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Antifungal therapies for allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis in people with cystic fibrosis

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Antifungal therapies for allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis in people with cystic fibrosis
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Cochrane database of systematic reviews, November 2016
DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd002204.pub4
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Heather E Elphick, Kevin W Southern

Abstract

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is an allergic reaction to colonisation of the lungs with the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus and affects around 10% of people with cystic fibrosis. ABPA is associated with an accelerated decline in lung function. High doses of corticosteroids are the main treatment for ABPA; although the long-term benefits are not clear, their many side effects are well-documented. A group of compounds, the azoles, have activity against Aspergillus fumigatus and have been proposed as an alternative treatment for ABPA. Of this group, itraconazole is the most active. A separate antifungal compound, amphotericin B, has been employed in aerosolised form to treat invasive infection with Aspergillus fumigatus, and may have potential for the treatment of ABPA. Antifungal therapy for ABPA in cystic fibrosis needs to be evaluated. This is an update of a previously published review. The review aimed to test the hypotheses that antifungal interventions for the treatment of ABPA in cystic fibrosis:1. improve clinical status compared to placebo or standard therapy (no placebo);2. do not have unacceptable adverse effects.If benefit was demonstrated, we aimed to assess the optimal type, duration and dose of antifungal therapy. We searched the Cochrane Cystic Fibrosis and Genetic Disorders Group Trials Register which comprises references identified from comprehensive electronic database searches, handsearches of relevant journals and abstract books of conference proceedings.In addition, pharmaceutical companies were approached.Date of the most recent search of the Group's Trials Register: 29 September 2016. Published or unpublished randomised controlled trials, where antifungal treatments have been compared to either placebo or no treatment, or where different doses of the same treatment have been used in the treatment of ABPA in people with cystic fibrosis. Four trials were identified by the searches; none of which was judged eligible for inclusion in the review. No completed randomised controlled trials were included. At present, there are no randomised controlled trials to evaluate the use of antifungal therapies for the treatment of ABPA in people with cystic fibrosis, although trials in people who do not have cystic fibrosis have shown clinical and serological evidence of improvement and a reduction in the use of corticosteroids with no increase in adverse effects. Trials with clear outcome measures are needed to properly evaluate this potentially useful treatment for cystic fibrosis.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 81 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 11 14%
Student > Doctoral Student 9 11%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 10%
Student > Bachelor 7 9%
Student > Master 7 9%
Other 15 19%
Unknown 24 30%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 27 33%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 5 6%
Immunology and Microbiology 5 6%
Nursing and Health Professions 3 4%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 4%
Other 10 12%
Unknown 28 35%
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#15,576,527
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#213
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