B L Laube1, R Jashnani, R N Dalby, P L Zeitlin. 1. Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, and the University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA. blaube@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu
Abstract
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine if aerosolized medications can be targeted to deposit in the smaller, peripheral airways or the larger, central airways of adult cystic fibrosis (CF) patients by varying particle size and inspiratory flow rate. DESIGN: Randomized clinical trial. SETTING: Outpatient research laboratory. PATIENTS: Nine adult patients with CF. INTERVENTIONS: Patients inhaled an aerosol comprised of 3.68+/-0.04 microm saline solution droplets (two visits) or 1.01+/- 0.2 microm saline solution droplets (two visits) for 30 s, starting from functional residual capacity and breathing at a slow or faster inspiratory flow rate. On all visits, the saline solution was admixed with the radioisotope (99m)Tc. Immediately after inhalation, a gamma camera recorded the deposition pattern of the radioaerosol in the lungs. Deposition images were analyzed in terms of the inner:outer zone (I:O) ratio, a measure of deposition in an inner zone (large, central airways) vs. an outer zone (small airways and alveoli). MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS: For the 3.68-microm aerosol, I:O ratios averaged 2.29+/-1.45 and 2.54+/-1.48 (p>0.05), indicating that aerosol distribution within the lungs was unchanged while breathing at 12+/-2 L/min vs. 31+/-5 L/min, respectively. For the 1.01-microm aerosol, I:O ratios averaged 2.09+/-0.96 and 3.19+/-1.95 (p<0.05), indicating that deposition was predominantly in the smaller airways while breathing at 18+/-5 L/min and in the larger airways while breathing at 38+/-8 L/min, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that the targeted delivery of an aerosol to the smaller, peripheral airways or the larger, central airways of adult CF patients may be achieved by generating an aerosol comprised of approximately 1.0-microm particles and inspiring from functional residual capacity at approximately 18 L/min and approximately 38 L/min, respectively.
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STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine if aerosolized medications can be targeted to deposit in the smaller, peripheral airways or the larger, central airways of adult cystic fibrosis (CF) patients by varying particle size and inspiratory flow rate. DESIGN: Randomized clinical trial. SETTING:Outpatient research laboratory. PATIENTS: Nine adult patients with CF. INTERVENTIONS:Patients inhaled an aerosol comprised of 3.68+/-0.04 microm saline solution droplets (two visits) or 1.01+/- 0.2 microm saline solution droplets (two visits) for 30 s, starting from functional residual capacity and breathing at a slow or faster inspiratory flow rate. On all visits, the saline solution was admixed with the radioisotope (99m)Tc. Immediately after inhalation, a gamma camera recorded the deposition pattern of the radioaerosol in the lungs. Deposition images were analyzed in terms of the inner:outer zone (I:O) ratio, a measure of deposition in an inner zone (large, central airways) vs. an outer zone (small airways and alveoli). MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS: For the 3.68-microm aerosol, I:O ratios averaged 2.29+/-1.45 and 2.54+/-1.48 (p>0.05), indicating that aerosol distribution within the lungs was unchanged while breathing at 12+/-2 L/min vs. 31+/-5 L/min, respectively. For the 1.01-microm aerosol, I:O ratios averaged 2.09+/-0.96 and 3.19+/-1.95 (p<0.05), indicating that deposition was predominantly in the smaller airways while breathing at 18+/-5 L/min and in the larger airways while breathing at 38+/-8 L/min, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that the targeted delivery of an aerosol to the smaller, peripheral airways or the larger, central airways of adult CFpatients may be achieved by generating an aerosol comprised of approximately 1.0-microm particles and inspiring from functional residual capacity at approximately 18 L/min and approximately 38 L/min, respectively.
Authors: Chantal Darquenne; John S Fleming; Ira Katz; Andrew R Martin; Jeffry Schroeter; Omar S Usmani; Jose Venegas; Otmar Schmid Journal: J Aerosol Med Pulm Drug Deliv Date: 2016-02-01 Impact factor: 2.849
Authors: Brenda M Button; Christine Wilson; Ruth Dentice; Narelle S Cox; Anna Middleton; Esta Tannenbaum; Jennifer Bishop; Robyn Cobb; Kate Burton; Michelle Wood; Fiona Moran; Ryan Black; Summar Bowen; Rosemary Day; Julie Depiazzi; Katherine Doiron; Michael Doumit; Tiffany Dwyer; Alison Elliot; Louise Fuller; Kathleen Hall; Matthew Hutchins; Melinda Kerr; Annemarie L Lee; Christina Mans; Lauren O'Connor; Ranjana Steward; Angela Potter; Tshepo Rasekaba; Rebecca Scoones; Ben Tarrant; Nathan Ward; Samantha West; Dianne White; Lisa Wilson; Jamie Wood; Anne E Holland Journal: Respirology Date: 2016-04-18 Impact factor: 6.424