Rosa A Sola-Martínez, Alice M Turner, Teresa de Diego Puente
{"title":"External Validation of Potential Breath Biomarkers for Asthma: A Step Forward Toward the Clinical Implementation of Breath Analysis.","authors":"Rosa A Sola-Martínez, Alice M Turner, Teresa de Diego Puente","doi":"10.1164/rccm.202405-1033ED","DOIUrl":"10.1164/rccm.202405-1033ED","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7664,"journal":{"name":"American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine","volume":" ","pages":"1069-1071"},"PeriodicalIF":19.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11544356/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141454664","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andrew I Ritchie, Eric A Hoffman, James P Allinson, Jadwiga A Wedzicha
{"title":"Reply to Verbanck and Vanderhelst: Toward Realistic Longitudinal Monitoring of Structure?Function in Smokers.","authors":"Andrew I Ritchie, Eric A Hoffman, James P Allinson, Jadwiga A Wedzicha","doi":"10.1164/rccm.202407-1378LE","DOIUrl":"10.1164/rccm.202407-1378LE","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7664,"journal":{"name":"American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine","volume":" ","pages":"1164-1165"},"PeriodicalIF":19.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11544361/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142103564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Franziska J Rosser, Yueh-Ying Han, Erick Forno, Theresa W Guilbert, Leonard B Bacharier, Wanda Phipatanakul, Juan C Celedón
{"title":"Vitamin D Supplementation, Long-Term PM<sub>2.5</sub> Exposure, and Severe Asthma Exacerbations in Children with Low Vitamin D: A Post Hoc Analysis of a Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial (VDKA).","authors":"Franziska J Rosser, Yueh-Ying Han, Erick Forno, Theresa W Guilbert, Leonard B Bacharier, Wanda Phipatanakul, Juan C Celedón","doi":"10.1164/rccm.202407-1353RL","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.202407-1353RL","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7664,"journal":{"name":"American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":19.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142562476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eileen M Harder, Pietro Nardelli, Carrie L Pistenmaa, Samuel Y Ash, Aparna Balasubramanian, Russell P Bowler, Mónica Iturrioz Campo, Alejandro A Diaz, Paul M Hassoun, Jane A Leopold, Fernando J Martinez, Steven D Nathan, Imre Noth, Anna J Podolanczuk, Rajan Saggar, Rúben San José Estépar, Oksana A Shlobin, Wei Wang, Aaron B Waxman, Rachel K Putman, George R Washko, Bina Choi, Raúl San José Estépar, Farbod N Rahaghi
{"title":"Preacinar Arterial Dilation Mediates Outcomes of Quantitative Interstitial Abnormalities in the COPDGene Study.","authors":"Eileen M Harder, Pietro Nardelli, Carrie L Pistenmaa, Samuel Y Ash, Aparna Balasubramanian, Russell P Bowler, Mónica Iturrioz Campo, Alejandro A Diaz, Paul M Hassoun, Jane A Leopold, Fernando J Martinez, Steven D Nathan, Imre Noth, Anna J Podolanczuk, Rajan Saggar, Rúben San José Estépar, Oksana A Shlobin, Wei Wang, Aaron B Waxman, Rachel K Putman, George R Washko, Bina Choi, Raúl San José Estépar, Farbod N Rahaghi","doi":"10.1164/rccm.202312-2342OC","DOIUrl":"10.1164/rccm.202312-2342OC","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Rationale:</b> Quantitative interstitial abnormalities (QIAs) are a computed tomography (CT) measure of early parenchymal lung disease associated with worse clinical outcomes, including exercise capacity and symptoms. The presence of pulmonary vasculopathy in QIAs and its role in the QIA-outcome relationship is unknown. <b>Objectives:</b> To quantify radiographic pulmonary vasculopathy in QIAs and determine whether this vasculopathy mediates the QIA-outcome relationship. <b>Methods:</b> Ever-smokers with QIAs, outcomes, and pulmonary vascular mediator data were identified from the Genetic Epidemiology of COPD (COPDGene) study cohort. CT-based vascular mediators were right ventricle-to-left ventricle ratio, pulmonary artery-to-aorta ratio, and preacinar intraparenchymal arterial dilation (pulmonary artery volume, 5-20 mm<sup>2</sup> in cross-sectional area, normalized to total arterial volume). Outcomes were 6-minute walk distance and a modified Medical Council Research Council Dyspnea Scale score of 2 or higher. Adjusted causal mediation analyses were used to determine whether the pulmonary vasculature mediated the QIA effect on outcomes. Associations of preacinar arterial dilation with select plasma biomarkers of pulmonary vascular dysfunction were examined. <b>Measurements and Main Results:</b> Among 8,200 participants, QIA burden correlated positively with vascular damage measures, including preacinar arterial dilation. Preacinar arterial dilation mediated 79.6% of the detrimental impact of QIA on 6-minute walk distance (56.2-100%; <i>P</i> < 0.001). Pulmonary artery-to-aorta ratio was a weak mediator, and right ventricle-to-left ventricle ratio was a suppressor. Similar results were observed in the relationship between QIA and modified Medical Council Research Council dyspnea score. Preacinar arterial dilation correlated with increased pulmonary vascular dysfunction biomarker levels, including angiopoietin-2 and N-terminal brain natriuretic peptide. <b>Conclusions:</b> Parenchymal QIAs deleteriously impact outcomes primarily through pulmonary vasculopathy. Preacinar arterial dilation may be a novel marker of pulmonary vasculopathy in QIAs.</p>","PeriodicalId":7664,"journal":{"name":"American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine","volume":" ","pages":"1132-1142"},"PeriodicalIF":19.