Asthma features in severe COPD : Identifying treatable traits

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AIM: Biological therapies developed for severe asthma may have a role in COPD patients with asthma features.

METHOD: We carried out a prospective, consecutive, cross-sectional analysis of 80 patients with severe COPD GOLD IV/D.

RESULTS: We studied 80 patients (48.8% female), aged 57.6 ± 5.1 years, ex-smokers with 35.7 ± 21.2 pack years, BMI 22.3 ± 3.5 kg/m2, FEV1 of 0.61 ± 0.2 L (21.1 ± 5.6% pred), pO2 52.4 ± 8.4 mmHg, and BODE 6.9 ± 1.7. 68% had >2 moderate or severe exacerbations annually. 16.1% (5/31) patients showed FEV1 reversibility of >12% and >200 ml despite maximal therapy, 33% (15/45) had FENO ≥22.5 ppb, 33% (24/73) had serum IgE ≥100 I.E./ml and there was positive allergen sensitization in 51.5% (35/68). Blood eosinophilia of ≥150 cells/μl was seen in 47% (35/74). Induced sputum showed eosinophilia of ≥2% in 56% (14/24) with respiratory pathogens in 63.8% (30/47). We identified 12 (15%) patients with asthma-COPD overlap. Of these, 10 (83.3%) had frequent exacerbations and these patients had significantly more severe exacerbations requiring NIV or ICU than those without asthma features (p < 0.005).

CONCLUSION: We detected asthma features in a substantial subset of stable patients with severe COPD. Asthma features were associated with more severe exacerbation despite optimal COPD therapy, representing potential candidates for targeted therapy with anti- IgE or anti-IL5.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:145

Enthalten in:

Respiratory medicine - 145(2018) vom: 07. Dez., Seite 89-94

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Matthes, Sandhya [VerfasserIn]
Stadler, Jakob [VerfasserIn]
Barton, Jürgen [VerfasserIn]
Leuschner, Gabriela [VerfasserIn]
Munker, Dieter [VerfasserIn]
Arnold, Paola [VerfasserIn]
Villena-Hermoza, Heidrun [VerfasserIn]
Frankenberger, Marion [VerfasserIn]
Probst, Philipp [VerfasserIn]
Koch, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Kneidinger, Nikolaus [VerfasserIn]
Milger, Katrin [VerfasserIn]
Behr, Jürgen [VerfasserIn]
Neurohr, Claus [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

37341-29-0
Allergens
Antibodies, Monoclonal
Asthma and COPD overlap
COPD
Exacerbations of COPD
IL5 protein, human
Immunoglobulin E
Interleukin-5
Journal Article
Targeted therapy

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Date Completed 08.10.2019

Date Revised 08.10.2019

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.rmed.2018.10.027

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM291404863