1. Introduction
Patients presenting with malignancies have a high risk of developing acute kidney injury (AKI) secondary to receiving chemotherapy, exposure to contrast agents used in medical imaging, radiation therapy, tumor lysis syndrome, hypotension or caused by the direct effects of the malignancy. AKI is a frequent complication in cancer patients and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Because a significant percentage of cancer patients with AKI eventually require renal replacement therapy (RRT), it is important to know which method of RRT is appropriate depending on the context (intermittent or continuous hemodialysis or plasmapheresis), what is the optimal time of initiation and whether or not it can improve outcomes in terms of recovery of kidney function and increasing survival. There are few data in the literature that provide conclusive information regarding the appropriate time of dialysis initiation and discontinuation and on the prognosis of these patients, especially for patients with multiple system organ failure or with uncontrolled cancer. Thus, the benefit of RRT must be evaluated according to the prognosis of the patient, by a multidisciplinary team including a nephrologist, oncologist and intensivist.
AKI in patients with malignancies can be caused by: i) The direct effects of the malignancy (lymphoma infiltration of the kidney), ii) Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, iii) Chemotherapy-related injury (tumor lysis syndrome), iv) Drug-associated nephrotoxicity (acute tubular injury), v) Obstructive nephropathy due to urothelial or retroperitoneal cancers, vi) Nephrectomy (in the case of kidney cancer) which increases the risk of renal failure and the need for dialysis ( 1-3 ), vii) Volume depletion secondary to vomiting as a side effect of cancer treatment, viii) Paraneoplastic syndromes which can compromise the renal function: Syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (SIADH), hypercalcemia ( 4 ), and tumor lysis syndrome that may require dialysis in extreme situations.
Risk factors associated with the development of AKI in cancer patients include: Female sex, older age, diabetes mellitus, the presence of underlying chronic kidney disease, hypotension and inadequate renal perfusion ( 5 ).
2. Definition of AKI
In the last few decades, different definitions of AKI have been applied, the most used being those taking into consideration the urine output and serum creatinine. The multitude of definitions has made it difficult to compare data from different studies regarding AKI. The KDIGO workgroup on AKI standardized these variations into a single definition and a staging system that is being used today ( 6 ) ( Table I ).
3. Epidemiology of AKI in cancer patients
A Danish population-based cohort study reported the incidence of AKI in cancer patients followed up for more than a period of 7 years ( 7 ). Of 1.2 million individuals, 44,116 developed a malignancy. The risk of AKI was 17.5% during the first year after cancer diagnosis and the overall 5-year risk of AKI was 27.0%. The highest incidence rates were in patients with cancer localized in the kidney (44%), biliary tract, liver, pancreas, and in patients with multiple myeloma. Among patients with renal impairment, 7% had severe AKI and 5% required RRT.
High AKI incidence rates are also noted in men with prostate cancer (29%) and urinary bladder cancer (36.3%), but also in women with ovarian (36.2%) or uterus/cervical cancers (26.7/28.6%) ( 7 ). Considering that prostate cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer in men in Europe, accounting for 10-15% of all diagnosed cancers ( 8-10 ) and the most frequent neoplastic pathology in men of age over 60 years ( 11 ), and also that uterus and cervical cancers are a major health issue for European women, with the biggest morbidity and mortality rates among Romanians ( 12 ), we need to provide access to optimal treatment and the current health programs must be adapted for a better prevention of neoplastic disease and its complications-AKI and the need for renal replacement in these patients, with the most appropriate method of dialysis and the optimal duration and dose of therapy.
4. Indications for kidney replacement therapy in AKI
The standard indications for RRT initiation in the acute setting are well known: Fluid overload resistant to diuretic therapy, refractory acid-base and hydroelectrolytic disorders, uremic pericarditis, pleuritis, encephalopathy or progressive neuropathy ( Table II ) ( 13 , 14 ). It remains uncertain whether earlier initiation of such therapy can improve outcomes in terms of the recovery of kidney function and decreasing mortality in cancer patients.
5. Renal replacement therapies
Dialysis principles
There is no ideal method of RRT. The ideal method of kidney replacement therapy should allow control of the intravascular and extravascular volume, correction of acid-base imbalances, correction of uremia, an effective removal of toxins, while also promoting recovery of renal function, increasing survival without complications.
