{"title":"Renal dysfunction during osimertinib treatment in patients with non–small cell lung cancer positive for EGFR mutations","authors":"Yui Miyazaki , Eiji Iwama , Hiroaki Ogata , Ritsu Ibusuki , Daisuke Shibahara , Kohei Otsubo , Yoshimasa Shiaraishi , Yasuto Yoneshima , Kumiko Torisu , Isamu Okamoto","doi":"10.1016/j.resinv.2025.03.015","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resinv.2025.03.015","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Osimertinib is a standard treatment for non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) positive for <em>EGFR</em> activating mutations. Although renal dysfunction associated with osimertinib treatment is reported to be rare, detailed information on this adverse effect is needed because cytotoxic drugs such as pemetrexed are also widely administered for NSCLC but cannot be used in individuals with renal dysfunction.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We retrospectively collected clinical data including the serum creatinine concentration and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) during osimertinib treatment for 130 NSCLC patients.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Serum creatinine and eGFR worsened gradually during osimertinib treatment, with the median value of creatinine at the point of greatest deterioration differing significantly from that at baseline (0.93 versus 0.72 mg/dL, <em>P</em> < 0.01). Seventy patients (54 %) experienced worsening of the CTCAE grade for creatinine increased, with the frequency of patients with grade 1 or 2 being increased significantly (<em>P</em> < 0.01) at the point of greatest deterioration relative to baseline (grade 1, 46.9 % versus 14.6 %; grade 2, 14.6 % versus 0.8 %, respectively). A higher serum creatinine level at baseline was a significant risk factor for worsening of the CTCAE grade (odds ratio of 1.66, <em>P</em> < 0.001). The median serum creatinine and eGFR at 4 weeks after osimertinib discontinuation had improved to levels similar to those for baseline.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Renal dysfunction occurred frequently during osimertinib treatment but was ameliorated after drug discontinuation, suggesting that, although renal function should be carefully monitored, its impairment is not likely to affect subsequent chemotherapy in most patients.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20934,"journal":{"name":"Respiratory investigation","volume":"63 3","pages":"Pages 438-443"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143748602","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Efficacy of second line and subsequent treatments of small cell lung cancer with and without immune checkpoint inhibitor combination therapy","authors":"Daisuke Morinaga , Jun Sakakibara-Konishi , Yasutaka Kawai , Yumi Morinaga , Shohei Mizobuchi , Yoshihiro Okamoto , Yasunari Yamanaka , Kei Takahashi , Hajime Kikuchi , Noriaki Sukoh , Taichi Takashina , Hidenori Kitai , Satoshi Konno","doi":"10.1016/j.resinv.2025.03.013","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resinv.2025.03.013","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) combined with platinum-doublet chemotherapy (ICI-chemo) have become the standard of care for extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC). However, the effect of ICI-chemo on the efficacy of subsequent chemotherapy remains unknown. This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of second and subsequent treatments of SCLC with and without ICI combination therapy.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We performed an analysis of patients with ES-SCLC between January 2015 and June 2023. The ICI-chemo groups were defined as patients who received ICI-chemo as first-line therapy between September 2019 and June 2023, after ICI-chemo was reimbursed in Japan. The non–ICI–chemo groups were defined as patients who received platinum-doublet therapy between January 2015 and August 2019 and were considered eligible for ICI-chemo.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>In total, 224 patients were included (91 and 133 patients who received ICI-chemo and non–ICI–chemo, respectively). There were no significant differences in patient characteristics between the groups. There was no significant difference in progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) for first-line treatment between the two groups. The median PFS and OS periods for second-line treatment were 3.9 and 3.9 months and 10.3 and 10.7 months in the ICI-chemo and non–ICI–chemo groups, respectively, without significant difference. Most patients in both groups received amrubicin as the second-line treatment. Moreover, the PFS and OS periods for third-line treatment were not significantly different between the ICI-chemo and non–ICI–chemo groups.