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Vinokurtseva A, Fung M, Ai Li E, Zhang R, Armstrong JJ, Hutnik CML. Impact of Inhaled and Intranasal Corticosteroids Exposure on the Risk of Ocular Hypertension and Glaucoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Clin Ophthalmol 2022; 16:1675-1695. [PMID: 35669010 PMCID: PMC9165658 DOI: 10.2147/opth.s358066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2022] [Accepted: 04/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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- Anastasiya Vinokurtseva
- Department of Ophthalmology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, Ontario, Canada
- Correspondence: Anastasiya Vinokurtseva, Department of Ophthalmology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, 268 Grosvenor St., London, ON, N6A 4V2, Canada, Tel +1 519.646.6100 x.66272, Fax +1 519.646.6410, Email
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pathology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Pathology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Pathology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, Ontario, Canada
- Ivey Eye Institute, St Joseph’s Healthcare, London, Ontario, Canada
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Ferrante G, Montalbano L, Cilluffo G, Malizia V, Marchese D, La Grutta S. Beclomethasone dipropionate hydrofluoroalkane for the treatment of allergic rhinitis. Expert Rev Clin Immunol 2015; 12:279-88. [PMID: 26558604 DOI: 10.1586/1744666x.2016.1118347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Allergic rhinitis (AR) is a common respiratory disease, and its prevalence is increasing all over the world, both in adults and in children. Patients experience symptoms that may negatively impact on physical, social and psychological well-being. Hence, if left untreated, allergic rhinitis may significantly affect quality of life. Under current guidelines, intranasal corticosteroids are considered the most effective drugs and they are recommended as first-line therapy. Among the several corticosteroid intranasal sprays available, beclomethasone dipropionate is one of the most prescribed. Recently, new intranasal hydrofluoroalkane-propelled formulations with little or no impact on the ozone layer have been developed for the treatment of AR. The use of these devices might improve patients' adherence to treatment, avoiding some of the most common side effects associated with aqueous formulations. This review provides the most recent evidence for the efficacy and safety of beclomethasone dipropionate hydrofluoroalkane nasal aerosol in the treatment of allergic rhinitis.
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- Giuliana Ferrante
- a Department of Science for Health Promotion and Mother and Child Care , University of Palermo , Palermo , Italy
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- b National Research Council CNR , Institute of Biomedicine and Molecular Immunology IBIM , Palermo , Italy.,c Department of Psychology , University of Palermo , Palermo , Italy
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- b National Research Council CNR , Institute of Biomedicine and Molecular Immunology IBIM , Palermo , Italy.,d Department of Economics, Business, and Statistics , University of Palermo , Palermo , Italy
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- b National Research Council CNR , Institute of Biomedicine and Molecular Immunology IBIM , Palermo , Italy
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- e Istituto di Biomedicina e Immunologia Molecolare (IBIM) Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) Palermo , Italy
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- b National Research Council CNR , Institute of Biomedicine and Molecular Immunology IBIM , Palermo , Italy
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Battaglia S, Benfante A, Scichilone N. Asthma in the older adult: presentation, considerations and clinical management. Expert Rev Clin Immunol 2015; 11:1297-308. [PMID: 26358013 DOI: 10.1586/1744666x.2015.1087850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Asthma affects older adults to the same extent as children and adolescents. However, one is led to imagine that asthma prevalence decreases with aging and becomes a rare entity in the elderly. From a clinical perspective, this misconception has nontrivial consequences in that the recognition of the disease is delayed and the treatment postponed. The overall management of asthma in the elderly population is also complicated by specific features that the disease develops in the most advanced ages, and by the difficulties that the physician encounters when approaching the older asthmatic subjects. The current review article aims at describing the specific clinical presentations of asthma in the elderly and highlights the gaps and pitfalls in the diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. Relevant issues with regard to the clinical management of asthma in the elderly are also discussed.