Blood purification through the artificial kidney is governed by physical forces: Diffusion and convection (ultrafiltration) exerted on the surface of the dialyzer membrane, a semipermeable membrane through which the patient's blood is brought into contact with the dialysis fluid. There are two methods used to correct the acid-base and electrolyte imbalances and remove toxins and excess fluid: Dialysis (method that uses diffusion) and ultrafiltration (method that uses hemofiltration) ( 15 ).
In the case of continuous or intermittent dialysis, the mechanism of solute transport is diffusion-the passage of solvents from one compartment to another through a semipermeable membrane, according to a concentration gradient and depending on time, molecular mass of the substances passing through it and membrane pore size. By diffusion we achieve a very good clearance for small molecules, below 500 Da: Urea, creatinine, ions. The transport of solutes between the two compartments is also the result of the Brownian motion. Thus, larger molecules, such as mediators of inflammation [interleukin (IL)-6, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)α] that are found in high amounts in critically ill septic patients or in patients in shock, will collide with the semipermeable membrane less often due to their slower movement in the liquid medium, which will cause a deficient clearance of these molecules ( 15 ).
When using convection, solutes pass from one compartment to another through the semipermeable membrane according to a pressure gradient created by a pump. Negative pressure is being applied in the dialysate compartment and water is being dragged through the membrane accompanied by solutes. This is the mechanism used in hemofiltration. The clearance of a molecule is the product between the ultrafiltration rate and the selectivity (separation factor); thus, to increase the clearance when the selectivity is low, one must increase the ultrafiltration rate ( 15 ).
Modalities of RRT in patients with malignancies and AKI
There are 3 methods of RRT used in patients with malignancies and acute renal impairment ( Table III ). These include: i) Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT): Continuous veno-venous hemofiltration (CVVH), continuous veno-venous hemodialysis (CVVHD), continuous veno-venous hemodiafiltration (CVVHDF), slow continuous ultrafiltration (SCUF); ii) Intermittent renal replacement therapy (IRRT): Intermittent hemodialysis (IHD), intermittent hemodiafiltration (IHDF), intermittent isolated ultrafiltration (IUF); and iii) Hybrid therapy: Sustained (slow) low efficiency daily dialysis (SLEDD/SLEDD-F), prolonged intermittent renal replacement therapy (PIRRT) ( 16 , 17 ).
Hybrid therapies use the standard dialyzer, the difference being time. The hemodialysis session last for 4 h, while SLEDD lasts for 12 h. The continuous renal replacement therapies take place in intensive care units, using special dialysis machines ( 16 ).
Intermittent therapies
IRRT are used in hemodynamically stable patients. They are performed on regular dialysis machines, are relatively cheaper and have a series of advantages which include the possibility of establishing a more flexible schedule of sessions-which offers advantage over patient transport and administration of dialyzed drugs, quick correction of acid-base and electrolyte imbalances and have a lower risk of bleeding ( 16 ).
They also have certain disadvantages, the best known of them being intradialytic hypotension and cerebral edema ( 18 ).
Intradialytic hypotension occurs by intravascular volume reduction through the ultrafiltration process and can cause coronary ischemia, intestinal ischemia and increases the renal injury. Risk factors for intradialytic hypotension include: Left ventricular hypertrophy with systolic or diastolic dysfunction, valvulopathies, pericardial involvement, uremic neuropathy, severe anemia, predialysis systolic blood pressure less than 100 mmHg, poor nutritional status, high volume ultrafiltration and age over 65( 18 ).
Cerebral edema, causing a range of neurologic symptoms that form the dialysis disequilibrium syndrome, occurs particularly when a patient is first started on dialysis. It is caused by the rapid reduction during hemodialysis sessions in blood levels of osmotically active substances, which makes the plasma more hypotonic compared to the brain tissue, favoring the passage of water from the blood to the brain and the appearance of symptoms: Nausea, vomiting, headache, and dizziness ( 18 , 19 ). Another mechanism by which cerebral edema occurs is related to the decrease in urea transporters and the overexpression of aquaporins in the brain ( 19 ). Risk factors for cerebral edema in the first dialysis sessions are: BUN >175 mg/dl, rapid decrease in urea level, pre-existing neurological disorders, hyponatremia and liver diseases ( 18-20 ).
