A randomized clinical trial of lipid metabolism modulation with fenofibrate for acute coronavirus disease 2019.

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) cytotoxicity may involve inhibition of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha. Fenofibrate activates peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha and inhibits SARS-CoV-2 replication in vitro. Whether fenofibrate can be used to treat coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection in humans remains unknown. Here, we randomly assigned inpatients and outpatients with COVID-19 within 14 d of symptom onset to 145 mg of oral fenofibrate nanocrystal formulation versus placebo for 10 d, in a double-blinded fashion. The primary endpoint was a severity score whereby participants were ranked across hierarchical tiers incorporating time to death, mechanical ventilation duration, oxygenation, hospitalization and symptom severity and duration. In total, 701 participants were randomized to fenofibrate (n = 351) or placebo (n = 350). The mean age of participants was 49 ± 16 years, 330 (47%) were female, mean body mass index was 28 ± 6 kg/m2 and 102 (15%) had diabetes. Death occurred in 41 participants. Compared with placebo, fenofibrate had no effect on the primary endpoint. The median (interquartile range) rank in the placebo arm was 347 (172, 453) versus 345 (175, 453) in the fenofibrate arm (P = 0.819). There was no difference in secondary and exploratory endpoints, including all-cause death, across arms. There were 61 (17%) adverse events in the placebo arm compared with 46 (13%) in the fenofibrate arm, with slightly higher incidence of gastrointestinal side effects in the fenofibrate group. Overall, among patients with COVID-19, fenofibrate has no significant effect on various clinically relevant outcomes ( NCT04517396 ).

Adenocarcinoma gástrico y síndrome sweet como manifestación paraneoplásica / Gastric adenocarcinoma and sweet sindrome as paraneoplastic manifestation

We present a rare asociation between Sweet Syndrome and Gastric Cancer in 72 year old woman, who came to the hospital with a painful skin lesion, bone pain and polyarthralgia. Initially the skin lesion was studied and it showed Neutrophilic Dermatitis/Paniculitis. An abdominal CT Scan showed Retroperitoneal limphadenopathy, 2 weeks after admission developed Acute Emetic Syndrome, that did not improve with standard therapy, a upper endoscopy was done showing Gastric Ulcer and duodenal Infiltrative lesion, pathologic study showd Gastric Adenocarcinoma that went lymphathic and Liver metastases. This is the fourth case with this association reported in international bibliography.