Clinical hemocompatibility of double-filtration lipoprotein apheresis comparing polyethersulfone and ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer membranes

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  • Activation of the complement system and leukocytes by blood–membrane interactions may further promote arteriosclerosis typically present in patients on lipoprotein apheresis. As clinical data on the hemocompatibility of lipoprotein apheresis are scarce, a controlled clinical study comparing two different types of plasma separation and fractionation membranes used in double-filtration lipoprotein apheresis was urgently needed, as its outcome may influence clinical decision-making. In a prospective, randomized, crossover controlled trial, eightActivation of the complement system and leukocytes by blood–membrane interactions may further promote arteriosclerosis typically present in patients on lipoprotein apheresis. As clinical data on the hemocompatibility of lipoprotein apheresis are scarce, a controlled clinical study comparing two different types of plasma separation and fractionation membranes used in double-filtration lipoprotein apheresis was urgently needed, as its outcome may influence clinical decision-making. In a prospective, randomized, crossover controlled trial, eight patients on double-filtration lipoprotein apheresis were subjected to one treatment with recent polyethersulfone (PES) plasma separation and fractionation membranes and one control treatment using a set of ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (EVAL) membranes. White blood cell (WBC) and platelet (PC) counts, complement factor C5a and thrombin–antithrombin III (TAT) concentrations were determined in samples drawn at defined times from different sites of the extracorporeal blood and plasma circuit. With a nadir at 25 minutes, WBCs in EVAL decreased to 33.5 ± 10.7% of baseline compared with 63.8 ± 22.0% at 20 minutes in PES (P < .001). The maximum C5a levels in venous blood reentering the patients were measured at 30 minutes, being 30.0 ± 11.2 µg/L with EVAL and 12.3 ± 9.0 µg/L with PES (P < .05). The highest C5a concentrations were found in plasma after the plasma filters (EVAL 56.1 ± 22.0 µg/L at 15 minutes vs PES 23.3 ± 15.2 µg/L at 10 minutes; P < .001). PC did not significantly decrease over time with both membrane types, whereas TAT levels did not rise until the end of the treatment without differences between membranes. Regarding lipoprotein(a) and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol removal, both membrane sets performed equally. Compared with EVAL, PES membranes cause less leukocyte and complement system activation, the classical parameters of hemocompatibility of extracorporeal treatment procedures, at identical treatment efficacy. Better hemocompatibility may avoid inflammation-promoting effects through blood–material interactions in patients requiring double-filtration lipoprotein apheresis.show moreshow less

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Author: Detlef H. Krieter, Jarline Jeyaseelan, Marieke Rüth, Horst-Dieter Lemke, Christoph Wanner, Christiane Drechsler
URN:urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-258307
Document Type:Journal article
Faculties:Medizinische Fakultät / Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I
Language:English
Parent Title (English):Artificial Organs
Year of Completion:2021
Volume:45
Issue:9
Pagenumber:1104–1113
Source:Artificial Organs 2021, 45(9):1104–1113. DOI: 10.1111/aor.13944
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/aor.13944
Dewey Decimal Classification:6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
Tag:LDL cholesterol; biocompatibility; fractionation membranev; hypercholesterolemia; lipoprotein apheresis; lipoprotein(a)
Release Date:2022/04/04
Licence (German):License LogoCC BY: Creative-Commons-Lizenz: Namensnennung 4.0 International