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American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine Vol 166. pp. 1358-1363, (2002)
© 2002 American Thoracic Society

Original Article

Effect of Discontinuation of Inhaled Corticosteroids in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

The COPE Study

Paul van der Valk, Evelyn Monninkhof, Job van der Palen, Gerhard Zielhuis and Cees van Herwaarden

Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede; and Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Pulmonary Medicine, University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Correspondence and requests for reprints should be addressed to Paul van der Valk, Chest Physician, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Medisch Spectrum Twente, P.O. Box 50000, 7500 KA Enschede, The Netherlands. E-mail: valkpapa{at}knmg.nl

The aim of this double-blind single center study (the COPE study) was to investigate the effect of discontinuation of the inhaled corticosteroid fluticasone propionate (FP) on exacerbations and health-related quality of life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. After 4 months of treatment with FP (1,000 µg/day), 244 patients were randomized to either continue FP or to receive placebo for 6 months: 123 patients continued FP (FP group), and 121 received placebo (placebo group). In the FP group, 58 (47%) patients developed at least one exacerbation compared with 69 (57%) in the placebo group. The hazard ratio of a first exacerbation in the placebo group compared with the FP group was 1.5 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.1–2.1). In the placebo group 26 patients (21.5%) experienced rapid recurrent exacerbations and were subsequently unblinded and prescribed FP compared with 6 patients (4.9%) in the FP group (relative risk = 4.4; 95% CI 1.9–10.3). Over a 6-month period, a significant difference in favor of the FP group was observed in the total score (+2.48 95% CI 0.37–4.58), activity domain (+4.64 95% CI 1.60–7.68), and symptom domain (+4.58 95% CI 1.05–8.10) of the St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire. This study indicates that discontinuation of FP in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is associated with a more rapid onset and higher recurrence-risk of exacerbations and a significant deterioration in aspects of Health-Related Quality of Life.

Key Words: COPD • inhaled corticosteroids • exacerbations • health-related quality of life




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