Continuous therapies
CRRT is recommended in critically ill patients: Hemodynamically unstable, septic, shock patients and mechanically ventilated patients ( Table IV ) ( 21 ). The sessions take place in intensive care units, using special dialysis machines. Although the costs are higher, they offer a series of advantages. The advantages include: A slower decrease in intravascular volume and slower solute clearance which improves hemodynamic stability, thus favoring recovery of renal function, and also ensures a better and more predictable control of the blood parameters and volume, a more stable intracranial pressure and finally ensures a better clearance of cytokines ( 16 , 21 ).
The disadvantages of continuous therapies include: Prolonged patient immobilization and transport problems, increased costs of dialysis fluids and supplies, increased risk of coagulation of dialysis circuits and the use of high doses of anticoagulants-the latter increasing the risk of thrombocytopenia and bleeding, due to prolonged exposure to heparin ( 16 , 18 , 21 ).
Hybrid therapies
Hybrid therapies (SLEDD, SLEDD-F and PIRRT) combine the advantages of continuous and intermittent therapies. These include: Good clearance for small molecules, improved hemodynamic stability because of slower ultrafiltration, need of lower doses of anticoagulants, lower costs because the sessions can take place on standard dialysis machines ( 22 , 23 ). The major advantage is the flexibility in terms of session duration and its intensity (the ultrafiltration rate can be high, but it can also be adjusted according to the patient's needs). A series of studies that have compared SLEDD to CRRT did not find significant differences between the two methods regarding the hemodynamic parameters measured (mean blood pressure, systemic vascular resistance and LV ejection fraction) ( 24-26 ). In addition, the clearance for urea and creatinine was similar ( 16 ).
Peritoneal dialysis in cancer patients with AKI
Peritoneal dialysis is being used as RRT in AKI patients only under very specific conditions. This can be useful in hemodynamically unstable patients, in those with high risk of bleeding or with fragility syndrome, but it is less efficient than blood purification techniques, in regards to solute clearance and excess fluid removal ( 16 , 21 , 27 ).
6. Choosing the appropriate therapy (IRRT/CRRT), optimal time of initiation and dose/prognosis relationship
Although there are arguments in favor of higher doses of therapy and better prognosis ( 28 , 29 ), there is still not enough evidence for the superiority of one therapy over another ( 30 ). There are large variations in practice and the subject remains open and intensely debated.
Ronco et al ( 29 ) published in 2000 a prospective, randomized study of 425 patients with AKI who were treated with CVVH. They were divided into 3 groups according to the ultrafiltration volumes (ml/bw/h) and followed the survival rate. The group with the lowest dose of ultrafiltration had the lowest survival. He concluded that an increase in the rate of ultrafiltration improved survival significantly and recommend that ultrafiltration should be prescribed according to patient's bodyweight (bw).
Currently there are contradictory data regarding the relationship between the type of chosen therapy (IRRT or CRRT) and prognosis. Kellum et al ( 31 ) published the results of a meta-analysis of 13 studies comparing the effects of intermittent vs. continuous therapy. The primary endpoint was in-hospital mortality. He found no significant differences between the two methods. There were a few studies that compared groups of equal severity of illness at baseline (time of enrollment) and adjusting for study quality and severity of illness, mortality was lower in patients treated with CRRT ( 31 ).
Later, Tonelli et al published a meta-analysis of 6 trials, which showed no difference between the two types of therapies (continuous and intermittent) in terms of mortality ( 32 ). Of these, only 4 studies ( 33-36 ) had data on improving renal function and their analysis showed no significant differences between the two methods.
Another important therapeutical aspect in patients with AKI is the decision concerning the timing of initiating RRT, respectively the effects of early dialysis on survival, recovery of renal function and the number of days spent in intensive care unit. Early initiation of renal replacement therapy may have some advantages in achieving more rapidly a state of euvolemia, electrolyte and acid-base rebalancing and removal of proinflammatory and other toxins from circulation ( 21 ). On the other hand, it also has some side effects which include catheter-related infections, hypotensive episodes, and bleeding ( 21 ). There were two major trials published in 2016 that investigated whether early renal replacement therapy decreases mortality in critically ill patients with AKI ( 37 ). The Early versus Late Initiation of Renal Replacement Therapy in Critically Ill Patients with AKI (ELAIN) trial ( 38 ) and The Artificial Kidney Initiation in Kidney Injury (AKIKI) trial ( 39 ) are two studies that have brought contradictory results; the former showed that early initiation of RRT (within 8 h of diagnosis of KDIGO stage 2) significantly reduced 90-day mortality compared with delayed initiation of RRT (within 12 h of stage 3 AKI). AKIKI showed no significant difference in 60-day mortality between early and delayed RRT.
