Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: 1831 patients with COPD, 285 smoking (SC) and 228 non-smoking (NSC) controls from the Evaluation of COPD Longitudinally to Identify Predictive Surrogate Endpoints (ECLIPSE) cohort. Spirometric reversibility to 400 μg inhaled salbutamol was assessed on four occasions over 1 year. RESULTS: Forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV(1)) increase after salbutamol was similar in SC (mean 0.14 litres (SD 0.15)) and COPD (0.12 litres (0.15)) and was significantly greater than NSC (0.08 litres (0.14)). Reversibility status varied with repeated testing in parallel with the day-to-day variation in pre- bronchodilator FEV(1), which was similar in control subjects and patients with COPD. Absolute FEV(1) change decreased by Global initiative for chronic Obstructive Lung Disease ( GOLD) stage in patients with COPD ( GOLD II, mean 0.16 litres (SD 0.17); III, 0.10 litres (0.13); IV, 0.05 litres (0.08) as did chances of being classified as reversible. CT-defined emphysema was weakly related to the absolute change in FEV(1) post salbutamol. Consistently reversible patients (n=227) did not differ in mortality, hospitalisation or exacerbation experience from irreversible patients when allowing for differences in baseline FEV(1). LIMITATIONS: Reversibility only assessed with salbutamol and defined by FEV(1) criteria. The COPD population was older than the control populations. CONCLUSIONS: Post- salbutamol FEV(1) change is similar in patients with COPD and smoking controls but is influenced by baseline lung function and the presence of emphysema. Bronchodilator reversibility status varies temporally and does not distinguish clinically relevant outcomes, making it an unreliable phenotype.
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Authors | Paul Albert, Alvar Agusti, Lisa Edwards, Ruth Tal-Singer, Julie Yates, Per Bakke, Bartolome R Celli, Harvey O Coxson, Courtney Crim, David A Lomas, William Macnee, Bruce Miller, Stephen Rennard, Edwin K Silverman, Jørgen Vestbo, Emiel Wouters, Peter Calverley |
Journal | Thorax
(Thorax)
Vol. 67
Issue 8
Pg. 701-8
(Aug 2012)
ISSN: 1468-3296 [Electronic] England |
PMID | 22696176
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Multicenter Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Bronchodilator Agents
- Albuterol
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Albuterol
(pharmacology, therapeutic use)
- Bronchodilator Agents
(pharmacology, therapeutic use)
- Female
- Forced Expiratory Volume
(drug effects)
- Humans
- Longitudinal Studies
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Prognosis
- Prospective Studies
- Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
(diagnosis, drug therapy, etiology, physiopathology)
- Pulmonary Emphysema
(physiopathology)
- Smoking
(adverse effects, physiopathology)
- Spirometry
(methods)
- Treatment Outcome
- Vital Capacity
(drug effects)
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