Prognostic value of serum interleukin-6 and YKL-40 and systemic inflammatory response in patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer.

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (4_suppl) ◽  
pp. 267-267
Author(s):  
Inna Chen ◽  
Christian Dehlendorff ◽  
Benny Vittrup Jensen ◽  
Per Pfeiffer ◽  
Jon K. Bjerregaard ◽  
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267 Background: Interleukin-6 (IL-6) and YKL-40 (CHI3L1) are produced by pancreatic cancer (PC) cells and macrophages and activate inflammation. The aim of this prospective-retrospective biomarker study was to determine the prognostic value of serum IL-6 and YKL-40 and systemic inflammatory response in patients with PC receiving palliative chemotherapy. Methods: 625 patients with PC (M/F: 283/342; age <70 vs. ≥70: 395/230; ECOG PS of 0/1/2/3: 214/315/92/4; stage 3 vs. 4: 129/496; treated with gemcitabine n=437, FOLFIRINOX n=117, gemcitabine and nab-Paclitaxel n=54 or other n=17) were included in the BIOPAC biomarker study from 5 hospitals in Denmark. Pretreatment serum values of IL-6 (R&D Systems), YKL-40 (Quidel), and CA 19-9 (Siemens) were determined. Patients were grouped as low vs. high, dichotomized using cut-off for IL-6 > 4.92 pg/ml, for CA19-9 > 2183 U/ml and for YKL-40 > 95% age-corrected percentile. The main outcome was overall survival (OS) and hazard ratios (HRs) and corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were computed using Cox proportional hazards regression. Results: 598 (95.7%) patients died during follow-up. In univariate analysis elevated IL-6 (HR 1.93, 95% CI 1.63-2.28) and elevated YKL-40 (HR 1.74, 95% CI 1.47-2.05) were associated with short OS. Similar results were found if IL-6 and YKL-40 were included as continuous log2-transformed variables. Multivariable analysis showed that elevated IL-6 (HR 1.61, 95% CI 1.33-1.94), elevated YKL-40 (HR 1.36, 95% CI 1.13-1.64), elevated CA19-9 (HR 1.30, 95% CI 1.09-1.56), higher PS (1 vs. 0; HR 1.46, 95% CI 1.21-1.77 and PS 2 vs. 0; HR 2.73, 95% CI 2.08-3.58) and stage 4 vs. 3 (HR 1.79, 95% CI 1.44-2.24) were independently associated with a poor OS. In a subgroup of 386 patients with available laboratory data, higher C-reactive protein (HR 1.20, 95% CI 1.13-1.26), white blood cells (HR 1.41, 1.17-1.71) and absolute neutrophils count (HR 1.35, 95% CI 1.15-1.59) log2-transformed and adjusted for age, sex, PS, CA 19-9 and stage were associated with short OS. Conclusions: Serum IL-6, YKL-40 and CA19-9 along with CRP, WBC and ANC are independent prognostic biomarkers in patients with unresectable PC.

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e18069-e18069
Author(s):  
Olatunji Boladale Alese ◽  
Renjian Jiang ◽  
Walid Labib Shaib ◽  
Christina Sing-Ying Wu ◽  
Madhusmita Behera ◽  
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e18069 Background: Pancreatic cancer is a disease of the elderly. The treatment and outcomes of young adults with pancreatic cancer has not been well studied. The aim of this study is to describe the treatment, outcomes, and impact of race in young adults with pancreatic cancer. Methods: Data were obtained from all US hospitals that contributed to the National Cancer Database (NCDB) between 2004 and 2013. Univariate and multivariate testing was done to identify factors associated with patient outcome. Kaplan-Meier analysis and Cox proportional hazards models were used to assess the association between patient characteristics, time intervals and survival. Results: A total of 9,657 patients between 18 and 50 years of age were identified. The mean age was 45.4 years (SD±4.6), with a male preponderance (58.3%). Distribution across stages I-IV was 6.1%, 31.1%, 13.9% and 48.8% consecutively, and was similar across all racial groups. About 30.9% of patients underwent resection of the primary pancreatic tumor. Univariate analysis showed survival difference between ages 18-34 vs. 35-50 years old (HR 0.81; 0.71-0.92; p<0.001). On multivariable analysis, Hispanics had significantly higher survival rates than non-Hispanic Whites (NHW) (HR 0.7; 0.64-0.76; p<0.001). Compared to Blacks, Hispanics were more likely to benefit from surgical resection (HR 0.76; 0.61-0.94; p=0.011) and chemotherapy administration (HR 0.78; 0.69-0.88; p<0.001). Overall, patients treated between 2009 and 2013 had higher survival rates compared to 2004-2008 (HR 0.86; 0.82-0.91; p<0.001). The improvement in 5-year overall survival rates over time was highest in American Indians and Asian/Pacific Islanders (16.6% vs. 6.5%); Blacks (10.6% vs. 8.5%) and Hispanics (14.5% vs. 12.6%). NHWs marginally improved from 8.4% to 9.8%. Conclusions: Survival in pancreatic cancer patients younger than 50 years has improved over time, with major gains in minority populations. [Table: see text]


