慢性閉塞性肺疾患における予防的な抗生物質療法
Samantha C Herath1, Phillippa Poole2
1Day Unit, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Montreal Chest Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
JAMA
|June 4, 2014
まとめ
予防的なマクロリド抗生物質は,継続的な使用で慢性閉塞性肺疾患 (COPD) の悪化を軽減することができます. 連続抗生物質投与とパルス抗生物質投与の両方により,健康関連の生活の質 (HRQOL) が改善されたが,臨床的には有意ではなかった.
科学分野:
- 肺内医学は肺内医学である.
- 感染症 感染症は感染症です.
- 臨床薬理学 臨床薬理学とは
背景:
- 慢性阻害性肺疾患 (COPD) は,持続的な呼吸器系症状と頻繁な悪化によって特徴づけられる進行性肺疾患です.
- 悪化は,患者の罹病率,死亡率,および医療費に大きく影響を与えます.
- 予防的な抗生物質戦略は,COPDの悪化を緩和し,生活の質を改善するために調査されています.
研究 の 目的:
- COPD患者の悪化を減らすために予防的な抗生物質治療の有効性を評価する.
- COPD患者の健康関連の生活の質 (HRQOL) に対する予防抗生物質の影響を評価する.
主な方法:
- ランダム化制御試験の体系的レビューとメタ解析.
- 継続的またはパルス型マクロリド抗生物質の予防とプラセボを比較した研究を含む.
- COPDの悪化率を含むプライマリアウトカムの評価,HRQOLを含む二次アウトカムの評価.
主要な成果:
- 継続的なマクロリド抗生物質予防は,臨床的に有意なCOPD悪化の減少と関連していました.
- パルスマクロリド抗生物質の予防は,悪化の有意な減少を示さなかった.
- 継続的およびパルスマクロライド療法の両方がHRQOLの改善を示しましたが,これらの変化は臨床的に有意ではありませんでした.
結論:
- 継続的な予防的なマクロリド抗生物質の使用は,COPD患者の悪化を減らすための効果的な戦略です.
- HRQOLは改善する可能性があるが,予防抗生物質によるこの改善の臨床的意義は,さらなる調査を必要とする.
- 現在の証拠は,選択されたCOPD患者の悪化予防のためにマクロリドの継続的な使用を支持しています.
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