Bronchiectasis in Europe : data on disease characteristics from the European Bronchiectasis registry (EMBARC)

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BACKGROUND: Bronchiectasis is a heterogeneous, neglected disease with few multicentre studies exploring the causes, severity, microbiology, and treatment of the disease across Europe. This aim of this study was to describe the clinical characteristics of bronchiectasis and compare between different European countries.

METHODS: EMBARC is an international clinical research network for bronchiectasis. We report on a multicentre, prospective, observational, non-interventional, cohort study (the EMBARC registry) conducted across 27 European countries and Israel. Comprehensive clinical data were collected from adult patients (aged ≥18 years) at baseline and annual follow-up visits using electronic case report form. Data from individual countries were grouped into four regions (the UK, northern and western Europe, southern Europe, and central and eastern Europe according to modified EU EuroVoc classification). Follow-up data were used to explore differences in exacerbation frequency between regions using a negative binomial regression model.

FINDINGS: Between Jan 12, 2015, and April 12, 2022, 16 963 individuals were enrolled. Median age was 67 years (IQR 57-74), 10 335 (60·9%) participants were female and 6628 (39·1%) were male. The most common cause of bronchiectasis in all 16 963 participants was post-infective disease in 3600 (21·2%); 6466 individuals (38·1%) were classified as idiopathic. Individuals with bronchiectasis experienced a median of two exacerbations (IQR 1-4) per year and 4483 (26·4%) patients had a hospitalisation for exacerbation in the previous year. When examining the percentage of all isolated bacteria, marked differences in microbiology were seen between countries, with a higher frequency of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and lower Haemophilus influenzae frequency in southern Europe, compared with higher H influenzae in the UK and northern and western Europe. Compared with other regions, patients in central and eastern Europe had more severe bronchiectasis measured by the Bronchiectasis Severity Index (51·3% vs 35·1% in the overall cohort) and more exacerbations leading to hospitalisations (57·9% vs 26·4% in the overall cohort). Overall, patients in central and eastern Europe had an increased frequency of exacerbations (adjusted rate ratio [RR] 1·12, 95% CI 1·01-1·25) and a higher frequency of exacerbations leading to hospitalisations (adjusted RR 1·71, 1·44-2·02) compared with patients in other regions. Treatment of bronchiectasis was highly heterogeneous between regions.

INTERPRETATION: Bronchiectasis shows important geographical variation in causes, microbiology, severity, and outcomes across Europe.

FUNDING: European Union-European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations Innovative Medicines Initiative.

TRANSLATIONS: For the Arabic, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Irish, Russian and Spanish translations of the abstract see Supplementary Materials section.

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CommentIn: Lancet Respir Med. 2023 Jul;11(7):581-583. - PMID 37105207

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

The Lancet. Respiratory medicine - 11(2023), 7 vom: 25. Juli, Seite 637-649

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chalmers, James D [VerfasserIn]
Polverino, Eva [VerfasserIn]
Crichton, Megan L [VerfasserIn]
Ringshausen, Felix C [VerfasserIn]
De Soyza, Anthony [VerfasserIn]
Vendrell, Montserrat [VerfasserIn]
Burgel, Pierre Régis [VerfasserIn]
Haworth, Charles S [VerfasserIn]
Loebinger, Michael R [VerfasserIn]
Dimakou, Katerina [VerfasserIn]
Murris, Marlene [VerfasserIn]
Wilson, Robert [VerfasserIn]
Hill, Adam T [VerfasserIn]
Menendez, Rosario [VerfasserIn]
Torres, Antoni [VerfasserIn]
Welte, Tobias [VerfasserIn]
Blasi, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Altenburg, Josje [VerfasserIn]
Shteinberg, Michal [VerfasserIn]
Boersma, Wim [VerfasserIn]
Elborn, J Stuart [VerfasserIn]
Goeminne, Pieter C [VerfasserIn]
Aliberti, Stefano [VerfasserIn]
EMBARC Registry Investigators [VerfasserIn]

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Embarc
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Observational Study

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Date Completed 18.07.2023

Date Revised 27.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Lancet Respir Med. 2023 Jul;11(7):581-583. - PMID 37105207

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/S2213-2600(23)00093-0

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NLM356087840