Protection of leukotriene receptor antagonist against aspirin-induced bronchospasm in asthmatics
Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Research
; : 48-54, 2010.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
Leukotriene receptor antagonists (LTRAs) are used to treat aspirin-intolerant asthma (AIA); however, the protective effects of long-term LTRA administration against aspirin-induced bronchospasm have not been evaluated.OBJECTIVES:
We investigated the efficacy of a 12-week treatment with a LTRA in protecting against aspirin-induced asthma in AIA patients.METHODS:
Fifty-two adult patients with AIA underwent an aspirin challenge test just before administration of montelukast (10 mg/day) and just after 12 weeks of treatment. The protective effect was assessed as the disappearance of aspirin-induced bronchospasm after 12 weeks of treatment. The results were compared according to the patients' clinical and physiological parameters.RESULTS:
The decline in FEV1 following aspirin challenge was significantly reduced from 28.6+/-1.9% to 10.2+/-1.7% (P=0.0001) after 12 weeks of montelukast treatment. However, 14 subjects (30%) still showed a positive response (>15% decline in FEV1) to aspirin challenge. Grouping the subjects into good and poor responders according to post-treatment responses revealed that the pretreatment aspirin-induced FEV1 decline was significantly greater in the poor responders and that the triggering dose of aspirin and the induction time for a positive response were lower and shorter, respectively, in the poor responders. Histories of aspirin hypersensitivity and sinusitis were more prevalent among the poor responders than among the good responders.CONCLUSIONS:
Twelve weeks of treatment with montelukast protected against aspirin-induced bronchospasm in 70% of the AIA cases. A poor response was associated with more severe aspirin-induced bronchospasms before treatment and a history of aspirin hypersensitivity or sinusitis. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS A severe response to aspirin challenge may be a predictor of poor responsiveness to leukotriene antagonist treatment.Key words
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Main subject:
Quinolines
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Asthma
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Sinusitis
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Bronchial Spasm
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Aspirin
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Receptors, Leukotriene
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Leukotriene Antagonists
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Eosinophils
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Asthma, Aspirin-Induced
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Hypersensitivity
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Adult
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Research
Year:
2010
Type:
Article