The Effect of Inhaled Corticosteroids on Pneumonia Risk in Patients With COPD-Bronchiectasis Overlap : A UK Population-Based Case-Control Study

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BACKGROUND: Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) increase the risk of pneumonia in COPD and commonly are used in patients with COPD-bronchiectasis overlap.

RESEARCH QUESTION: Is the risk of pneumonia associated with ICS further heightened in COPD-bronchiectasis?.

STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: Electronic health care records (from 2004-2019) were used to obtain a cohort of patients with COPD and a nested case-control group (age and sex matched 1:4). Analyses were conducted to determine the risk of hospitalization for pneumonia in COPD associated with ICS use in those with bronchiectasis. Findings were confirmed by several sensitivity analyses. Additionally, a smaller nested case-control group containing only patients with COPD-bronchiectasis overlap and those with recent blood eosinophil counts (BECs) was used to determine any association with BEC.

RESULTS: Three hundred sixteen thousand six hundred sixty-three patients were eligible for the COPD cohort; bronchiectasis significantly increased the risk of pneumonia (adjusted hazard ratio, 1.24; 95% CI, 1.15-1.33). In the first nested case-control group of 84,316 patients with COPD, ICS was found to increase the odds of pneumonia (adjusted OR [AOR], 1.26; 95% CI, 1.19-1.32) only if used in the previous 180 days. However, bronchiectasis was a significant modifier such that ICS use did not augment further the already elevated bronchiectasis-associated pneumonia risk (COPD-bronchiectasis: AOR, 1.01; 95% CI, 0.8-1.28; no bronchiectasis: AOR, 1.27; 95% CI, 1.20-1.34). Several sensitivity analyses and a second smaller nested case-control group confirmed these findings. Finally, we found that BEC modified the ICS-associated pneumonia risk in COPD-bronchiectasis overlap, where lower BEC was associated significantly with pneumonia (BEC ≤ 3 × 109/L: AOR, 1.56; 95% CI, 1.05-2.31; BEC > 3 × 109/L: AOR, 0.89; 95% CI, 0.53-1.24).

INTERPRETATION: ICS use does not augment further the already increased risk of hospitalization for pneumonia associated with concomitant bronchiectasis in patients with COPD.

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CommentIn: Chest. 2023 Oct;164(4):809-811. - PMID 37805235

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:164

Enthalten in:

Chest - 164(2023), 4 vom: 06. Okt., Seite 875-884

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ritchie, Andrew I [VerfasserIn]
Singayagam, Aran [VerfasserIn]
Mitchell, Sebastian [VerfasserIn]
Wedzicha, Jadwiga A [VerfasserIn]
Shah, Anand [VerfasserIn]
Bloom, Chloë I [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Bronchiectasis
COPD
Glucocorticoids
Inhaled corticosteroid
Journal Article
Pneumonia
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 16.10.2023

Date Revised 20.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Chest. 2023 Oct;164(4):809-811. - PMID 37805235

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.chest.2023.06.007

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM359202055