Bronchial Remodeling-based Latent Class Analysis Predicts Exacerbations in Severe Preschool Wheezers

Rationale: Children with preschool wheezing represent a very heterogeneous population with wide variability regarding their clinical, inflammatory, obstructive, and/or remodeling patterns. We hypothesized that assessing bronchial remodeling would help clinicians to better characterize severe preschool wheezers. Objectives: The main objective was to identify bronchial remodeling-based latent classes of severe preschool wheezers. Secondary objectives were to compare cross-sectional and longitudinal clinical and biological data between classes and to assess the safety of bronchoscopy. Methods: This double-center prospective study (NCT02806466) included severe preschool wheezers (1-5 yr old) requiring fiberoptic bronchoscopy. Bronchial remodeling parameters (i.e., epithelial integrity, reticular basement membrane [RBM] thickness, mucus gland, fibrosis and bronchial smooth muscle [BSM] areas, the density of blood vessels, and RBM-BSM distance) were assessed and evaluated by latent class analysis. An independent cohort of severe preschool wheezers (NCT04558671) was used to validate our results. Measurements and Main Results: Fiberoptic bronchoscopy procedures were well tolerated. A two-class model was identified: Class BR1 was characterized by increased RBM thickness, normalized BSM area, the density of blood vessels, decreased mucus gland area, fibrosis, and RBM-BSM distance compared with Class BR2. No significant differences were found between classes in the year before fiberoptic bronchoscopy. By contrast, Class BR1 was associated with a shorter time to first exacerbation and an increased risk of both frequent (3 or more) and severe exacerbations during the year after bronchoscopy in the two cohorts. Conclusions: Assessing bronchial remodeling identified severe preschool wheezers at risk of frequent and severe subsequent exacerbations with a favorable benefit to risk ratio.

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CommentIn: Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2023 Feb 15;207(4):381-382. - PMID 36170640

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:207

Enthalten in:

American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine - 207(2023), 4 vom: 15. Feb., Seite 416-426

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fayon, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Beaufils, Fabien [VerfasserIn]
Esteves, Pauline [VerfasserIn]
Campagnac, Maryline [VerfasserIn]
Maurat, Elise [VerfasserIn]
Michelet, Marine [VerfasserIn]
Siao-Him-Fa, Valerie [VerfasserIn]
Lavrand, Frederic [VerfasserIn]
Simon, Guillaume [VerfasserIn]
Begueret, Hugues [VerfasserIn]
Berger, Patrick [VerfasserIn]
P’tit Asthme Study Group [VerfasserIn]
Auriol, Françoise [Sonstige Person]
Blanchon, Sylvain [Sonstige Person]
Carles, Dominique [Sonstige Person]
Boisserie-Lacroix, Vincent [Sonstige Person]
Brémont, François [Sonstige Person]
Bui, Stéphanie [Sonstige Person]
Choukroun, Marie-Luce [Sonstige Person]
Debelleix, Stéphane [Sonstige Person]
Feghali, Hala [Sonstige Person]
Labouret, Géraldine [Sonstige Person]
Blondel, Audrey Martin [Sonstige Person]
Marais, Sébastien [Sonstige Person]
Mittaine, Marie [Sonstige Person]
Nacka, Fabienne [Sonstige Person]
Ousova, Olga [Sonstige Person]
Rouquette, Isabelle [Sonstige Person]
Semjen, François [Sonstige Person]
Sgoifo, Frédérique [Sonstige Person]
Trian, Thomas [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

Asthma
Bronchoscopy
Child
Exacerbation
Journal Article
Latent class analysis
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 17.02.2023

Date Revised 22.02.2023

published: Print

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04558671, NCT02806466

CommentIn: Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2023 Feb 15;207(4):381-382. - PMID 36170640

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1164/rccm.202205-0913OC

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM346249023