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- Salvatore Battaglia
- a Dipartimento Biomedico di Medicina Interna e Specialistica (Di.Bi.MIS), University of Palermo Palermo, Italy
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- a Dipartimento Biomedico di Medicina Interna e Specialistica (Di.Bi.MIS), University of Palermo Palermo, Italy
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Maspero J, Cherrez I, Doherty DE, Tashkin DP, Kuna P, Kuo WL, Gates D, Nolte H, Chylack LT. Appraisal of lens opacity with mometasone furoate/formoterol fumarate combination in patients with COPD or asthma. Respir Med 2014; 108:1355-62. [PMID: 25044280 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2014.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2014] [Revised: 04/18/2014] [Accepted: 04/20/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Long-term corticosteroid use may increase cataract risk. The Lens Opacities Classification System (LOCS) III ranked lens opacities as Class 1: 0.5-0.9 unit; Class 2: 1.0-1.4 units; or Class 3: ≥1.5 units in clinical trials of combined mometasone furoate and formoterol (MF/F) administered by metered-dose inhaler (MDI). We examined retrospectively shifts in lenticular opacity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma. METHODS We analyzed pooled LOCS III data from two COPD studies and separately analyzed LOCS III data from an asthma study. COPD subjects were randomized to twice daily MF/F 200/10 μg, MF/F 400/10 μg, MF 400 μg, F 10 μg, and placebo; asthma subjects were randomized to MF/F 200/10 μg, MF/F 400/10 μg, fluticasone propionate/salmeterol (FP/S) 250/50 μg, and FP/S 500/50 μg. Lenticular opacity changes were analyzed post hoc for proportions of subjects with LOCS III grade increases ≥0.5, ≥1.0, or ≥1.5 units at weeks 26 and 52. RESULTS Proportions of subjects in the COPD studies with Class 1 (≥0.5 unit), 2 (≥1.0 unit), or 3 (≥1.5 units) increases in LOCS III at week 26 (N = 1675) ranged from 15.5 to 18.6%, 3.3-6.0%, and 0.9-2.2%, respectively. At week 52 (N = 1085), proportions of active-treated subjects with Class 1, 2, or 3 increases in LOCS III ranged from 26.6 to 28.9%, 6.3-10.7%, and 2.6-5.9%, respectively. Treatment differences in lenticular shifts were generally small and nonsignificant in the asthma study. CONCLUSION No clinically relevant trends were observed in the LOCS III assessment of lenticular shifts during treatment of COPD and asthma patients, although further study may be needed to confirm the findings presented here. In these trials, MF/F effects on lens opacity were not observed. (Clinicaltrials.gov numbers: NCT00383435, NCT00383721, and NCT00379288.).
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- Jorge Maspero
- Fundacion CIDEA Allergy and Respiratory Research Unit, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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- Respiralab Allergy and Respiratory Center, Kennedy Hospital, Guayaquil, Ecuador
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- Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, NJ, USA
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Bateman ED. Efficacy and safety of high-dose ciclesonide for the treatment of severe asthma. Expert Rev Respir Med 2014; 7:339-48. [PMID: 23964625 DOI: 10.1586/17476348.2013.814385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Asthma severity is classified according to the level of treatment required to control symptoms. Inhaled corticosteroids are the recommended first-line therapy for the treatment of persistent asthma, and when asthma remains uncontrolled, one option is to increase the inhaled corticosteroids dose. However, there is a concomitant risk of increasing local and systemic adverse events, which may impact patient adherence and physician prescribing practices. Ciclesonide is delivered as a prodrug, has high peripheral lung deposition and high protein-binding capabilities, and is rapidly eliminated from the systemic circulation. This article reviews the use of high-dose ciclesonide in patients with severe asthma and considers whether the pharmacology of ciclesonide translates into it being an efficacious and well-tolerated option for patients requiring a step-up in their asthma treatment.
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- Eric D Bateman
- Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, George Street, Mowbray 7700, Cape Town, South Africa.