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>In ES-SCLC, there is no significant additive effect on PFS and OS of second- and subsequent line treatments following ICI-chemo at first-line treatment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20934,"journal":{"name":"Respiratory investigation","volume":"63 3","pages":"Pages 423-430"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143684755","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Characteristics of the 11th wave by SARS-CoV-2 KP.3 subvariant: Re-increase in pneumonia severity","authors":"Naoyuki Miyashita , Yasushi Nakamori , Makoto Ogata , Naoki Fukuda , Akihisa Yamura , Tomoki Ito","doi":"10.1016/j.resinv.2025.03.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resinv.2025.03.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>We investigated the incidence and risk factors for requiring intensive care unit (ICU) admission or invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) in pneumonia patients with Omicron subvariants between the 9th and 11th waves.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We analyzed 536 patients with pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants (175 cases were XBB lineage, 169 cases were JN.1, and 192 cases were KP.3 subvariants).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Rates of ICU admission or requirement for IMV were significantly higher in patients with the KP.3 subvariant group than those with the XBB lineage and JN.1 subvariant groups. Patient age (odds ratio [OR]: 1.09, <em>P</em> < 0.001), immunodeficiency (OR: 2.82), 2 or more co-morbid illnesses (OR: 2.54), and more than 2 years since last vaccination (OR: 1.29) were significantly associated with increased severity.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Physicians should recommend SARS-CoV-2 vaccination and positive use anti-SARS-CoV-2 drugs when COVID-19 is found in patients who are ≥65 years old or who have multiple comorbidities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20934,"journal":{"name":"Respiratory investigation","volume":"63 3","pages":"Pages 401-404"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143654467","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Letter to the editor: “Factors associated with readmission for community-onset pneumonia among older people: A retrospective study”","authors":"Fnu Mubashirah","doi":"10.1016/j.resinv.2025.03.011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resinv.2025.03.011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20934,"journal":{"name":"Respiratory investigation","volume":"63 3","pages":"Page 422"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143654468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jun Tamaoki , Hiroyuki Nagase , Hiroyuki Sano , Takeshi Kaneko , Yasuhiro Gon , Nobuaki Miyahara , Hironori Sagara , Akihiko Tanaka , Takahiko Horiguchi , Etsuko Tagaya , Tomohiro Akaba , Yuji Tohda , the PGAM committee in the Japan Asthma Society
{"title":"Practical Guidelines for Asthma Management (PGAM): Digest edition","authors":"Jun Tamaoki , Hiroyuki Nagase , Hiroyuki Sano , Takeshi Kaneko , Yasuhiro Gon , Nobuaki Miyahara , Hironori Sagara , Akihiko Tanaka , Takahiko Horiguchi , Etsuko Tagaya , Tomohiro Akaba , Yuji Tohda , the PGAM committee in the Japan Asthma Society","doi":"10.1016/j.resinv.2025.03.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resinv.2025.03.009","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The international and national guidelines for asthma management are typically comprehensive and designed for respiratory specialists, making them less practical for primary care physicians who handle most asthma cases. Recognizing the need for more accessible guidelines, the Japan Asthma Society developed the Practical Guidelines for Asthma Management (PGAM). PGAM aims to provide a concise summary of key asthma management principles, increasing awareness, education, and support among nonspecialists and patients alike. It includes user-friendly tables and lists outlining common symptoms, triggers, diagnostic criteria, and basic management strategies, along with frequently encountered treatable traits and comorbidities. These elements are presented through simple, clinically relevant algorithms. A notable feature of PGAM is the “Basic Roadmap for Asthma Management,” which outlines a clear sequence for patient assessment, diagnosis, and treatment from initial consultation onward, offering an easy-to-follow visual guide. Additionally, the guidelines include methods for assessing airway inflammation, enabling patient phenotyping and endotyping. This supports a personalized treatment approach, particularly with biologics, aimed at achieving clinical remission.