Clinical features associated with a doctor-diagnosis of bronchiectasis in the Severe Asthma Network in Italy (SANI) registry

BACKGROUND: Several severe asthma comorbidities have been identified: an emerging one is bronchiectasis. We evaluated the frequency of bronchiectasis on severe asthma in a real-life setting, through the 'Severe Asthma Network Italy' (SANI) registry.

METHODS: SANI registry encompasses demographic, clinical, functional and inflammatory data of Italian severe asthmatics. Data obtained by the enrolled patients were analyzed, focusing the attention on those patients with concomitant clinically relevant bronchiectasis.

RESULTS: About 15.5% patients have bronchiectasis. Bronchiectasis diagnosis was associated with a higher prevalence of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (54.6% vs. 38%, p = 0.001) and higher serum IgE levels (673.4 vs. 412.1 kUI/L, p = 0.013). Patients with bronchiectasis had worse asthma control (ACT: 16.7 vs 18.2, p = 0.013), worse quality of life (AQLQ: 4.08 vs. 4.60, p = 0.02) and lower lung function (FEV1% predicted 67.3 vs. 75.0, p = 0.002). A higher rate of severe asthma exacerbations in the previous 12 months (85.2% vs. 61.5%, p < 0.001) was found in patients with bronchiectasis.

CONCLUSION: severe asthma associated with bronchiectasis represents a particularly severe asthma variant, possibly driven by an eosinophilic endotype. We, therefore, suggest that bronchiectasis should necessarily be assessed in severe asthmatic patients.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

Expert review of respiratory medicine - 15(2021), 3 vom: 02. März, Seite 419-424

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Malipiero, Giacomo [VerfasserIn]
Paoletti, Giovanni [VerfasserIn]
Blasi, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Paggiaro, Pierluigi [VerfasserIn]
Senna, Gianenrico [VerfasserIn]
Latorre, Manuela [VerfasserIn]
Caminati, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Carpagnano, Giovanna Elisiana [VerfasserIn]
Crimi, Nunzio [VerfasserIn]
Spanevello, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Aliberti, Stefano [VerfasserIn]
Canonica, Giorgio Walter [VerfasserIn]
Heffler, Enrico [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Bronchiectasis
Journal Article
Phenotypes
Real-life
Registry
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Severe asthma

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Date Completed 21.10.2021

Date Revised 21.10.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/17476348.2021.1840983

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM316688649