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Miller DP, Watkins SE, Sampson T, Davis KJ. Long-term use of fluticasone propionate/salmeterol fixed-dose combination and incidence of cataracts and glaucoma among chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients in the UK General Practice Research Database. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis 2011; 6:467-76. [PMID: 22003292 PMCID: PMC3186745 DOI: 10.2147/copd.s14247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Objectives Some large population-based studies have reported a dose-related increased risk of cataracts and glaucoma associated with use of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) in patients with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We evaluated the association between use of ICS-containing products, specifically fluticasone propionate/salmeterol fixed-dose combination (FSC), and incidence of cataracts and glaucoma among patients with COPD in a large electronic medical record database in the United Kingdom. Methods We identified a cohort of patients aged 45 years and over with COPD in the General Practice Research Database (GPRD) between 2003 and 2006. Cases of incident cataracts or glaucoma were defined based on diagnosis and procedure codes and matched to controls from the risk set to estimate odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI). The association with FSC or ICS exposure was modeled using conditional logistic regression. Medication exposure was assessed with respect to recency, duration, and number of prescriptions prior to the index date. Average daily dose was defined as none, low (1–250 mcg), medium (251–500 mcg), high (501–1000 mcg), or very high (1001+ mcg) using fluticasone propionate (FP) equivalents. Results We identified 2941 incident cataract cases and 327 incident glaucoma cases in the COPD cohort (n = 53,191). FSC or ICS prescriptions were not associated with risk of incident cataracts or glaucoma for any exposure category, after adjusting for confounders. We observed a lack of a dose response in all analyses, where low dose was the reference group. The odds of cataracts associated with FSC dose were medium OR: 1.1 (95% CI: 0.9–1.4); high OR: 1.2 (95% CI: 0.9–1.5); and very high OR: 1.2 (95% CI: 0.9–1.7). The odds of glaucoma associated with FSC dose: medium OR: 1.0 (95% CI: 0.5–2.1); high OR: 1.0 (95% CI: 0.5–2.0); and very high OR: 1.0 (95% CI: 0.4–2.8). Conclusions FSC or other ICS exposure was not associated with an increased odds of cataracts or glaucoma, nor was a dose–response relationship observed in this population-based nested case-control study of COPD patients in the United Kingdom.
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- David P Miller
- WorldWide Epidemiology, GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, Durham, NC 27709-3398, USA
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Singas E, Karpel JP. Profile of ciclesonide for the maintenance treatment of asthma. Ther Clin Risk Manag 2011; 7:351-8. [PMID: 21941441 PMCID: PMC3176168 DOI: 10.2147/tcrm.s5433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Ciclesonide is a nonhalogenated synthetic inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) that has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of all severities of persistent asthma. It is available as a hydrofluroalkane pressurized metered-dose inhaler in two strengths, 80 mcg/activation and 160 mcg/activation, with the recommenced dosage being two inhalations twice-daily. It is a prodrug that is converted in the lung to its active form, which possesses 100-fold greater glucocorticoid-receptor-binding affinity than the parent compound. Its relative receptor affinity is similar to budesonide. In clinical studies, ciclesonide was effective in improving pulmonary function, reducing asthma symptoms, and reducing or eliminating the need for oral corticosteroids (OCSs). Patients with severe asthma dependent on OCSs and high doses of ICSs were able to achieve greater asthma control and reduce or even eliminate the use of OCSs when switched to ciclesonide. In comparison with fluticasone propionate and budesonide, ciclesonide was demonstrated to be at least as effective in maintaining pulmonary function and asthma control. In clinical trials, ciclesonide was well tolerated, with the majority of adverse events considered mild or moderate in intensity. It had low systemic bioavailability and no clinically significant hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis suppression at therapeutic doses. Its safety profile establishes ciclesonide as an important addition to the currently available ICSs.
