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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2014 May 7:9:457-68.
doi: 10.2147/COPD.S60498. eCollection 2014.

Risk of pneumonia with inhaled corticosteroid/long-acting β2 agonist therapy in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a cluster analysis

Rachael L DiSantostefano  1 , Hao Li  1 , David Hinds  1 , Dmitry V Galkin  2 , David B Rubin  2
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Risk of pneumonia with inhaled corticosteroid/long-acting β2 agonist therapy in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a cluster analysis

Rachael L DiSantostefano et al. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis. .

Abstract

Background: Pneumonia poses a significant risk in patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease but data are limited on the disease phenotypes most susceptible to pneumonia.

Methods: Cluster analysis using a data-driven recursive partitioning algorithm was employed using baseline data from two pooled one-year randomized exacerbation trials (n=3,255) of fluticasone furoate/vilanterol or vilanterol alone to identify distinct patient groups at greatest risk of pneumonia or serious (hospitalization or death) pneumonia.

Results: Five clusters were identified. Patients at greater risk of first pneumonia had more severe obstruction (forced expiratory volume in one second/forced vital capacity <46%) and either a body mass index <19 kg/m(2) (hazard ratio 7.8, 95% confidence interval 4.7-13.0; n=144) or a pneumonia history and greater comorbidities (hazard ratio 4.8, 95% confidence interval 3.0-7.7; n=374) relative to the cluster with the lowest pneumonia risk (reference; n=1310). Multiple comorbidities and use of psychoanaleptics also contributed to an increased risk of pneumonia in more obstructed patients. Independent of cluster, use of inhaled corticosteroids was associated with pneumonia (hazard ratio 1.89, 95% confidence interval 1.25-2.84) and serious pneumonia (hazard ratio 2.92, 95% confidence interval 1.40-6.01).

Conclusion: Cluster analysis can identify patient populations at risk for serious safety outcomes and inform risk management strategies to optimize patient management. The greatest risk for pneumonia was in subjects with multiple pneumonia risk factors.

Keywords: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; cluster analysis; inhaled corticosteroids; long-acting β2-agonists; pneumonia.

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Figure 1
Cluster analysis tree of first and first serious pneumonia. Abbreviations: BMI, bone mass index; FEV1, forced expiratory volume in one second; FVC, forced vital capacity; FF/VI, fluticasone furoate/vilanterol; VI, vilanterol.
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Figure 2
Incidence (A and C) and hazard ratios (B and D) for first pneumonia (A and B) and first serious pneumonia (C and D) by cluster.
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