = 0.09) was similar, but MELD (29.2 ± 6.3 vs. 25.5 ± 6.4, p = 0.03) scores were higher in the combination group. The overall 30-day and 90-day mortality was 13.2% (9/68) and 20.6% (14/68), respectively. Women were more likely (OR 4.86, 95% CI 1.62-14.59) to respond to treatment based on Lille score compared to men, but the type of treatment regimen had no effect on Lille score (OR 0.84, 95% CI 0.25-2.78). Treatment regimen had no effect on both adjusted and unadjusted survivals. Multivariate analysis, after adjusting for confounding variables, confirmed these observations. DF + renal insufficiency had the highest AUROC (0.86) to predict mortality. CONCLUSION: The combination treatment of NAC + prednisone is not better than prednisone alone in patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis.
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Alcoholic hepatitis; Child–Pugh score; Combination treatment with NAC and prednisone; Discriminant function; Glasgow alcoholic hepatitis score; Lille score; Model for end-stage liver diseases; N-acetylcysteine; Prednisone; Renal insufficiency
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