Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

2022

Publication Title

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Abstract

RATIONALE: COVID-19 is widely heterogeneous in presentation, even across patients with similar demographics and medical history. Identification of subphenotypes based on host immune responses that are biologically discrete and predict outcomes may enable personalized COVID-19 therapies. Accordingly, using a composite of electronic health record (EHR) data and 36 research biomarkers, we sought to compare COVID-19 immune responses across patients of varying disease severity, identify subphenotypes within hospitalized COVID-19 patients, and test for heterogeneity of treatment effect (HTE) to intravenous corticosteroids across these subphenotypes. METHODS: In this multicenter retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data, patients presenting to three medical centers from March, 2020 to May, 2021 were eligible if they had a positive PCR test or ICD10 code indicative of COVID-19. Plasma protein biomarkers were measured from specimens acquired during routine clinical care, and values were compared across outpatients, inpatients not requiring intensive care (non-ICU), and inpatients requiring intensive care (ICU). Latent Profile Analysis (LPA), using both EHR data and biomarkers, was used to identify subphenotypes of COVID-19 inpatients. HTE for corticosteroid use among LPA classes was evaluated using an adjusted logistic regression model for in-hospital mortality. RESULTS: For most biomarkers, significantly different levels were observed between COVID-19 outpatients (n= 153), non-ICU (n = 229), and ICU patients (n = 170) with an increasing trend following severity of illness. Variables with the greatest observed differences included sTREM-1, IL-6, procalcitonin, and IL-8. TRAIL was a notable exception with outpatients showing higher values. LPA identified two classes with 270 patients in Class 1 and 129 in Class 2. Class 2 had higher circulating inflammatory markers, such as IL-6, MIP-3α, angiopoietin-2, and IL-8 (Figure). In contrast, higher levels of albumin and bicarbonate characterized Class 1. Class 2 had significantly longer median length of stay (8.6 days [IQR 4.9, 16.1] vs 4.7 days [IQR 2.5, 7.7] p

Volume

205

Issue

Meeting Abstracts

First Page

A3436

Last Page

A3436

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