• Medicina · Nov 2020

    Randomized Controlled Trial

    Usefulness of Antioxidants as Adjuvant Therapy for Septic Shock: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

    • Alfredo Aisa-Alvarez, María Elena Soto, Verónica Guarner-Lans, Gilberto Camarena-Alejo, Juvenal Franco-Granillo, Enrique A Martínez-Rodríguez, Ricardo Gamboa Ávila, Linaloe Manzano Pech, and Israel Pérez-Torres.
    • Critical Care Department, American British Cowdray (ABC) Medical Center, I.A.P. ABC Sur 136 No. 116 Col. las Américas, Mexico City 01120, Mexico.
    • Medicina (Kaunas). 2020 Nov 17; 56 (11).

    AbstractBackground and objectives: Oxidative stress (OS) participates in the pathophysiology of septic shock, which leads to multiple organ failure (MOF), ischemia-reperfusion injury, and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Therefore, antioxidants have been proposed as therapy. Here, we evaluated the effect of antioxidant treatments in patients with septic shock with MOF and determined levels OS before and after treatment. This study was a randomized, controlled, triple-masked, and with parallel assignment clinical trial with a control group without treatment. Materials and Methods: It included 97 patients of either sex with septic shock. 5 treatments were used each in an independent group of 18 patients. Group 1 received vitamin C (Vit C), group 2 vitamin E (Vit E), group 3 n-acetylcysteine (NAC), group 4 melatonin (MT), and group 5 served as control. All antioxidants were administered orally or through a nasogastric tube for five days as an adjuvant to the standard therapy. Results: The results showed that all patients presented MOF due to sepsis upon admission and that the treatment decreased it (p = 0.007). The antioxidant treatment with NAC increased the total antioxidant capacity (p < 0.05). The patients that received Vit C had decreased levels of the nitrate and nitrite ratio (p < 0.01) and C-reactive protein levels (p = 0.04). Procalcitonin levels were reduced by Vit E (p = 0.04), NAC (p = 0.001), and MT (p = 0.04). Lipid-peroxidation was reduced in patients that received MT (p = 0.04). Conclusions: In conclusion, antioxidant therapy associated with standard therapy reduces MOF, OS, and inflammation in patients with septic shock.

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