Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., Volume 160, Number 1, July 1999, 144-149

Effect of Aerosolized Uridine-5'-Triphosphate on Airway Clearance with Cough in Patients with Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia

PEADAR G. NOONE, WILLIAM D. BENNETT, JEFF A. REGNIS, KIRBY L. ZEMAN, JOHNNY L. CARSON, MALCOLM KING, RICHARD C. BOUCHER, and MICHAEL R. KNOWLES

Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; and The University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a genetic disease characterized by abnormal ciliary structure and function and impaired mucociliary clearance. Because patients with PCD use cough clearance as an airway defense mechanism, we tested the hypothesis that aerosolized uridine-5'-triphosphate (UTP) would improve clearance during cough by its actions to stimulate Cl secretion and mucin release by goblet cells. We measured clearance during cough in 12 patients with PCD (ages 14 to 71 yr, FEV₁ 43% to 89% predicted) in a double blind, randomized, crossover study after aerosolization of a single dose of UTP (5 mg/ml, 3.5 ml) or vehicle (0.12% saline, 3.5 ml). Clearance during cough (whole lung) was quantified during and after a series of controlled coughs by measuring the clearance of [^99mTc]Fe₂O₃ particles via gamma camera scanning over 120 min. Safety parameters were recorded during and after drug delivery. Aerosolized UTP improved whole-lung clearance during cough as compared with vehicle (from 0 to 60 min: 0.40 ± 0.07%/min [UTP] versus 0.26 ± 0.04%/min [vehicle] [mean ± SEM], p = 0.01), and from 0 to 120 min: 0.38 ± 0.05%/min [UTP] versus 0.25 ± 0.04%/ min [vehicle], p = 0.02). Aerosolized UTP is safe, with no serious adverse effects. Whole-lung clearance during cough in patients with defective ciliary function is enhanced after inhalation of UTP.

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