FitzGerald J M, Becker A, Sears M R, Mink S, Chung K, Lee J
Respiratory Medicine, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, University of British Columbia, Vancouver General Hospital Research Pavilion, 822 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada V5Z 1L8.
Thorax. 2004 Jul;59(7):550-6. doi: 10.1136/thx.2003.014936.
Previous guidelines recommend doubling the daily dose of maintenance inhaled corticosteroid to treat or prevent progression of exacerbations of asthma.
Over a 6 month period a cohort of patients were evaluated prospectively and randomised in a double blind controlled trial to treatment with either a continued maintenance dose (MD) of inhaled corticosteroid or doubling the dose (DD) at the time of an exacerbation.
A total of 290 patients were randomised (33% male) and 98 (DD, n = 46) experienced evaluable asthma exacerbations during the study period. Mean (SD) baseline characteristics at randomisation (age 33.5 (14.0) years; forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV(1)) 2.8 (0.7) l; peak expiratory flow (PEF) 422.9 (110.5) l/min) were similar in both groups. In the DD group 41% of patients were considered treatment failures because they either required systemic steroids (n = 12), had an unscheduled visit to a physician (n = 1), or their asthma did not return to baseline (n = 6). This did not differ from the MD group in which 40% were treatment failures (n = 9, 0, and 12, respectively; p = 0.94).
In patients who regularly take an inhaled corticosteroid, doubling the maintenance dose may not affect the pattern of the exacerbation.
既往指南建议将维持吸入性糖皮质激素的日剂量加倍,以治疗或预防哮喘加重的进展。
在6个月的时间里,对一组患者进行前瞻性评估,并在双盲对照试验中随机分为两组,一组继续使用维持剂量(MD)的吸入性糖皮质激素治疗,另一组在哮喘加重时将剂量加倍(DD)。
共有290例患者被随机分组(男性占33%),98例(DD组,n = 46)在研究期间经历了可评估的哮喘加重。两组随机分组时的平均(标准差)基线特征相似(年龄33.5(14.0)岁;第1秒用力呼气量(FEV₁)2.8(0.7)升;呼气峰值流速(PEF)422.9(110.5)升/分钟)。在DD组中,41%的患者被视为治疗失败,原因是他们要么需要全身使用类固醇(n = 12),要么非计划就诊(n = 1),要么哮喘未恢复到基线水平(n = 6)。这与MD组无差异,MD组中40%为治疗失败(分别为n = 9、0和12;p = 0.94)。
在定期使用吸入性糖皮质激素的患者中,将维持剂量加倍可能不会影响哮喘加重的模式。