Bronchiectasis and asthma : Data from the European Bronchiectasis Registry (EMBARC)

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BACKGROUND: Asthma is commonly reported in patients with a diagnosis of bronchiectasis.

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate whether patients with bronchiectasis and asthma (BE+A) had a different clinical phenotype and different outcomes compared with patients with bronchiectasis without concomitant asthma.

METHODS: A prospective observational pan-European registry (European Multicentre Bronchiectasis Audit and Research Collaboration) enrolled patients across 28 countries. Adult patients with computed tomography-confirmed bronchiectasis were reviewed at baseline and annual follow-up visits using an electronic case report form. Asthma was diagnosed by the local investigator. Follow-up data were used to explore differences in exacerbation frequency between groups using a negative binomial regression model. Survival analysis used Cox proportional hazards regression.

RESULTS: Of 16,963 patients with bronchiectasis included for analysis, 5,267 (31.0%) had investigator-reported asthma. Patients with BE+A were younger, were more likely to be female and never smokers, and had a higher body mass index than patients with bronchiectasis without asthma. BE+A was associated with a higher prevalence of rhinosinusitis and nasal polyps as well as eosinophilia and Aspergillus sensitization. BE+A had similar microbiology but significantly lower severity of disease using the bronchiectasis severity index. Patients with BE+A were at increased risk of exacerbation after adjustment for disease severity and multiple confounders. Inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) use was associated with reduced mortality in patients with BE+A (adjusted hazard ratio 0.78, 95% CI 0.63-0.95) and reduced risk of hospitalization (rate ratio 0.67, 95% CI 0.67-0.86) compared with control subjects without asthma and not receiving ICSs.

CONCLUSIONS: BE+A was common and was associated with an increased risk of exacerbations and improved outcomes with ICS use. Unexpectedly we identified significantly lower mortality in patients with BE+A.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - (2024) vom: 23. Feb.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Polverino, Eva [VerfasserIn]
Dimakou, Katerina [VerfasserIn]
Traversi, Letizia [VerfasserIn]
Bossios, Apostolos [VerfasserIn]
Haworth, Charles S [VerfasserIn]
Loebinger, Michael R [VerfasserIn]
De Soyza, Anthony [VerfasserIn]
Vendrell, Montserrat [VerfasserIn]
Burgel, Pierre-Régis [VerfasserIn]
Mertsch, Pontus [VerfasserIn]
McDonnell, Melissa [VerfasserIn]
Škrgat, Sabina [VerfasserIn]
Maiz Carro, Luis [VerfasserIn]
Sibila, Oriol [VerfasserIn]
van der Eerden, Menno [VerfasserIn]
Kauppi, Paula [VerfasserIn]
Hill, Adam T [VerfasserIn]
Wilson, Robert [VerfasserIn]
Milenkovic, Branislava [VerfasserIn]
Menendez, Rosario [VerfasserIn]
Murris, Marlene [VerfasserIn]
Digalaki, Tonia [VerfasserIn]
Crichton, Megan L [VerfasserIn]
Borecki, Sermin [VerfasserIn]
Obradovic, Dusanka [VerfasserIn]
Nowinski, Adam [VerfasserIn]
Amorim, Adelina [VerfasserIn]
Torres, Antoni [VerfasserIn]
Lorent, Natalie [VerfasserIn]
Welte, Tobias [VerfasserIn]
Blasi, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Van Braeckel, Eva [VerfasserIn]
Altenburg, Josje [VerfasserIn]
Shoemark, Amelia [VerfasserIn]
Shteinberg, Michal [VerfasserIn]
Boersma, Wim [VerfasserIn]
Elborn, J Stuart [VerfasserIn]
Aliberti, Stefano [VerfasserIn]
Ringshausen, Felix C [VerfasserIn]
Chalmers, James D [VerfasserIn]
Goeminne, Pieter C [VerfasserIn]
EMBARC registry investigators [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Asthma
Eosinophils
Exacerbations
Journal Article
Registry

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Date Revised 17.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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doi:

10.1016/j.jaci.2024.01.027

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NLM368918386