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Trial reportEuropean journal of clinical pharmacology2012

Salbutamol but not ipratropium abolishes leukotriene D4-induced gas exchange abnormalities in asthma.

Barbro Dahlén, Federico P Gómez, Alejandro Casas, Peter H Howarth, Sven-Erik Dahlén, Robert Rodriguez-Roisin

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in European journal of clinical pharmacology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Barbro DahlénLung and Allergy Clinic, Department of Medicine at Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge and The Centre for Allergy Research, Karolinska Institutet, 141 86, Stockholm, Sweden. barbro.dahlen@ki.se
Federico P Gómez
Alejandro Casas
Peter H Howarth
Sven-Erik Dahlén
Robert Rodriguez-Roisin
Universitat de Barcelona · ESCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias · ESKarolinska Institutet · SEKarolinska University Hospital · SEUniversity of Southampton · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council G0400473Medical Research Council G0800766Medical Research Council G0900453
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeLeukotriene D(4) (LTD(4)) is a central mediator in asthma inducing bronchoconstriction and profound disturbances in pulmonary gas exchange in asthmatic subjects. The aim of the study was to compare, for the first time, the influence of the bronchodilators salbutamol (400 μg) and ipratropium (80 μg) on lung function changes induced by inhaled LTD(4).

methodsTreatments were evaluated in a randomized, three-period, double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over study where spirometric and pulmonary gas exchange indices were followed in 12 subjects with mild asthma before and after LTD(4) challenge.

resultsCompared with placebo, salbutamol provided significant protection against the fall in FEV(1) (forced expiratory volume in 1 s) after LTD(4) challenge. Salbutamol also abolished the LTD(4)-induced gas exchange disturbances [decreased arterial oxygen tension (PaO(2)) and increased alveolar-arterial oxygen tension difference (AaPO(2))]. Ipratropium provided significant but less marked attenuation of the changes in FEV(1) and arterial oxygenation induced by LTD(4).

conclusionDespite the equal bronchodilatory effects of salbutamol and ipratropium before the challenge with LTD(4), salbutamol was superior to ipratropium in preventing spirometric and gas exchange abnormalities. This result indicates a broader action of salbutamol on several of the disturbances that contribute to airway obstruction including, for example, exudation of plasma in the airway mucosa. The clinical implication of this new finding is that in this model of acute asthmatic airway obstruction, salbutamol was more effective than ipratropium.

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Administration, InhalationAdultAirway ObstructionAlbuterolArteriesAsthmaBronchoconstrictionBronchodilator AgentsCross-Over StudiesDouble-Blind MethodFemaleForced Expiratory VolumeHumansIpratropiumLeukotriene D4MaleAlbuterolBronchodilator AgentsIpratropiumLeukotriene D4Oxygen

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PMID22457014
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