Stubbs, A;
Bangs, C;
Shillitoe, B;
Edgar, JD;
Burns, SO;
Thomas, M;
Alachkar, H;
... Arkwright, PD; + view all
(2018)
Bronchiectasis and deteriorating lung function in agammaglobulinaemia despite immunoglobulin replacement therapy.
Clinical and Experimental Immunology
, 191
(2)
pp. 212-219.
10.1111/cei.13068.
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Abstract
Immunoglobulin replacement therapy enhances survival and reduces infection risk in patients with agammaglobulinaemia. We hypothesized that despite regular immunoglobulin therapy, some patients will experience ongoing respiratory infections and develop progressive bronchiectasis with deteriorating lung function. One hundred and thirty‐nine (70%) of 199 patients aged 1–80 years from nine cities in the United Kingdom with agammaglobulinaemia currently listed on the UK Primary Immune Deficiency (UKPID) registry were recruited into this retrospective case study and their clinical and laboratory features analysed; 94% were male, 78% of whom had Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) gene mutations. All patients were on immunoglobulin replacement therapy and 52% had commenced therapy by the time they were 2 years old. Sixty per cent were also taking prophylactic oral antibiotics; 56% of patients had radiological evidence of bronchiectasis, which developed between the ages of 7 and 45 years. Multivariate analysis showed that three factors were associated significantly with bronchiectasis: reaching 18 years old [relative risk (RR) = 14·2, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 2·7–74·6], history of pneumonia (RR = 3·9, 95% CI = 1·1–13·8) and intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) rather than subcutaneous immunoglobulin (SCIG) = (RR = 3·5, 95% CI = 1·2–10·1), while starting immunoglobulin replacement after reaching 2 years of age, gender and recent serum IgG concentration were not associated significantly. Independent of age, patients with bronchiectasis had significantly poorer lung function [predicted forced expiratory volume in 1 s 74% (50–91)] than those without this complication [92% (84–101)] (P < 0·001). We conclude that despite immunoglobulin replacement therapy, many patients with agammaglobulinaemia can develop chronic lung disease and progressive impairment of lung function.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Bronchiectasis and deteriorating lung function in agammaglobulinaemia despite immunoglobulin replacement therapy |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/cei.13068 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/cei.13068 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Immunology, agammaglobulinaemia, bronchiectasis, IVIG, lung function, SCIG, Common Variable Immunodeficiency, X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia, B-Cell Development, Igg Trough Levels, Quality-Of-Life, Pulmonary Abnormalities, Hypogammaglobulinemia, Mutations, Disease, Gene |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Infection and Immunity UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Infection, Immunity and Inflammation Dept |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10046964 |
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