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CRITICAL CARE
Volume 23, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s13054-019-2472-z
Keywords
Vitamin D; Vitamin D responders; Epigenome; 28-day mortality; ICU mortality; Critical illness
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- NIH [R01GM115774]
- MRC [MR/J011266/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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BackgroundVitamin D supplementation has shown promise for reducing mortality in the intensive care setting. As a steroid prohormone with pleiotropic effects, there may be a lag between administration and observing clinical benefit. This secondary analysis of the VITdAL-ICU study sought to explore whether the effect size of vitamin D on mortality was different when study participants who died or were discharged early were excluded.MethodsThe VITdAL-ICU study was a randomized, placebo-controlled trial in critically ill adults who received placebo or 540,000IU cholecalciferol followed by monthly supplementation. The effect of vitamin D on 28-day mortality was evaluated after exclusion of participants who died or were discharged within 7days from study drug administration, according to vitamin D concentrations on day 3, using a bivariate analysis adjusted for confounders and in a stepwise multiple analysis.ResultsOf 475 study participants, 65 died or were discharged within the first 7days. In the remaining 410 patients, vitamin D supplementation was associated with a reduction in 28-day mortality [OR 0.58 (95% CI 0.35-0.97) p value=0.035]. The effect on mortality was not significant after adjusting for age, severity scores, female gender, chronic liver and kidney disease, COPD, diagnosis of the tumor, mechanical ventilation, and vasopressors at enrollment (all p>0.05). In a multiple model, the mortality reduction by vitamin D supplementation did not remain independently significant [OR 0.61 (95% CI 0.35-1.05) p=0.075].Vitamin D metabolite response, in the treatment group, demonstrated that survivors at 28days, had higher levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (34.4 vs 25.4ng/ml, p=0.010) and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (107.6 vs 70.3pg/ml, p=0.049) on day 3. The increase of plasma metabolites after vitamin D oral supplementation, independent of the baseline value, was associated with lower odds of death [OR 0.48 (95% CI 0.27-0.87) p value=0.016].ConclusionsHigh-dose vitamin D3 supplementation was associated with a reduction of 28-day mortality in a mixed population of critically ill adults with vitamin D deficiency when excluding patients who died or were discharged within 7days after study inclusion. However, this survival benefit was not independently confirmed when adjusted for other factors strongly associated with mortality.
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