TY - JOUR
T1 - Clinical analysis of the add-on effect of tiotropium as a controller in patients with severe bronchial asthma
AU - Shiga, Mamoru
AU - Horiguchi, Takahiko
AU - Kobayashi, Kasin
AU - Hata, Hideharu
AU - Tachikawa, Souichi
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - We determined the clinical add-on effect of tiotropium in patients with severe bronchial asthma without COPD. Twenty-one patients with severe persistent (step 4) bronchial asthma, suffering from persistent symptoms and treated with the highest-dose of inhaled corticosteroids, a long-acting β2- agonist, and a leukotriene receptor antagonist, excluding those who definitely had COPD, inhaled tiotropium 18μg once daily, and those determined at Week 4 of treatment were compared with those at pre-treatment. The morning PEF increased from 271.0±26.1 l/min pre-treatment to 305.2±26.6 l/min at Week 4, showing a statistically significant improvement (p=0.0086). Similarly, FEV1 exhibited a statistically significant improvement from 1450.0±132.9 ml during pre-treatment to 1526.7±131.9 ml at Week 4 (p=0.0067). Improvements in subjective symptoms were also noted in 18 of the 21 subjects. This study suggests that tiotropium has the potential to be re-classified as a controller drug for longterm asthma management.
AB - We determined the clinical add-on effect of tiotropium in patients with severe bronchial asthma without COPD. Twenty-one patients with severe persistent (step 4) bronchial asthma, suffering from persistent symptoms and treated with the highest-dose of inhaled corticosteroids, a long-acting β2- agonist, and a leukotriene receptor antagonist, excluding those who definitely had COPD, inhaled tiotropium 18μg once daily, and those determined at Week 4 of treatment were compared with those at pre-treatment. The morning PEF increased from 271.0±26.1 l/min pre-treatment to 305.2±26.6 l/min at Week 4, showing a statistically significant improvement (p=0.0086). Similarly, FEV1 exhibited a statistically significant improvement from 1450.0±132.9 ml during pre-treatment to 1526.7±131.9 ml at Week 4 (p=0.0067). Improvements in subjective symptoms were also noted in 18 of the 21 subjects. This study suggests that tiotropium has the potential to be re-classified as a controller drug for longterm asthma management.
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M3 - Article
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SN - 0385-3667
VL - 66
SP - 607
EP - 611
JO - Japanese Journal of Chest Diseases
JF - Japanese Journal of Chest Diseases
IS - 7
ER -