Prognostic implications of the arginine metabolism in patients at nutritional risk: A secondary analysis of the randomized EFFORT trial.

Stumpf, Franziska; Wunderle, Carla; Ritz, Jacqueline; Bernasconi, Luca; Neyer, Peter; Tribolet, Pascal; Stanga, Zeno; Mueller, Beat; Bischoff, Stephan C; Schuetz, Philipp (2024). Prognostic implications of the arginine metabolism in patients at nutritional risk: A secondary analysis of the randomized EFFORT trial. Clinical nutrition, 43(3), pp. 660-673. Elsevier 10.1016/j.clnu.2024.01.012

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BACKGROUND

Arginine, a conditionally essential amino acid, is key component in metabolic pathways including immune regulation and protein synthesis. Depletion of arginine contributes to worse outcomes in severely ill and surgical patient populations. We assessed prognostic implications of arginine levels and its metabolites and ratios in polymorbid medical inpatients at nutritional risk regarding clinical outcomes and treatment response.

METHODS

Within this secondary analysis of the randomized controlled Effect of early nutritional support on Frailty, Functional Outcomes, and Recovery of malnourished medical inpatients Trial (EFFORT), we investigated the association of arginine, its metabolites and ratios (i.e., ADMA and SDMA, ratios of arginine/ADMA, arginine/ornithine, and global arginine bioavailability ratio) measured on hospital admission with short-term and long-term mortality by means of regression analysis.

RESULTS

Among the 231 patients with available measurements, low arginine levels ≤90.05 μmol/l (n = 86; 37 %) were associated with higher all-cause mortality at 30 days (primary endpoint, adjusted HR 3.27, 95 % CI 1.86 to 5.75, p < 0.001) and at 5 years (adjusted HR 1.50, 95 % CI 1.07 to 2.12, p = 0.020). Arginine metabolites and ratios were also associated with adverse outcome, but had lower prognostic value. There was, however, no evidence that treatment response was influenced by admission arginine levels.

CONCLUSION

This secondary analysis focusing on medical inpatients at nutritional risk confirms a strong association of low plasma arginine levels and worse clinical courses. The potential effects of arginine-enriched nutritional supplements should be investigated in this population of patients.

CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION

clinicaltrials.gov as NCT02517476 (registered 7 August 2015).

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Endocrinology (DFKE) > Clinic of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Clinical Nutrition

UniBE Contributor:

Stanga, Zeno

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1532-1983

Publisher:

Elsevier

Language:

English

Submitter:

Pubmed Import

Date Deposited:

05 Feb 2024 14:25

Last Modified:

03 Mar 2024 00:17

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.clnu.2024.01.012

PubMed ID:

38309228

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Arginine Immune response Mortality Nutritional risk Nutritional support

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/192440

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/192440

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