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Trial reportCell reports. Medicine2026

Symptoms and treatment response to florensocatib and inhaled tobramycin in bronchiectasis: Post hoc analysis of two randomized trials.

Yong-Hua Gao, Xue-Shan Li, Xiao-Li Sun, Fang-Qiong Li, Lu-Yin Sun, Han-Mo Liu, Wei-Jie Guan

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Trial report in Cell reports. Medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Yong-Hua GaoDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P.R. China. Electronic address: gaoyonghuahust@163.com.
Xue-Shan LiDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P.R. China.
Xiao-Li SunDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P.R. China.
Fang-Qiong LiDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Haisco, Chengdu, China.
Lu-Yin SunDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Haisco, Chengdu, China.
Han-Mo LiuDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Haisco, Chengdu, China.
Wei-Jie GuanState Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, Joint International Research Laboratory of Respiratory Health, Guangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Respiratory Medicine, Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510163, P.R. China; China-Portugal Artificial Intelligence and Public Health Technologies Joint Laboratory, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory of Respiratory Infectious Diseases, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease Research, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510163, P.R. China; Shanxi Bethune Hospital, Taiyuan 050081, P.R. China. Electronic address: battery203@163.com.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inhaled antibiotics and DPP-1 inhibitors improve clinical outcomes in bronchiectasis, but whether baseline symptom burden predicts differential treatment responses remains unclear. In this post hoc analysis of two multicenter randomized trials (SAVE-BE, n = 224; TORNASOL, n = 357), we evaluate the association between baseline Quality of Life-Bronchiectasis Respiratory Symptom Scale (QoL-B-RSS) and treatment effects of florensocatib and inhaled tobramycin. In SAVE-BE, florensocatib reduces exacerbation rates versus placebo (relative risk [RR], 0.47; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.33-0.67; p < 0.0001), with RRs of 0.53 and 0.40 observed in patients with high and low symptom burdens, respectively, but no significant symptomatic improvement. In TORNASOL, tobramycin produces clinically meaningful QoL-B-RSS improvements (exceeding the 8-point cutoff in high-symptom patients) and ameliorates bronchitic symptoms, with greater benefits in those with higher baseline symptom burden. These hypothesis-generating findings suggest that baseline symptom burden may identify differential responses to anti-inflammatory versus anti-infective therapies in bronchiectasis and support its potential as a simple, practical stratification tool to guide personalized treatment.

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsBronchiectasisTobramycinAdministration, InhalationAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedQuality of LifeSymptom BurdenTreatment OutcomeAnti-Bacterial AgentsTobramycinbronchiectasisDPP-1 inhibitorexacerbationsinhaled tobramycinsymptomstreatment response

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PMCPMC13589483

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