29 April 2025
DisCoVeRy publishes an article on key outcome biomarker (sST2) in COVID-19
We investigated whether baseline levels of biomarkers related to endotheliopathy, thromboinflammation, and fibrosis were associated with clinical outcomes in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. We analyzed the associations between baseline levels of 21 biomarkers and time to hospital discharge and change in NEWS-2 score in patients from DisCoVeRy trial. We fitted multivariate models adjusted for baseline ISARIC 4C score, disease severity, D-dimer values, and treatment regimen. Between March 22 and June 29, 2020, 603 participants were randomized; 454 had a sample collected at baseline and analyzed. The backward selection of multivariate models showed that higher baseline levels of soluble suppressor of tumorigenicity 2 (sST2) and nucleosomes were statistically associated with a lower chance of hospital discharge before day 29 (sST2: aHR 0.24, 95% CI [0.15-0.38], p < 10-9; nucleosomes: aHR 0.62, 95% CI [0.48-0.81], p < 10-3). Likewise, higher levels of baseline sST2 were statistically associated with lower changes in the NEWS-2 score between baseline and day 15 (adjusted beta 4.47, 95% CI [2.65-6.28], p < 10-5). Moreover, we evaluated sST2 involvement in a confirmation cohort (SARCODO study, 103 patients) and found that elevated baseline sST2 levels were significantly associated with lower rates of hospital discharge before day 29 and a higher model performance (AUC at day 29 of 92%) compared to models without sST2. sST2 emerged as an independent predictor of clinical outcomes in two large cohort of hospitalized COVID-19 patients, warranting further investigation to elucidate its role in disease progression and potential as a therapeutic target
Authors:
Smadja DM, Massonnaud CR, Philippe A, Rosa M, Luneau S, Rauch A, Peiffer-Smadja N, Gagneux-Brunon A, Poissy J, Gruest M, Ung A, Pourcher V, Raffi F, Piroth L, Bouiller K, Esperou H, Delmas C, Belhadi D, Diallo A, Saillard J, Dechanet A, Mercier N, Dupont A, Lescure FX, Goehringer F, Jaureguiberry S, Danion F, Tolsma V, Cabie A, Courjon J, Leroy S, Mootien J, Mourvillier B, Gallien S, Lanoix JP, Botelho-Nevers E, Wallet F, Richard JC, Reuter J, Gaymard A, Greil R, Martin-Blondel G, Andrejak C, Yazdanpanah Y, Burdet C, Diehl JL, Hites M, Ader F, Susen S, Mentré F, Dupont A; Discovery Study Group. sST2 is a key outcome biomarker in COVID-19: insights from discovery randomized trial. Sci Rep. 2025 Apr 24;15(1):14348. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-95122-7. PMID: 40274842; PMCID: PMC12022249.