Patients should be treated individually based on their characteristics and physician's experience ( Table V ) ( 17 ). Continuous therapy is the best method in hemodynamically unstable patients on at least two vasopressors or respiratory support, those with cerebral edema and craniocerebral trauma and those with severe sepsis ( 6 , 16 , 21 , 40 ). Hybrid therapies are indicated rather as transitional therapies to intermittent therapies in patients with progressively reduced doses of vasopressors, when mechanically ventilated patients are extubated or for critically ill patients, hemodynamically unstable and at high risk of bleeding (after surgery or anticoagulant therapy) ( 6 , 16 , 21 ). Intermittent therapies in AKI should be reserved for life-threatening conditions that require rapid correction (eg severe hyperkalemia) ( 6 , 16 , 21 ). A special situation is tumor lysis syndrome and rhabdomyolysis which can be treated by IRRT/CRRT combinations ( 21 , 41 ).
7. Extracorporeal blood purification techniques in oncology
Plasmapheresis is an extracorporeal procedure used in oncology. This is a process in which the liquid part of the blood, or plasma, is separated from the blood cells. Typically, the plasma is replaced with another solution such as fresh frozen plasma or 5% albumin solution. Plasmapheresis can be intermittent or continuous; there are ‘high-volume’ or ‘ultrahigh-volume’ hemofiltration therapies ( 42 ).
Plasmapheresis is used in the oncology field for paraneoplastic syndromes with neurological manifestations, Eaton Lambert myasthenic syndrome, paraproteinemias, myelomas, peripheral neuropathies related to paraproteinemias, cytokine release syndrome from sepsis ( 42 ).
Patients diagnosed with multiple myeloma usually present to the nephrologist with myelomatous nephropathy, amyloid infiltration of the kidney, or direct tubular light chain toxicity. These patients have a much lower survival rate at 1 year compared to those with normal kidney function. Rapid reduction of light chains is the most important step in the treatment. Early reduction in these chains is associated with an increased rate of renal function recovery ( 43-45 ).
In addition to general measures, chemotherapy and stem cell transplantation, recently there is a special interest in extracorporeal purification techniques such as dialysis or plasmapheresis regarding the fact that the renal distress is directly consistent with the serum and urinary level of these light chains ( 44 , 46 ).
In 2011 Hutchison et al ( 44 ) published a study of 39 patients from 2 large university centers (Birmingham and Rochester) with histopathological diagnosis of myelomatous nephropathy and AKI, who received either chemotherapy and extensive hemodialysis with protein-permeable dialysis (HF-HD) or chemotherapy and plasmapheresis. The results emphasized that a 60% reduction in light chains by day 21 of diagnosis was associated with recovery of renal function in 80% of cases. Thus, there is an increased interest in the use of extracorporeal therapies for rapidly decreasing the serum level of light chains. Only one randomized trial using plasmapheresis for myelomatous nephropathy has been reported. Clark et al ( 45 ) published a study of 97 patients with multiple myeloma and presumed myelomatous nephropathy, who were randomly assigned to conventional therapy plus 5 to 7 plasma exchanges of 50 ml per kg of body weight of 5% human serum albumin for 10 days or conventional therapy alone. The investigators found no evidence that the use of plasmapheresis improved the survival rate and recovery of renal function. Chemotherapy with melphalan, prednisone and cyclophosphamide was the standard of care in these patients, but the use of new nongenotoxic chemotherapy (bortezomib, thalidomide and lenalidomide) increased interest in extracorporeal treatment of light chains, especially by high cut-off hemodialysis (HCO-HD), which uses high cut-off (HCO) membranes that enables the removal of large molecule, up to 60 kDa. However, these membranes allow the passage of plasma proteins, such as albumin, an unwanted loss. These membranes allow for the removal of higher-molecular-weight molecules, such as mediators of sepsis/inflammation or rhabdomyolysis or the removal of nephrotoxic light chains of immunoglobulins, but they have the disadvantage of losing albumin so they are used only for a limited number of sessions ( 46 ).
All this information leads to a complex, combined treatment of chemotherapy and hemodialysis.