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- Effie Singas
- North Shore University Hospital, NS-LIJ Health System, New York, NY, USA
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Maspero JF, Nolte H, Chérrez-Ojeda I. Long-term safety of mometasone furoate/formoterol combination for treatment of patients with persistent asthma. J Asthma 2010; 47:1106-15. [PMID: 20874458 PMCID: PMC2993043 DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2010.514634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Objective: The combination of inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) and long-acting β2-agonist is recommended for treatment of patients with persistent asthma inadequately controlled on ICS monotherapy. This study was conducted to evaluate the long-term safety of mometasone furoate/formoterol (MF/F) administered through metered-dose inhaler (MDI) in patients with persistent asthma previously on medium- to high-dose ICS. Methods: This was a 52-week, randomized, multicenter, parallel-group, open-label, evaluator-blinded study. At baseline, 404 patients (aged >12 years) were stratified according to their previous ICS dose (medium or high), then randomized 2:1 to receive twice-daily treatment of MF/F (200/10 or 400/10 μg) or fluticasone propionate/salmeterol (FP/S; 250/50 or 500/50 μg). The primary endpoint was the number and percentage of patients reporting any adverse event (AE). Additional safety evaluations included plasma cortisol 24-hour area under the curve (AUC0–24h) and ocular changes. Pulmonary function, asthma symptoms, and use of rescue medication were monitored. Results: The incidence of >1 treatment-emergent AE was similar across treatment groups (MF/F 200/10 μg, 77.3% [n = 109]; FP/S 250/50 μg, 82.4% [n = 56]; MF/F 400/10 μg, 79.2% [n = 103]; FP/S 500/50 μg, 76.9% [n = 50]). Rates of treatment-related AEs were also similar across treatment groups (MF/F 200/10 μg, 28.4%; FP/S 250/50 μg, 23.5%; MF/F 400/10 μg, 23.1%; FP/S 500/50 μg, 20.0%). Headache (3.7%) and dysphonia (2.7%) were the most common treatment-related AEs overall. The nature and frequency of AEs and the decreases in plasma cortisol AUC0–24 h observed with MF/F treatment were similar to those observed with FP/S treatment. Ocular events were rare (2–6% overall incidence among treatment groups); in particular, no posterior subcapsular cataracts were reported. Only three patients discontinued the study because of treatment-related ocular AEs (two for lens disorders in the MF/F 400/10 μg group; one for reduced visual acuity in the FP/S 250/50 μg group) and no asthma-related deaths occurred. Furthermore, MF/F showed numerical improvement in lung function and clinical benefits by reducing asthma symptoms and rescue medication use. Conclusions: One-year treatment with the new combination therapies -twice-daily MF/F-MDI 200/10 and 400/10 μg — is safe and well tolerated in patients with persistent asthma.
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- Jorge F Maspero
- Fundacion CIDEA, Allergy/Respiratory Research, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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IMPORTANCE OF THE FIELD Asthma is a chronic disease characterized by airway inflammation and hyper-responsiveness. Inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) constitute the guideline-recommended first-line therapy for persistent asthma. However, concerns regarding ICS-related adverse events may contribute to their underutilization by physicians and patients. AREAS COVERED IN THIS REVIEW The currently available published data on the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties, safety and efficacy of the ICS, ciclesonide, is described. Peer-reviewed publications (1996 - 2009) on the pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic profile, safety and efficacy of ciclesonide were reviewed. WHAT THE READER WILL GAIN Ciclesonide is delivered as an inactive prodrug, which is cleaved to the active molecule by intracellular esterases located in the lungs. This and other pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic properties may limit the amount of active molecule outside the lung and may reduce the incidence of side effects. Randomized placebo-controlled studies found that ciclesonide can initiate and maintain disease control in subjects with persistent asthma of all disease severities. Moreover, studies have found that ciclesonide is as effective as other ICSs in establishing and controlling disease symptoms. Controlled clinical trials also showed that ciclesonide is associated with minimal systemic and local treatment-related adverse events. TAKE HOME MESSAGE Published findings indicate that ciclesonide is effective at initiating and maintaining asthma control and is well tolerated, with a positive safety profile.
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- Phillip E Korenblat
- Washington University School of Medicine, The Clinical Research Center, LLC, 1040 N Mason Road, Suite 112, St Louis, Missouri 63141, USA.
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Current world literature. Curr Opin Ophthalmol 2009; 21:81-90. [PMID: 19996895 DOI: 10.1097/icu.0b013e3283350158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Current awareness: Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 2009. [DOI: 10.1002/pds.1648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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