Title Parsimonious immune-response endotypes and global outcome in patients with traumatic brain injury /
Authors Samanta, Romit J ; Chiollaz, Anne-Cecile ; Needham, Edward ; Yue, John K ; Helmy, Adel ; Zanier, Elisa R ; Wang, Kevin K. W ; Kobeissy, Firas ; Posti, Jussi P ; Summers, Charlotte ; Manley, Geoffrey T ; Maas, Andrew I. R ; Tenovuo, Olli ; Sanchez, Jean-Charles ; Menon, David K
DOI 10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105310
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Is Part of eBioMedicine.. Amsterdam : Elsevier. 2024, vol. 108, art. no. 105310, p. 1-17.. ISSN 2352-3964
Keywords [eng] traumatic brain injury ; stratified medicine ; inflammation ; clustering
Abstract [eng] Summary. Background The inflammatory response in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) offers opportunities for stratification and intervention. Previous unselected approaches to immunomodulation in patients with TBI have not improved patient outcomes. Methods Serum and plasma samples from two prospective, multi-centre observational studies of patients with TBI were used to discover (Collaborative European NeuroTrauma Effectiveness Research [CENTER-TBI], Europe) and validate (Transforming Research and Clinical Knowledge in Traumatic Brain Injury [TRACK-TBI] Pilot, USA) individual variations in the immune response using a multiplex panel of 30 inflammatory mediators. Mediators that were associated with unfavourable outcomes (Glasgow outcome score-extended [GOS-E] ≤ 4) were used for hierarchical clustering to identify patients with similar signatures. Findings Two clusters were identified in both the discovery and validation cohorts, termed early-inflammatory and pauci-inflammatory. The early-inflammatory phenotype had higher concentrations of interleukin-6 (IL-6), IL-15, and monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP1). Patients with the early-inflammatory phenotype were older and more likely to have an unfavourable GOS-E at 6 months. There were no differences in the baseline injury severity scores between patients in each phenotype. A combined IL-15 and MCP1 signature identified patients with the early-inflammatory phenotype in both cohorts. Inflammatory processes mediated outcomes in older patients with moderate-severe TBI. Interpretation Our findings offer a precision medicine approach for future clinical trials of immunomodulation in patients with TBI, by using inflammatory signatures to stratify patients.
Published Amsterdam : Elsevier
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2024
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