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20934,"journal":{"name":"Respiratory investigation","volume":"63 3","pages":"Pages 405-421"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143654466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prognostic impact of oligometastasis in older patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer","authors":"Daisuke Morinaga , Kana Hashimoto , Hajime Asahina , Hisashi Tanaka , Osamu Honjo , Toshiyuki Harada , Hiroshi Yokouchi , Hajime Kikuchi , Ryota Shigaki , Taichi Takashina , Keiichi Nakamura , Yasutaka Kawai , Mamoru Takahashi , Ryotaro Kida , Noriaki Sukoh , Kenichiro Ito , Ayumu Takahashi , Hirofumi Hommura , Yoshihito Ohhara , Megumi Furuta , Satoshi Oizumi","doi":"10.1016/j.resinv.2025.03.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resinv.2025.03.008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Immune checkpoint inhibitor plus chemotherapy (ICT) is the standard treatment for extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC). We previously reported that oligometastasis (OM) is a predictor of ICT efficacy, however, the relationship between ICT efficacy and OM in older patients remains unknown. Therefore, this study examined the efficacy of ICT in the older patients including the influence of OM.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We enrolled patients with ES-SCLC who received ICT as first-line treatment between September 2019 and June 2022. Patient characteristics and treatment efficacy were compared between older (≥75 years) and non-older (<75 years) patients.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>We enrolled 228 patients, including 42 older patients. The prevalence of synchronous oligometastasis (SOM) at the start of first-line treatment was 21.0 % and 21.4 % (p = 1.0) in the older and non-older groups, respectively. The progression-free survival (PFS) with first-line therapy was 5.4 and 4.5 months (p = 0.55) and overall survival (OS) was 11.5 and 12.6 months (p = 0.74) for the SOM and non-SOM subgroups in the older group, respectively. For second-line treatment, PFS was 4.5 and 6.3 months (p = 0.79), and OS after second-line initiation was 16.0 and 13.2 months (p = 0.55) in oligoprogression (OP) and non-OP patients in the older group, respectively.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>The frequencies of SOM and OP were not significantly different between older and non-older patients. Although the small number of older patients in this study makes it impossible to conclude definitively, we did not observe a significant prognostic prolongation in older patients with OM as in non-older patients.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20934,"journal":{"name":"Respiratory investigation","volume":"63 3","pages":"Pages 373-382"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143642827","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Serum galectin-3 as a biomarker of progression of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis treated with nintedanib","authors":"Yasuhiko Koga , Mitsuru Motegi , Akihiro Ono , Yoshimasa Hachisu , Mitsuyoshi Utsugi , Noriaki Sunaga , Atsushi Takise , Mari Sato , Tomohito Kuwako , Takashi Osaki , Manabu Ueno , Seishi Yoshimi , Koichi Yamaguchi , Takeshi Hisada , Kyoichi Kaira","doi":"10.1016/j.resinv.2025.03.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resinv.2025.03.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Both serum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid levels of galectin-3 (Gal-3) are elevated in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Phase II study on inhaler with Gal-3 inhibitor for IPF has been ongoing. In this study, 30 treatment-naive patients of IPF were prospectively enrolled and their sera were stored before and after nintedanib treatment. Though Gal-3 levels tended to increase after nintedanib treatment, in some patients, Gal-3 levels decreased immediately after the treatment. Patients whose serum Gal-3 levels decreased 1 month after nintedanib treatment tended to experience a smaller annual decline in forced vital capacity (FVC) than patients with increased Gal-3 levels. Furthermore, the rate of change in Gal-3 levels 1 month after nintedanib treatment positively correlated with the rate of annual FVC decline, whereas that of other fibrotic markers did not correlate with the rate of annual FVC decline.</div><div>This study suggested that a decline in serum Gal-3 levels immediately after nintedanib treatment may predict less progression of IPF treated with nintedanib.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20934,"journal":{"name":"Respiratory investigation","volume":"63 3","pages":"Pages 394-398"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143642825","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Up-to-date nucleic acid assays for diagnosing respiratory infection","authors":"Kazuhiro Yatera , Chinatsu Nishida , Hiroshi Mukae","doi":"10.1016/j.resinv.2025.03.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resinv.2025.03.