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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
卷 188, 期 4, 页码 456-460出版社
AMER THORACIC SOC
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201302-0219OC
关键词
cystic fibrosis; lung clearance index; infant; hypertonic saline; preschool child
资金
- National Institutes of Health
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Lynn and Arnold Irwin Foundation
Rationale: Lung clearance index (LCI), measured by multiple breath washout (MBW), is a noninvasive measure of ventilation inhomogeneity that holds promise as an objective physiologic endpoint for clinical trials in infants and preschool children with cystic fibrosis (CF). Objectives: To study the feasibility of using LCI to assess treatment effect outcomes in CF trials of infants and preschoolers. Methods: The Infant Study of Inhaled Saline trial was a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial of hypertonic (7%) versus isotonic (0.9%) saline inhaled twice daily for 48 weeks in children with CF under 6 years of age. LCI measurements were performed in a single-center pilot substudy at baseline and 48 weeks using a respiratory mass spectrometer and sulfur hexafluoride as the tracer gas. LCI measurements were standardized using published normative data (zLCI) to accountfor height-related changesin LCI during early childhood. A generalized estimating equation model with an interaction between treatment group and test occasion was used to estimate a treatment effect. Measurements and Main Results: A total of 27 participants were randomized; 25 participants, aged (median [range]) 2.6 (0.34-4.95) years, had acceptable baseline and follow-up LCI measures. On average, LCI decreased in the hypertonic saline group (n = 12) by 1.19 z-scores units (95% confidence interval [CI] 22.46 to 0.06), and remained stable in the isotonic saline group (n = 13) at 0.81 (95% CI 20.40 to 2.02). A significant treatment effect was observed for zLCI (2.01; 95% CI 0.26 to 3.76; P = 0.025). Conclusions: MBW testing is feasible in an interventional study in infants and preschool children with CF. These pilot findings support the development of MBW and LCI as an objective outcome measure in interventional trials in young children with CF, and provide estimates for sample size calculations for future studies. Clinical trial registered with www.clinicaltrials.gov (NCT00709280).
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