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    Mayer, Andrew R; Dodd, Andrew B; Rannou-Latella, Julie G; Stephenson, David D; Dodd, Rebecca J; Ling, Josef M; Mehos, Carissa J; Robertson-Benta, Cidney R; Pabbathi Reddy, Sharvani; Kinsler, Rachel E; Vermillion, Meghan S; Gigliotti, Andrew P; Sicard, Veronik; Lloyd, Amy L; Erhardt, Erik B; Gill, Jessica M; Lai, Chen; Guedes, Vivian A; Chaudry, Irshad H

    Critical care (London, England), 12/2021, Volume: 25, Issue: 1
    Journal Article

    Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and severe blood loss resulting in hemorrhagic shock (HS) represent leading causes of trauma-induced mortality, especially when co-occurring in pre-hospital settings where standard therapies are not readily available. The primary objective of this study was to determine if 17α-ethinyl estradiol-3-sulfate (EE-3-SO ) increases survival, promotes more rapid cardiovascular recovery, or confers neuroprotection relative to Placebo following TBI + HS. All methods were approved by required regulatory agencies prior to study initiation. In this fully randomized, blinded preclinical study, eighty (50% females) sexually mature (190.64 ± 21.04 days old; 28.18 ± 2.72 kg) Yucatan swine were used. Sixty-eight animals received a closed-head, accelerative TBI followed by removal of approximately 40% of circulating blood volume. Animals were then intravenously administered EE-3-SO formulated in the vehicle at 5.0 mg/mL (dosed at 0.2 mL/kg) or Placebo (0.45% sodium chloride solution) via a continuous pump (0.2 mL/kg over 5 min). Twelve swine were included as uninjured Shams to further characterize model pathology and replicate previous findings. All animals were monitored for up to 5 h in the absence of any other life-saving measures (e.g., mechanical ventilation, fluid resuscitation). A comparison of Placebo-treated relative to Sham animals indicated evidence of acidosis, decreased arterial pressure, increased heart rate, diffuse axonal injury and blood-brain barrier breach. The percentage of animals surviving to 295 min post-injury was significantly higher for the EE-3-SO (28/31; 90.3%) relative to Placebo (24/33; 72.7%) cohort. EE-3-SO also restored pulse pressure more rapidly post-drug administration, but did not confer any benefits in terms of shock index. Primary blood-based measurements of neuroinflammation and blood brain breach were also null, whereas secondary measurements of diffuse axonal injury suggested a more rapid return to baseline for the EE-3-SO group. Survival status was associated with biological sex (female > male), as well as evidence of increased acidosis and neurotrauma independent of EE-3-SO or Placebo administration. EE-3-SO is efficacious in promoting survival and more rapidly restoring cardiovascular homeostasis following polytraumatic injuries in pre-hospital environments (rural and military) in the absence of standard therapies. Poly-therapeutic approaches targeting additional mechanisms (increased hemostasis, oxygen-carrying capacity, etc.) should be considered in future studies.