TY - JOUR
T1 - Inhaled corticosteroids and incident pneumonia in patients with asthma
T2 - Systematic review and meta-analysis
AU - Bansal, Vikas
AU - Mangi, Muhammad A.
AU - Johnson, Margaret M.
AU - Festic, Emir
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2015 by Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - OBJECTIVES: To systematically review all available studies on inhaled corticosteroid use and incident pneumonia in asthma patients.METHODS: We performed a literature search from January 1, 1993, through August 15, 2015, using PubMed, Medline, CENTRAL, EMBASE, Scopus, ISI, Regulatory Documents, Web of Science and manufacturers' web clinical trial registries with multiple search terms. We included studies that compared the risk of incident pneumonia among patients utilizing and not utilizing inhaled corticosteroids. We then summarized risk estimates into two random-effect meta-analyses; one including randomized controlled trials and another one including observational studies.RESULTS: Fourteen studies were estimable; ten randomized controlled trials included 19,098 participants and four observational studies included 44,016 participants. There was no heterogeneity in randomized trials and summed risk ratio demonstrated the use of inhaled corticosteroids was protective of pneumonia; risk ratio 0.74, 95% CI 0.57 to 0.95, p=0.02. On the contrary, observational studies showed summed odds ratio of 1.97; 95% CI 1.87 to 2.07, p<0.0001, I²=0%, suggesting increased risk of pneumonia with use of inhaled corticosteroids in asthma patients.CONCLUSIONS: Inhaled corticosteroids are associated with decreased risk of incident pneumonia in patients with asthma based on meta-analysis of available randomized trials. Although observational studies in similar patients suggested higher risk of pneumonia, the inherent methodological limitations confer lower grade of confidence in these studies.
AB - OBJECTIVES: To systematically review all available studies on inhaled corticosteroid use and incident pneumonia in asthma patients.METHODS: We performed a literature search from January 1, 1993, through August 15, 2015, using PubMed, Medline, CENTRAL, EMBASE, Scopus, ISI, Regulatory Documents, Web of Science and manufacturers' web clinical trial registries with multiple search terms. We included studies that compared the risk of incident pneumonia among patients utilizing and not utilizing inhaled corticosteroids. We then summarized risk estimates into two random-effect meta-analyses; one including randomized controlled trials and another one including observational studies.RESULTS: Fourteen studies were estimable; ten randomized controlled trials included 19,098 participants and four observational studies included 44,016 participants. There was no heterogeneity in randomized trials and summed risk ratio demonstrated the use of inhaled corticosteroids was protective of pneumonia; risk ratio 0.74, 95% CI 0.57 to 0.95, p=0.02. On the contrary, observational studies showed summed odds ratio of 1.97; 95% CI 1.87 to 2.07, p<0.0001, I²=0%, suggesting increased risk of pneumonia with use of inhaled corticosteroids in asthma patients.CONCLUSIONS: Inhaled corticosteroids are associated with decreased risk of incident pneumonia in patients with asthma based on meta-analysis of available randomized trials. Although observational studies in similar patients suggested higher risk of pneumonia, the inherent methodological limitations confer lower grade of confidence in these studies.
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U2 - 10.5644/ama2006-124.141
DO - 10.5644/ama2006-124.141
M3 - Article
C2 - 26702909
AN - SCOPUS:84988864342
SN - 1840-1848
VL - 44
SP - 135
EP - 158
JO - Acta medica academica
JF - Acta medica academica
IS - 2
ER -