In the largest study of patients with multiple myeloma and AKI requiring hemodialysis, conducted by Hutchison et al ( 47 ), 67 patients from several countries were treated with HCO-HD, most of them being treated also with bortezomib-based chemotherapy or thalidomide. A total of 63% of patients recovered their renal function. Predictors associated with renal function recovery were the reduction of light chains by day 12 and 21 of treatment and the time until the initiation of hemodialysis. Unfortunately, patients had high cut-off hemodialysis (HCO-HD) together with chemotherapy, while the study had no control group for comparison. Even though the results were promising in terms of reducing light chains, they did not answer the fundamental question of whether hemodialysis with HCO membranes has benefits in addition to bortezomib-based chemotherapy. This requires randomized trials and there are no prospective randomized controlled group studies published. There are two major trials, a British trial (EuLITE) and a French trial (MYRE), whose results are somewhat contradictory. Both studies enrolled patients with myelomatous nephropathy and AKI and tested the effect of lowering the serum level of light chains on the recovery of renal function. Patients received chemotherapy and conventional hemodialysis or chemotherapy and HCO-HD; at 3 months of treatment there were no significant differences between the two groups of patients regarding independence from dialysis ( 48 , 49 ). However, the MYRE study showed differences at 6 and 12 months ( 50 ) in favor of HCO-HD in recovering renal function, but the group of patients was not large enough.
HCO-HD may not yet be recommended as a routine treatment for these patients considering the lack of large-scale studies.
We still need to deal with the high mortality rate and high morbidity among these patient and new therapeutic solutions are needed despite the progress in the development of hemodialysis regarding survival and quality of life.
Online hemodiafiltration is increasingly used. This method uses high-flow membranes and combines diffusion with convection, with large volumes of ultrafiltration for medium-high molecular-weight molecules (since their purification is dependent on a large convection volume). Thus, a study was published in 2011( 51 ) comparing the efficacy of online hemodiafiltration with high-flow hemodialysis in patients with multiple myeloma and AKI. The study included 27 patients and showed a higher extraction capacity by hemodiafiltration vs. hemodialysis for both K and λ light chains, although the clearance capacity increased proportionally to the volume of substitution.
Online hemodiafiltration shows good results, but it is still suboptimal and unsatisfactory, with high mortality and cardiovascular morbidity, so that new therapeutic strategies are needed, one of them being extended hemodialysis. This is a process by which diffusion and convection are combined inside a special dialyzer, equipped with a medium cut-off (MCO) membrane. These recently produced MCO membranes with intermediate porosity (between HF and HCO) have certain favorable characteristics such as higher permeability for medium molecules and much lower albumin loss compared to HCO membranes. MCO membrane filtration resembles quite well that of the normal kidney ( 52-54 ).
Extended hemodialysis (HDx) is the latest advancement in efficiency and simplification. In HDx the convective transport required to remove medium to large MW solutes is the result of a complex mechanism hidden inside the MCO dialyzer membrane. Manufacturers have reduced the thickness of the semipermeable membrane and the fiber inner diameter, which improved the membrane's permeability and efficiency and solute transport (larger number of fibers per dialyzer making it more compact) ( 53-56 ). Reducing the fiber inner diameter increases the wall shear rate with a cleaning effect at the blood membrane interface, which improves the solute transport ( 53-56 ). The combination of hydraulic permeability and geometric structure of the fiber increases the process of internal filtration and back filtration. Thus, this mechanism allows a large volume of convection inside the dialyzer, where the filtration takes place in the proximal part and back filtration compensates for the excessive ultrafiltration rate in the distal part ( Fig. 1 ) ( 53 , 55 , 56 ).
Randomized trials are still needed for definitive conclusion. Given the high cost of MCO filters, online hemodiafiltration is reserved for a limited number of sessions for certain types of patients, such as those with multiple myeloma.
8. Conclusions
Acute kidney injury is a common complication among patients with a malignancy of various types, which may require renal replacement therapy. The adequate management of this special group of patients requires the establishment of the most appropriate type of therapy, timing of initiation, the optimal duration and dose of therapy, because all of these aspects influence the recovery of renal function, quality of life and mortality rate of the patients. While waiting for large randomized trials to be published, we have to focus on personalized therapy based on clinical and laboratory characteristics, patient's decision and experience of the nephrologist-oncologist-intensive care team.
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