Indirect Calorimetry Versus Urea-creatinine Ratio to Evaluate Catabolism in Critically Ill Patients
NCT ID: NCT06244381
Last Updated: 2025-02-19
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
20 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2024-03-01
2024-10-01
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Currently, monitoring catabolism is complicated since there is no available biomarker with acceptable sensitivity and specificity. 3-methyl histidine and nitrogen balance are not available in everyday life. As catabolism is not measured, its presence and severity only become apparent when muscle loss and weakness set in.
Recently, Haines et al., analyzing a population of patients with persistent severe disease, who are patients with prolonged hospitalization and with no resolution in the ICU, showed that continued catabolism is their metabolic hallmark and was measured by the urea/creatinine ratio persistently high.
The phases of severe illness could then be defined based on the UCR relationship. The ratio must be high in the early acute and late acute phases and may be a marker of the beginning of the late phase of recovery and anabolism.
Indirect calorimetry, the gold standard for determining energy expenditure energy, has revealed in studies that it can be the marker of the beginning of the anabolic when energy expenditure increases rapidly. This behavior of indirect calorimetry was observed in COVID-19 but has also been demonstrated in other patient populations.
Although indirect calorimetry can represent a reliable measure for determining the beginning of the anabolic phase, it is not a widely available measurement in ICUs, unlike urea and creatinine measurements that are part of routine daily exams in ICUs.
The urea/creatinine ratio may be an efficient catabolism marker to guide nutritional therapy in critically ill patients. Evidence to confirm this hypothesis can be obtained by comparing the urea/creatinine ratio with indirect calorimetry, which is the gold standard for evaluating energy expenditure and catabolism in these patients.
The primary objective will be to correlate the behavior of the urea/creatinine ratio with the energetic expenditure measured by indirect calorimetry in patients with severe forms of COVID-19 to identify the beginning of the anabolic phase that would be translated by a reduction in UCR and an increase in energy expenditure in IC. Secondarily, correlate other catabolism markers with calorimetry results. They are serum albumin, hemoglobin, and C-reactive protein.
Conditions
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Study Design
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COHORT
RETROSPECTIVE
Eligibility Criteria
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Exclusion Criteria
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Hospital Sao Domingos
OTHER
Responsible Party
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José Raimundo Araujo de Azevedo
Clinical Researcher
Principal Investigators
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JOSE AZEVEDO, MD, PhD
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
Hospital São Domingos
Locations
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Hospital Sao Domingos
São Luiz, Maranhão, Brazil
Countries
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References
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Singer P, Blaser AR, Berger MM, Calder PC, Casaer M, Hiesmayr M, Mayer K, Montejo-Gonzalez JC, Pichard C, Preiser JC, Szczeklik W, van Zanten ARH, Bischoff SC. ESPEN practical and partially revised guideline: Clinical nutrition in the intensive care unit. Clin Nutr. 2023 Sep;42(9):1671-1689. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2023.07.011. Epub 2023 Jul 15.
Long CL, Dillard DR, Bodzin JH, Geiger JW, Blakemore WS. Validity of 3-methylhistidine excretion as an indicator of skeletal muscle protein breakdown in humans. Metabolism. 1988 Sep;37(9):844-9. doi: 10.1016/0026-0495(88)90118-7.
Haines RW, Zolfaghari P, Wan Y, Pearse RM, Puthucheary Z, Prowle JR. Elevated urea-to-creatinine ratio provides a biochemical signature of muscle catabolism and persistent critical illness after major trauma. Intensive Care Med. 2019 Dec;45(12):1718-1731. doi: 10.1007/s00134-019-05760-5. Epub 2019 Sep 17.
Niederer LE, Miller H, Haines KL, Molinger J, Whittle J, MacLeod DB, McClave SA, Wischmeyer PE. Prolonged progressive hypermetabolism during COVID-19 hospitalization undetected by common predictive energy equations. Clin Nutr ESPEN. 2021 Oct;45:341-350. doi: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2021.07.021. Epub 2021 Aug 3.
Long CL, Schaffel N, Geiger JW, Schiller WR, Blakemore WS. Metabolic response to injury and illness: estimation of energy and protein needs from indirect calorimetry and nitrogen balance. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 1979 Nov-Dec;3(6):452-6. doi: 10.1177/014860717900300609.
Monk DN, Plank LD, Franch-Arcas G, Finn PJ, Streat SJ, Hill GL. Sequential changes in the metabolic response in critically injured patients during the first 25 days after blunt trauma. Ann Surg. 1996 Apr;223(4):395-405. doi: 10.1097/00000658-199604000-00008.
Other Identifiers
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hsd0124
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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