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Ariane Borgonovo ◽  
Caroline Baldin ◽  
Dariana C. Maggi ◽  
Livia Victor ◽  
Emilia T. O. Bansho ◽  
...  

Background. Although recently challenged, systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) criteria are still commonly used in daily practice to define sepsis. However, several factors in liver cirrhosis may negatively impact its prognostic ability. Goals. To investigate the factors associated with the presence of SIRS, the characteristics of SIRS related to infection, and its prognostic value among patients hospitalized for acute decompensation of cirrhosis. Study. In this cohort study from two tertiary hospitals, 543 patients were followed up, up to 90 days. Data collection, including the prognostic models, was within 48 hours of admission. Results. SIRS was present in 42.7% of the sample and was independently associated with upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGB), ACLF, infection, and negatively related to beta-blockers. SIRS was associated with mortality in univariate analysis, but not in multiple Cox regression analysis. The Kaplan–Meier survival probability of patients without SIRS was 73.0% and for those with SIRS was 64.7%. The presence of SIRS was not significantly associated with mortality when considering patients with or without infection, separately. Infection in SIRS patients was independently associated with Child-Pugh C and inversely related to UGB. Among subjects with SIRS, mortality was independently related to the presence of infection, ACLF, and Child-Pugh C. Conclusions. SIRS was common in hospitalized patients with cirrhosis and was of no prognostic value, even in the presence of infection.


2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
P Brown ◽  
A Dimarco ◽  
J Bradley ◽  
G Nucifora ◽  
C Miller ◽  
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Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: Private company. Main funding source(s): Dr Pamela Brown was suppoerted by funding from Alliance Medical. Background; Arrhythmia risk stratification and device implantation in dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) poses significant challenges and as demonstrated by the DANISH trial appears to have reached the asymptote of clinical efficacy. A body of evidence now demonstrates that risk stratification of and device selection for DCM patients may be enhanced by inclusion of patients" LGE-status. Furthermore, it has been suggested that CMR based parametric mapping and strain analysis may further advance risk stratification. Methods; 703 patients with DCM undergoing clinically indicated CMR scans and prospectively enrolled into the UHSM-CMR study (NCT02326324) between 03/2015-12/2018 were analysed. Multivariable Cox proportional hazard models and Youden index driven C-statistics were used to assess additive prognostic value of GLS, T1 and ECV mapping on the combined endpoint of cardiovascular death, cardiac transplantation, LVAD  insertion  or hospitalisation for heart failure in models incorporating NHYA class, EF and LGE status. Additionally. the value of GLS, T1, and ECV on predicting significant arrhythmic events (SAV) (ventricular arrhythmia (VA), resuscitated cardiac arrest (rCA) or sudden cardiac death (SCD)) was assessed. Results; Patients (mean age 59, 66% male, 60% ≥NYHA II, mean EF 42%, mean GLS -12%, mean ECV 27%) were on good medical therapy (beta blocker 74%%, ACE 79%, MRA 38%, Entresto 5%, CRT 23%). Mean follow-up was 21 months; the combined endpoint occurred in 34 patients (5%). On univariate analysis NYHA class (HR 2.44 (1.67-3.57), p &lt; 0.001), ECV (HR 1.14 (1.05-1.22), p &lt; 0.001), GLS% (HR 1.14 (1.07-1.21) p &lt; 0.001,) T1 (HR 1.06 (1.005-1.1), p = 0.03), RVEF (HR 0.95 (0.93-0.98), p &lt; 0.001), LVEF (HR 0.92 (0.9-0.95), p &lt; 0.001) were all significantly associated with outcome. On multivariate analysis only EF and NYHA class was associated with outcome. SAV occurred as the first manifestation of disease or during follow up in 27 patients (4%). At univariate analysis LGE, ECV, GLS, EF and NYHA class were all associated with SAV. However, on multivariable analysis only EF, LGE  and ECV (HR 1.11 (1.01-1.22), p = 0.03) but not GLS remained independently predictive in a model already incorporating EF, NYHA and LGE. Conclusion Optimally treated DCM populations have very low event rates. CMR based assessment of fibrosis status/burden with both LGE and ECV assessment has the potential to enhance patient selection for ICD therapy. Whilst GLS is increasingly recognised as a sensitive imaging biomarker of early disease detection it provides no additive value,  likely because of it’s high co-linearity with EF, in models already containing EF, NYHA class and LGE status.


