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Safety and Adverse Events after Targeted Lung Denervation for Symptomatic Moderate to Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (AIRFLOW). A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.


ABSTRACT: Rationale: Targeted lung denervation (TLD) is a bronchoscopic radiofrequency ablation therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which durably disrupts parasympathetic pulmonary nerves to decrease airway resistance and mucus hypersecretion.Objectives: To determine the safety and impact of TLD on respiratory adverse events.Methods: We conducted a multicenter, randomized, sham bronchoscopy-controlled, double-blind trial in patients with symptomatic (modified Medical Research Council dyspnea scale score, ≥2; or COPD Assessment Test score, ≥10) COPD (FEV1, 30-60% predicted). The primary endpoint was the rate of respiratory adverse events between 3 and 6.5 months after randomization (defined as COPD exacerbation, tachypnea, wheezing, worsening bronchitis, worsening dyspnea, influenza, pneumonia, other respiratory infections, respiratory failure, or airway effects requiring therapeutic intervention). Blinding was maintained through 12.5 months.Measurements and Main Results: Eighty-two patients (50% female; mean ± SD: age, 63.7 ± 6.8 yr; FEV1, 41.6 ± 7.3% predicted; modified Medical Research Council dyspnea scale score, 2.2 ± 0.7; COPD Assessment Test score, 18.4 ± 6.1) were randomized 1:1. During the predefined 3- to 6.5-month window, patients in the TLD group experienced significantly fewer respiratory adverse events than those in the sham group (32% vs. 71%, P = 0.008; odds ratio, 0.19; 95% confidence interval, 0.0750-0.4923, P = 0.0006). Between 0 and 12.5 months, these findings were not different (83% vs. 90%; P = 0.52). The risk of COPD exacerbation requiring hospitalization in the 0- to 12.5-month window was significantly lower in the TLD group than in the sham group (hazard ratio, 0.35; 95% confidence interval, 0.13-0.99; P = 0.039). There was no statistical difference in the time to first moderate or severe COPD exacerbation, patient-reported symptoms, or other physiologic measures over the 12.5 months of follow-up.Conclusions: Patients with symptomatic COPD treated with TLD combined with optimal pharmacotherapy had fewer study-defined respiratory adverse events, including hospitalizations for COPD exacerbation.Clinical trial registered with www.clinicaltrials.gov (NCT02058459).

SUBMITTER: Slebos DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6909835 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Safety and Adverse Events after Targeted Lung Denervation for Symptomatic Moderate to Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (AIRFLOW). A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.

Slebos Dirk-Jan DJ   Shah Pallav L PL   Herth Felix J F FJF   Pison Christophe C   Schumann Christian C   Hübner Ralf-Harto RH   Bonta Peter I PI   Kessler Romain R   Gesierich Wolfgang W   Darwiche Kaid K   Lamprecht Bernd B   Perez Thierry T   Skowasch Dirk D   Deslee Gaetan G   Marceau Armelle A   Sciurba Frank C FC   Gosens Reinoud R   Hartman Jorine E JE   Srikanthan Karthi K   Duller Marina M   Valipour Arschang A  

American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 20191201 12


<b>Rationale:</b> Targeted lung denervation (TLD) is a bronchoscopic radiofrequency ablation therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which durably disrupts parasympathetic pulmonary nerves to decrease airway resistance and mucus hypersecretion.<b>Objectives:</b> To determine the safety and impact of TLD on respiratory adverse events.<b>Methods:</b> We conducted a multicenter, randomized, sham bronchoscopy-controlled, double-blind trial in patients with symptomatic (modified Med  ...[more]

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