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11544357/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141183560","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lessons about Low-Dose Morphine at the Intersection of Sleep and Breathlessness.","authors":"Nicolle Jasmin Domnik, Henry Klar Yaggi","doi":"10.1164/rccm.202404-0682ED","DOIUrl":"10.1164/rccm.202404-0682ED","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7664,"journal":{"name":"American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine","volume":" ","pages":"1071-1073"},"PeriodicalIF":19.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11544365/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141282743","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Searching for an Elusive Phantom - Targeting Estrogen in Pulmonary Hypertension.","authors":"Mark Toshner","doi":"10.1164/rccm.202405-1029ED","DOIUrl":"10.1164/rccm.202405-1029ED","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7664,"journal":{"name":"American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine","volume":" ","pages":"1077-1078"},"PeriodicalIF":19.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11544367/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141454666","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Steven M Kawut, Rui Feng, Susan S Ellenberg, Roham Zamanian, Todd Bull, Murali Chakinala, Stephen C Mathai, Anna Hemnes, Grace Lin, Margaret Doyle, Ruth Andrew, Margaret MacLean, Ioannis Stasinopoulos, Eric Austin, Angela DeMichele, Haochang Shou, Jasleen Minhas, Nianfu Song, Jude Moutchia, Corey E Ventetuolo
{"title":"Pulmonary Hypertension and Anastrozole (PHANTOM): A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial.","authors":"Steven M Kawut, Rui Feng, Susan S Ellenberg, Roham Zamanian, Todd Bull, Murali Chakinala, Stephen C Mathai, Anna Hemnes, Grace Lin, Margaret Doyle, Ruth Andrew, Margaret MacLean, Ioannis Stasinopoulos, Eric Austin, Angela DeMichele, Haochang Shou, Jasleen Minhas, Nianfu Song, Jude Moutchia, Corey E Ventetuolo","doi":"10.1164/rccm.202402-0371OC","DOIUrl":"10.1164/rccm.202402-0371OC","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Rationale:</b> Inhibition of aromatase with anastrozole reduces pulmonary hypertension in experimental models. <b>Objectives:</b> We aimed to determine whether anastrozole improved the 6-minute-walk distance (6MWD) at 6 months in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). <b>Methods:</b> We performed a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase II clinical trial of anastrozole in subjects with PAH at seven centers. Eighty-four postmenopausal women with PAH and men with PAH were randomized in a 1:1 ratio to receive anastrozole 1 mg or placebo by mouth daily, stratified by sex using permuted blocks of variable sizes. All subjects and study staff were masked. The primary outcome was the change from baseline in 6MWD at 6 months. By intention-to-treat analysis, we estimated the treatment effect of anastrozole using linear regression models adjusted for sex and baseline 6MWD. Assuming 10% loss to follow-up, we anticipated having 80% power to detect a difference in the change in 6MWD of 22 meters. <b>Measurements and Main Results:</b> Forty-one subjects were randomized to placebo and 43 to anastrozole, and all received the allocated treatment. Three subjects in the placebo group and two in the anastrozole group discontinued the study drug. There was no significant difference in the change in 6MWD at 6 months (placebo-corrected treatment effect, -7.9 m; 95% confidence interval, -32.7 to 16.9; <i>P</i> = 0.53). There was no difference in adverse events between the groups. <b>Conclusions:</b> Anastrozole did not show a significant effect on 6MWD compared with placebo in postmenopausal women with PAH and in men with PAH. Anastrozole was safe and did not have adverse effects. Clinical trial registered with www.clincialtrials.gov (NCT03229499).</p>","PeriodicalId":7664,"journal":{"name":"American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine","volume":" ","pages":"1143-1151"},"PeriodicalIF":19.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11544352/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140920247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"True Effect of Fludrocortisone for Septic Shock: Baseline Risk and Transitivity Concerns.","authors":"Shodai Yoshihiro, Shunsuke Taito","doi":"10.1164/rccm.202406-1104LE","DOIUrl":"10.1164/rccm.202406-1104LE","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7664,"journal":{"name":"American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine","volume":" ","pages":"1161-1162"},"PeriodicalIF":19.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11544363/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142103568","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sarah J Morgan, David P Nichols, Windy Ni, Gina Hong, Stephen J Salipante, George M Solomon, Steven M Rowe, John P Clancy, Robert A Cramer, Pradeep K Singh
{"title":"Elexacaftor/Tezacaftor/Ivacaftor Markedly Reduces <i>Aspergillus fumigatus</i> in Cystic Fibrosis.","authors":"Sarah J Morgan, David P Nichols, Windy Ni, Gina Hong, Stephen J Salipante, George M Solomon, Steven M Rowe, John P Clancy, Robert A Cramer, Pradeep K Singh","doi":"10.1164/rccm.202406-1128RL","DOIUrl":"10.1164/rccm.202406-1128RL","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7664,"journal":{"name":"American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine","volume":" ","pages":"1155-1158"},"PeriodicalIF":19.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142071823","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}