Statins for the Early Treatment of Sepsis

Summary

We propose a Phase II, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial to test the hypothesis that treatment with once-daily statins has a beneficial effect on inflammatory cytokines and clinical outcomes in adults hospitalized with sepsis. As our animal models suggest pretreatment with statins are required for their beneficial effects, we propose a study design intended to identify patients and initiate treatment early in their hospital stay. This Phase II study is intended to assess the feasibility of conducting a large-scale investigator-initiated translational research protocol that involves multiple clinical services within the Department of Medicine.

Timeline

Start

2008-02

Primary completion

2011-09

Completion

2011-09

Publications

• Background Oba Y, Salzman GA. Ventilation with lower tidal volumes as compared with traditional tidal volumes for acute lung injury. N Engl J Med. 2000 Sep 14;343(11):813; author reply 813-4. No abstract available.
• Background Almog Y, Shefer A, Novack V, Maimon N, Barski L, Eizinger M, Friger M, Zeller L, Danon A. Prior statin therapy is associated with a decreased rate of severe sepsis. Circulation. 2004 Aug 17;110(7):880-5. doi: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000138932.17956.F1. Epub 2004 Aug 2.
• Background American College of Chest Physicians/Society of Critical Care Medicine Consensus Conference: definitions for sepsis and organ failure and guidelines for the use of innovative therapies in sepsis. Crit Care Med. 1992 Jun;20(6):864-74.
• Background Dunbar LM, Wunderink RG, Habib MP, Smith LG, Tennenberg AM, Khashab MM, Wiesinger BA, Xiang JX, Zadeikis N, Kahn JB. High-dose, short-course levofloxacin for community-acquired pneumonia: a new treatment paradigm. Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Sep 15;37(6):752-60. doi: 10.1086/377539. Epub 2003 Aug 28.
• Background Greenwood J, Walters CE, Pryce G, Kanuga N, Beraud E, Baker D, Adamson P. Lovastatin inhibits brain endothelial cell Rho-mediated lymphocyte migration and attenuates experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. FASEB J. 2003 May;17(8):905-7. doi: 10.1096/fj.02-1014fje. Epub 2003 Mar 5.
• Background Gupta R, Plantinga LC, Fink NE, Melamed ML, Coresh J, Fox CS, Levin NW, Powe NR. Statin use and sepsis events [corrected] in patients with chronic kidney disease. JAMA. 2007 Apr 4;297(13):1455-64. doi: 10.1001/jama.297.13.1455.
• Background Hackam DG, Mamdani M, Li P, Redelmeier DA. Statins and sepsis in patients with cardiovascular disease: a population-based cohort analysis. Lancet. 2006 Feb 4;367(9508):413-8. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68041-0.
• Background Jacobson JR, Barnard JW, Grigoryev DN, Ma SF, Tuder RM, Garcia JG. Simvastatin attenuates vascular leak and inflammation in murine inflammatory lung injury. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2005 Jun;288(6):L1026-32. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00354.2004. Epub 2005 Jan 21.
• Background Leung BP, Sattar N, Crilly A, Prach M, McCarey DW, Payne H, Madhok R, Campbell C, Gracie JA, Liew FY, McInnes IB. A novel anti-inflammatory role for simvastatin in inflammatory arthritis. J Immunol. 2003 Feb 1;170(3):1524-30. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.170.3.1524.
• Background Liappis AP, Kan VL, Rochester CG, Simon GL. The effect of statins on mortality in patients with bacteremia. Clin Infect Dis. 2001 Oct 15;33(8):1352-7. doi: 10.1086/323334. Epub 2001 Sep 20.
• Background Majumdar SR, McAlister FA, Eurich DT, Padwal RS, Marrie TJ. Statins and outcomes in patients admitted to hospital with community acquired pneumonia: population based prospective cohort study. BMJ. 2006 Nov 11;333(7576):999. doi: 10.1136/bmj.38992.565972.7C. Epub 2006 Oct 23.
• Background Merx MW, Liehn EA, Graf J, van de Sandt A, Schaltenbrand M, Schrader J, Hanrath P, Weber C. Statin treatment after onset of sepsis in a murine model improves survival. Circulation. 2005 Jul 5;112(1):117-24. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.104.502195.
• Background Naidu BV, Woolley SM, Farivar AS, Thomas R, Fraga C, Mulligan MS. Simvastatin ameliorates injury in an experimental model of lung ischemia-reperfusion. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2003 Aug;126(2):482-9. doi: 10.1016/s0022-5223(03)00699-8.
• Background Schmidt H, Hennen R, Keller A, Russ M, Muller-Werdan U, Werdan K, Buerke M. Association of statin therapy and increased survival in patients with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. Intensive Care Med. 2006 Aug;32(8):1248-51. doi: 10.1007/s00134-006-0246-y. Epub 2006 Jun 21.
• Background Thomsen RW, Hundborg HH, Johnsen SP, Pedersen L, Sorensen HT, Schonheyder HC, Lervang HH. Statin use and mortality within 180 days after bacteremia: a population-based cohort study. Crit Care Med. 2006 Apr;34(4):1080-6. doi: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000207345.92928.E4.
• Background Yasuda H, Yuen PS, Hu X, Zhou H, Star RA. Simvastatin improves sepsis-induced mortality and acute kidney injury via renal vascular effects. Kidney Int. 2006 May;69(9):1535-42. doi: 10.1038/sj.ki.5000300.
• Dobesh PP, Olsen KM. Statins role in the prevention and treatment of sepsis. Pharmacol Res. 2014 Oct;88:31-40. doi: 10.1016/j.phrs.2014.04.010. Epub 2014 May 2.

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