Comprehensive analysis and insights gained from long-term experience of the Spanish DILI Registry

Background & Aims Prospective drug-induced liver injury (DILI) registries are important sources of information on idiosyncratic DILI. We aimed to present a comprehensive analysis of 843 patients with DILI enrolled into the Spanish DILI Registry over a 20-year time period. Methods Cases were iden...

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Autores: Stephens, Camilla, Robles-Díaz, Mercedes, Medina-Caliz, Inmaculada, García-Cortés, Miren, Romero Gómez, Manuel, Rodríguez Seguel, Elisa del Pilar, Ampuero Herrojo, Javier, Delgado de la Cuesta, Juan, Participating clinical centres, Rojas, Ángela
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/137613
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/137613
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2021.01.029
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Hepatotoxicity
DILI
Liver-related death
Epidemiology
Causative agents
Outcome
Risk factors
Therapy in DILI
Drug-induce
Autoimmune hepatitis
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Sumario:Background & Aims Prospective drug-induced liver injury (DILI) registries are important sources of information on idiosyncratic DILI. We aimed to present a comprehensive analysis of 843 patients with DILI enrolled into the Spanish DILI Registry over a 20-year time period. Methods Cases were identified, diagnosed and followed prospectively. Clinical features, drug information and outcome data were collected. Results A total of 843 patients, with a mean age of 54 years (48% females), were enrolled up to 2018. Hepatocellular injury was associated with younger age (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] per year 0.983; 95% CI 0.974–0.991) and lower platelet count (aOR per unit 0.996; 95% CI 0.994–0.998). Anti-infectives were the most common causative drug class (40%). Liver-related mortality was more frequent in patients with hepatocellular damage aged ≥65 years (p = 0.0083) and in patients with underlying liver disease (p = 0.0221). Independent predictors of liver-related death/transplantation included nR-based hepatocellular injury, female sex, higher onset aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and bilirubin values. nR-based hepatocellular injury was not associated with 6-month overall mortality, for which comorbidity burden played a more important role. The prognostic capacity of Hy’s law varied between causative agents. Empirical therapy (corticosteroids, ursodeoxycholic acid and MARS) was prescribed to 20% of patients. Drug-induced autoimmune hepatitis patients (26 cases) were mainly females (62%) with hepatocellular damage (92%), who more frequently received immunosuppressive therapy (58%). Conclusions AST elevation at onset is a strong predictor of poor outcome and should be routinely assessed in DILI evaluation. Mortality is higher in older patients with hepatocellular damage and patients with underlying hepatic conditions. The Spanish DILI Registry is a valuable tool in the identification of causative drugs, clinical signatures and prognostic risk factors in DILI and can aid physicians in DILI characterisation and management.