Modification Of Disease Outcome In COPD

Summary

The hypothesis to be tested of this study is that treatment with fluticasone propionate leads to an initial improvement in symptoms, quality of life and lungfunction and a reduction in airways hyperresponsiveness. The continued decline of lungfunction in COPD may not be influenced by longer lasting treatment. Addition of salmeterol will augment the initial benefits of fluticasone without changing the longterm decline in lungfunction.

Timeline

Start

2000-04

Primary completion

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Completion

2005-05

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper Fluticasone therapy decreased counts of mucosal CD3(+) cells (-55% [95% CI, -74% to -22%]; P = 0.004) PMID 19841453 ↗

Publications

• Background Lapperre TS, Snoeck-Stroband JB, Gosman MM, Stolk J, Sont JK, Jansen DF, Kerstjens HA, Postma DS, Sterk PJ; Groningen and Leiden Universities Corticosteroids in Obstructive Lung Disease Study Group. Dissociation of lung function and airway inflammation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2004 Sep 1;170(5):499-504. doi: 10.1164/rccm.200401-112OC. Epub 2004 Jun 1.
• Fang J, Wolters JC, Rafie K, Wang C, Bartel S, van den Berge M, Hylkema MN. Extracellular vesicles from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid provide insights into the inhaled corticosteroids treatment response in COPD. Respir Res. 2025 Jul 30;26(1):254. doi: 10.1186/s12931-025-03330-6.
• Ditz B, Boekhoudt J, Couto N, Brandsma CA, Hiemstra PS, Tew GW, Neighbors M, Grimbaldeston MA, Timens W, Kerstjens HAM, Rossen JWA, Guryev V, van den Berge M, Faiz A. The Microbiome in Bronchial Biopsies from Smokers and Ex-Smokers with Stable COPD - A Metatranscriptomic Approach. COPD. 2022;19(1):81-87. doi: 10.1080/15412555.2022.2033193. Epub 2022 Feb 4.
• Faiz A, Imkamp K, van der Wiel E, Boudewijn IM, Koppelman GH, Brandsma CA, Kerstjens HAM, Timens W, Vroegop S, Pasma HR, Boersma WG, Wielders P, van den Elshout F, Mansour K, Steiling K, Spira A, Lenburg ME, Heijink IH, Postma DS, van den Berge M. Identifying a nasal gene expression signature associated with hyperinflation and treatment response in severe COPD. Sci Rep. 2020 Oct 15;10(1):17415. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-72551-0.
• Kunz LI, van't Wout EF, van Schadewijk A, Postma DS, Kerstjens HA, Sterk PJ, Hiemstra PS. Regulation of YKL-40 expression by corticosteroids: effect on pro-inflammatory macrophages in vitro and its modulation in COPD in vivo. Respir Res. 2015 Dec 22;16:154. doi: 10.1186/s12931-015-0314-3.
• Snoeck-Stroband JB, Lapperre TS, Sterk PJ, Hiemstra PS, Thiadens HA, Boezen HM, Ten Hacken NH, Kerstjens HA, Postma DS, Timens W, Sont JK; GLUCOLD Study Group. Prediction of Long-Term Benefits of Inhaled Steroids by Phenotypic Markers in Moderate-to-Severe COPD: A Randomized Controlled Trial. PLoS One. 2015 Dec 10;10(12):e0143793. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143793. eCollection 2015.
• Kunz LIZ, Postma DS, Klooster K, Lapperre TS, Vonk JM, Sont JK, Kerstjens HAM, Snoeck-Stroband JB, Hiemstra PS, Sterk PJ; GLUCOLD Study Group. Relapse in FEV1 Decline After Steroid Withdrawal in COPD. Chest. 2015 Aug;148(2):389-396. doi: 10.1378/chest.14-3091.
• Kunz LI, Strebus J, Budulac SE, Lapperre TS, Sterk PJ, Postma DS, Mauad T, Timens W, Hiemstra PS; GLUCOLD (Groningen Leiden Universities Corticosteroids in Obstructive Lung Disease) Study Group. Inhaled steroids modulate extracellular matrix composition in bronchial biopsies of COPD patients: a randomized, controlled trial. PLoS One. 2013 May 7;8(5):e63430. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063430. Print 2013.
• Lapperre TS, Snoeck-Stroband JB, Gosman MM, Jansen DF, van Schadewijk A, Thiadens HA, Vonk JM, Boezen HM, Ten Hacken NH, Sont JK, Rabe KF, Kerstjens HA, Hiemstra PS, Timens W, Postma DS, Sterk PJ; Groningen Leiden Universities Corticosteroids in Obstructive Lung Disease Study Group. Effect of fluticasone with and without salmeterol on pulmonary outcomes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomized trial. Ann Intern Med. 2009 Oct 20;151(8):517-27. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-151-8-200910200-00004.
• Lapperre TS, Sont JK, van Schadewijk A, Gosman MM, Postma DS, Bajema IM, Timens W, Mauad T, Hiemstra PS; GLUCOLD Study Group. Smoking cessation and bronchial epithelial remodelling in COPD: a cross-sectional study. Respir Res. 2007 Nov 26;8(1):85. doi: 10.1186/1465-9921-8-85.

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