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Early sedation with dexmedetomidine in ventilated critically ill patients and heterogeneity of treatment effect in the SPICE III randomised controlled trial.

Authors :
Shehabi Y
Serpa Neto A
Howe BD
Bellomo R
Arabi YM
Bailey M
Bass FE
Kadiman SB
McArthur CJ
Reade MC
Seppelt IM
Takala J
Wise MP
Webb SA
Source :
Intensive care medicine [Intensive Care Med] 2021 Apr; Vol. 47 (4), pp. 455-466. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Mar 08.
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

Purpose: To quantify potential heterogeneity of treatment effect (HTE), of early sedation with dexmedetomidine (DEX) compared with usual care, and identify patients who have a high probability of lower or higher 90-day mortality according to age, and other identified clusters.<br />Methods: Bayesian analysis of 3904 critically ill adult patients expected to receive invasive ventilation > 24 h and enrolled in a multinational randomized controlled trial comparing early DEX with usual care sedation.<br />Results: HTE was assessed according to age and clusters (based on 12 baseline characteristics) using a Bayesian hierarchical models. DEX was associated with lower 90-day mortality compared to usual care in patients > 65 years (odds ratio [OR], 0.83 [95% credible interval [CrI] 0.68-1.00], with 97.7% probability of reduced mortality across broad categories of illness severity. Conversely, the probability of increased mortality in patients ≤ 65 years was 98.5% (OR 1.26 [95% CrI 1.02-1.56]. Two clusters were identified: cluster 1 (976 patients) mostly operative, and cluster 2 (2346 patients), predominantly non-operative. There was a greater probability of benefit with DEX in cluster 1 (OR 0.86 [95% CrI 0.65-1.14]) across broad categories of age, with 86.4% probability that DEX is more beneficial in cluster 1 than cluster 2.<br />Conclusion: In critically ill mechanically ventilated patients, early sedation with dexmedetomidine exhibited a high probability of reduced 90-day mortality in older patients regardless of operative or non-operative cluster status. Conversely, a high probability of increased 90-day mortality was observed in younger patients of non-operative status. Further studies are needed to confirm these findings.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1432-1238
Volume :
47
Issue :
4
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Intensive care medicine
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
33686482
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-021-06356-8