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Nucleic acid assays have been widely used as rapid tests for diagnosing respiratory infections during and after the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. An ideal point-of-care diagnostic must be affordable, sensitive, specific, user-friendly, rapid/robust, equipment-free and deliverable (ASSURED), and in addition to improvements to conventional methods based on polymerase chain reaction (PCR), point-of-care testing aiming for “REASSURED” are emerging through integration with microfluidic technology. Compared to conventional immunoassays, nucleic acid assays, especially rapid nucleic acid assays as point-of-care testing, contribute to improvements in various clinical outcomes, such as diagnostic yield, turnaround time, length of hospital stay, disease treatment, and infection control management. Rapid and diverse development of new nucleic acid-based molecular diagnostic technologies, such as those based on the CRISPR/Cas system or biosensor nucleic acid assays, is expected to become increasingly diverse in the future as point-of-care testing. In addition, laboratory-based DNA sequencing technology has been used to perform microbiome analyses over a wide area and is expected to shed light on the pathological mechanisms of various respiratory infectious diseases. One example of the benefits of nucleic acid amplification analysis methods is their ability to reveal the true nature of the bacterial flora in pneumonia lesions. This has been demonstrated based on the results of 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing analyses using bronchoalveolar lavage fluid directly obtained from pneumonia lesions in patients with pneumonia.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20934,"journal":{"name":"Respiratory investigation","volume":"63 3","pages":"Pages 383-393"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143642826","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prognostic prediction for newly diagnosed patients with idiopathic interstitial pneumonia: JIPS Registry (NEJ030)","authors":"Ryo Okuda , Takashi Ogura , Shu Hisata , Tomohisa Baba , Yasuhiro Kondoh , Takafumi Suda , Takeshi Johkoh , Tae Iwasawa , Hiromi Tomioka , Masashi Bando , Arata Azuma , Yoshikazu Inoue , Nobuhisa Ishikawa , Naoki Arai , Takahisa Takihara , Megumi Hamaguchi , Toru Arai , Yutaro Nakamura , Atsushi Miyamoto , Keisuke Tomii , Koshi Yokomura","doi":"10.1016/j.resinv.2025.02.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resinv.2025.02.009","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Prognostic factors in patients with newly diagnosed idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (IIP) have rarely been analyzed using prospective data. This study investigated prognostic factors in patients with IIP.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Central interstitial lung disease (ILD) experts established the diagnoses for fibrotic ILD. Prognostic factors using baseline data, including the pathological confidence level of usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) assessed on a 0%–100% linear analog scale by high-resolution CT (HRCT), pulmonary function tests, and patient-reported outcomes were investigated.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Overall, 866 eligible patients were registered. Patients with unclassifiable idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (n = 272) survived longer than those with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) (n = 469) (hazard ratio [HR] = 0.67; [95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.47–0.95]; P = 0.022); however, IPF as IIPs classification was not a significant prognostic factor at diagnosis (P = 0.577). UIP pattern on HRCT, age, body mass index, forced vital capacity, diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide, and St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire were risk factors for survival (P < 0.05). Patients with proposed progressive pulmonary fibrosis (PPF) had poorer prognoses than those without proposed PPF (HR = 5.63; [95% CI: 3.17–10.00]; P < 0.001). Patients with progressive fibrosing ILD (PF-ILD) had poorer prognoses than those without PF-ILD (HR = 7.85; [95% CI: 3.38–18.3]; P < 0.001).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>A prospective registry of patients with newly diagnosed IIP provided evidence that the UIP pattern on HRCT by analog scale was a prognostic predictor. Proposed PPF and PF-ILD were valuable for discriminating prognosis. (JIPS Registry, <span><span>ClinTrials.gov</span><svg><path></path></svg></span>, NCT03041623).</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20934,"journal":{"name":"Respiratory investigation","volume":"63 3","pages":"Pages 365-372"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143637509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}