Admission serum albumin concentrations and response to nutritional therapy in hospitalised patients at malnutrition risk: Secondary analysis of a randomised clinical trial.

C-reactive protein Inflammation Malnutrition Nutritional support Outcomes Serum albumin

Journal

EClinicalMedicine
ISSN: 2589-5370
Titre abrégé: EClinicalMedicine
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101733727

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Mar 2022
Historique:
received: 18 12 2021
revised: 20 01 2022
accepted: 24 01 2022
entrez: 24 2 2022
pubmed: 25 2 2022
medline: 25 2 2022
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Historically, admission serum albumin concentrations have been considered useful biochemical markers for nutrition assessment. However, there is a lack of randomised trial data investigating whether low albumin concentrations are helpful for identifying patients benefitting from nutritional support. This study was a secondary analysis of the EFFORT trial, a Swiss-wide multicentre, randomised controlled trial comparing individualised nutritional support with usual care nutrition in medical inpatients from April 1, 2014, to February 1, 2018. 1389 of 2028 patients at nutritional risk with available albumin concentrations on admission were included. The primary endpoint was all-cause mortality within 30 and 180 days. Patients were stratified into groups of low or normal albumin based on the albumin cut-off of 30 g/L. ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT02517476. 1389 patients (mean age, 73.1 (SD 3.5) years; 747 (53.8%) men) were included and 676 (48.7%) had low serum albumin concentrations at admission (<30 g/L). Mortality at 180 days was significantly increased in the low albumin group compared with patients with normal albumin concentrations (219/676 (32.4%) vs. 162/713 (22.7%), fully adjusted HR 1.4, 95%CI 1.11 to 1.77, Based on this secondary analysis of a randomised trial, low admission serum albumin concentrations in hospitalised, non-critically ill, medical patients at nutritional risk had prognostic implications and indicated higher mortality risk but were not helpful in selecting patients for nutritional interventions. The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) (PP00P3_150531) and the Research Council of the Kantonsspital Aarau (1410.000.058 and 1410.000.044) provided funding for the EFFORT trial.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Historically, admission serum albumin concentrations have been considered useful biochemical markers for nutrition assessment. However, there is a lack of randomised trial data investigating whether low albumin concentrations are helpful for identifying patients benefitting from nutritional support.
METHODS METHODS
This study was a secondary analysis of the EFFORT trial, a Swiss-wide multicentre, randomised controlled trial comparing individualised nutritional support with usual care nutrition in medical inpatients from April 1, 2014, to February 1, 2018. 1389 of 2028 patients at nutritional risk with available albumin concentrations on admission were included. The primary endpoint was all-cause mortality within 30 and 180 days. Patients were stratified into groups of low or normal albumin based on the albumin cut-off of 30 g/L. ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT02517476.
FINDINGS RESULTS
1389 patients (mean age, 73.1 (SD 3.5) years; 747 (53.8%) men) were included and 676 (48.7%) had low serum albumin concentrations at admission (<30 g/L). Mortality at 180 days was significantly increased in the low albumin group compared with patients with normal albumin concentrations (219/676 (32.4%) vs. 162/713 (22.7%), fully adjusted HR 1.4, 95%CI 1.11 to 1.77,
INTERPRETATION CONCLUSIONS
Based on this secondary analysis of a randomised trial, low admission serum albumin concentrations in hospitalised, non-critically ill, medical patients at nutritional risk had prognostic implications and indicated higher mortality risk but were not helpful in selecting patients for nutritional interventions.
FUNDING BACKGROUND
The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) (PP00P3_150531) and the Research Council of the Kantonsspital Aarau (1410.000.058 and 1410.000.044) provided funding for the EFFORT trial.

Identifiants

pubmed: 35198927
doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101301
pii: S2589-5370(22)00031-1
pmc: PMC8844847
doi:

Banques de données

ClinicalTrials.gov
['NCT02517476']

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

101301

Subventions

Organisme : Medical Research Council
ID : MR/P021220/1
Pays : United Kingdom

Informations de copyright

© 2022 The Author(s).

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Dr. Schuetz reports grants from Neste Health Science, grants from Abbott Nutrition (outside the submitted work). Dr. Stanga reports grants and personal fees from Neste Health Science, grants from Abbott Nutrition, personal fees from Fresenius Kabi (outside the submitted work). All other authors report no conflicts of interest.

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Auteurs

Céline Bretschera (C)

Medical University Department, Division of General Internal and Emergency Medicine, Kantonsspital Aarau, Tellstrasse, Aarau CH-5001, Switzerland.

Fabienne Boesiger (F)

Medical University Department, Division of General Internal and Emergency Medicine, Kantonsspital Aarau, Tellstrasse, Aarau CH-5001, Switzerland.

Nina Kaegi-Braun (N)

Medical University Department, Division of General Internal and Emergency Medicine, Kantonsspital Aarau, Tellstrasse, Aarau CH-5001, Switzerland.

Lara Hersberger (L)

Medical University Department, Division of General Internal and Emergency Medicine, Kantonsspital Aarau, Tellstrasse, Aarau CH-5001, Switzerland.

Dileep N Lobo (DN)

Gastrointestinal Surgery, Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.

David C Evans (DC)

Trauma / Critical Care Surgery, Ohio Health Grant Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA.

Pascal Tribolet (P)

Medical University Department, Division of General Internal and Emergency Medicine, Kantonsspital Aarau, Tellstrasse, Aarau CH-5001, Switzerland.
Department of Health Professions, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Bern, Switzerland.

Filomena Gomes (F)

Medical University Department, Division of General Internal and Emergency Medicine, Kantonsspital Aarau, Tellstrasse, Aarau CH-5001, Switzerland.
The New York Academy of Sciences, New York, NY, USA.

Claus Hoess (C)

Internal Medicine, Kantonsspital Münsterlingen, Münsterlingen, Switzerland.

Vojtech Pavlicek (V)

Internal Medicine, Kantonsspital Münsterlingen, Münsterlingen, Switzerland.

Stefan Bilz (S)

Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, Kantonsspital St Gallen, St Gallen, Switzerland.

Sarah Sigrist (S)

Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, Kantonsspital St Gallen, St Gallen, Switzerland.

Michael Brändle (M)

Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, Kantonsspital St Gallen, St Gallen, Switzerland.

Christoph Henzen (C)

Internal Medicine, Kantonsspital Luzern, Luzern, Switzerland.

Robert Thomann (R)

Internal Medicine, Bürgerspital Solothurn, Solothurn, Switzerland.

Jonas Rutishauser (J)

Internal Medicine, Kantonsspital Baselland Standort Bruderholz, Switzerland.

Drahomir Aujesky (D)

Department of General Internal Medicine, Switzerland.

Nicolas Rodondi (N)

Department of General Internal Medicine, Switzerland.
Institute of Primary Health Care (BIHAM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.

Jacques Donzé (J)

Division of General Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Medical Faculty of the University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

Zeno Stanga (Z)

Division of Diabetology, Endocrinology, Nutritional Medicine, and Metabolism, Switzerland.

Beat Mueller (B)

Medical University Department, Division of General Internal and Emergency Medicine, Kantonsspital Aarau, Tellstrasse, Aarau CH-5001, Switzerland.
Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.

Philipp Schuetz (P)

Medical University Department, Division of General Internal and Emergency Medicine, Kantonsspital Aarau, Tellstrasse, Aarau CH-5001, Switzerland.
Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.

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