2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Basri Mat Nor ◽  
Azrina Md Ralib

Introduction: Differentiation between culture-negative bacterial sepsis (BS), culturepositive BS and non-infectious systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) among critically ill patients remains a diagnostic challenge to the intensive care unit (ICU) physicians. This study aimed to evaluate the role of procalcitonin (PCT) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) in predicting non-infectious SIRS, culture-negative BS and culture-positive BS in the ICU. Methods: This prospective observational study was conducted in a tertiary ICU in Pahang. The patients were divided into sepsis and non-infectious SIRS based on clinical assessment with or without positive cultures. Patients with positive cultures were further divided into bacteraemia and positive other culture. The PCT and IL-6 were measured daily over the first 3 days. Results: Two hundred and thirty nine consecutive patients diagnosed with SIRS were recruited, of whom 164 (69%) had sepsis. Among sepsis patients, there were 62 (37.8%) culture positive and 102 (62.2%) culture negative. Of these, 27 (16.5%) develop bacteraemia. The most common site of infection was respiratory (34.4%). Post-LSD analyses showed significant difference in the PCT between culture negative sepsis and SIRS (p=0.01); and positive other culture and SIRS (p=0.04).  On the other hand IL-6 cannot differentiate between SIRS and negative culture sepsis (p=0.06). Both PCT and IL-6 predicted bacteraemia with an AUC of 0.70 (0.57 to 0.82) and 0.68 (0.53 to 0.70). IL-6 is independently associated with bacteraemia and other culture after adjusting for age, sex, hypertension, SAPS II score and day 1 PCT. Conclusions: Procalcitonin but not Interleukin-6 is able to differentiate SIRS from culture-negative BS. However, IL-6 is independently associated with bacteraemia and other culture.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Ju ◽  
Jin Zheng ◽  
li Ying Pan ◽  
lin Lin Gao

Abstract Background:The percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) is a primary method of stone treatment, but the infection is a very common postoperative complication. The systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) is a stage of the infection process and a very important early clinical manifestation of sepsis, so identifying the risk factors associated with SIRS after PCNL plays an important role in ensuring patients’ safety and preventing sepsis. Methods:Between September 2016 and September 2017,there were total 352 patients who were diagnosed as renal stone and were treated with PCNL, andincluded in this study at last.Patients were divided into two groups according to whether SIRS occurred or not.The univariate analysis was performed on the related risk factors such as patients' age, gender, number of stone, diabetes et al. Then logistic regression was used for multivariate analysis and established a prediction model.Results:There are 352renal stone patients were treated with PCNL, and 106 patients (30.1%) suffered SIRS after operation.It was found that the operative time, preoperative fever and diabetes could be deemed as risk factors, and the Then logistic regression results indicated that diabetes (OR=2.049, 95%CI 1.008~4.166) and operative time (OR=1.011, 95%CI 1.003~1.019) entered the regression equation.Conclusion: Diabetes and operative time are independent risk factors for SIRS after PCNL, so the probability of SIRS after PCNL can be determined in accordance with these two indicators.


2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. MMT43
Author(s):  
Alexandra Ikeguchi ◽  
Michael Machiorlatti ◽  
Sara K Vesely

Background: Randomized comparisons have demonstrated survival benefit of adjuvant immunotherapy in node-positive melanoma patients but have limited power to determine if this benefit persists across various demographic factors. Materials & methods: We assessed the impact of demographic factors on the survival benefit of adjuvant immunotherapy in a database of 38,189 node-positive melanoma patients using the Kaplan–Meier method and Cox proportional hazards models. Results: All assessed demographic factors other than race significantly impacted survival of node-positive melanoma patients in univariate analysis. In multivariable analysis, only the age group interacted with immunotherapy. Conclusion: Analysis of this large database of unselected node-positive melanoma patients demonstrated a positive survival benefit of immunotherapy across all demographic factors assessed and the impact was greater for patients 65 years of age and older.


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