Adherence in Global Airways - Steroid Intake and Effects on Chronic Rhinosinosinutis (AGAS 2023)

Christiane Haase

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Asthma; Steroid-Induced Diabetes; Chronic Rhinosinusitis With Nasal Polyps; Chronic Rhinosinusitis Without Nasal Polyps; Steroid-Induced Osteopenia (Diagnosis); Steroid-Induced Hyperglycemia

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05843019

2022-ENT-steroids

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between long-term use of systemic steroids in patients with upper and lower respiratory tract diseases and their own production of cortisol (cross-sectional), as well as whether those with low cortisol levels have an impact on bone density. As patients with CRSwNP have a high use of steroids, they routinely undergo a DEXA scan at the Respiratory Clinic, Department of Ear-Nose-Throat Surgery and Audiology (ENT) - Rigshospitalet (RH) to examine whether their bone density and structure are affected. The scan will be included as a clinical secondary outcome to assess whether systemic steroid use has an impact on this.

The purpose of the study is therefore to compare steroid intake, baseline P-cortisol, the body's response to ACTH (measured by cortisol levels after the test), and bone density in patients with chronic sinusitis (CRS) with and without asthma in an unselected population at the Respiratory Clinic (cross-sectional). In addition, at the 4-month follow-up (exploratory follow-up, pilot project), it will be investigated whether good adherence (>80%) to inhalation therapy (nasal steroid and lung steroid) and additional treatment with biologicals has a negative effect on the body's own production of P-cortisol.

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 100 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria: cross sectional study

• Diagnosed with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS)
• possibly asthma
• Aged over 18 years

Exclusion Criteria - cross sectional study

• Unable to read or speak Danish
• Presence of severe psychiatric comorbidities
• Patients who have never taken systemic steroids
• Inability to participate or comply with local treatment according to the investigators' assessment
• Does not provide consent for lookup in FMK-online

In/exclusion criteria for exploratory study - 4-month follow-up (pilot project)

Inclusion criteria:

• Diagnosed with CRS and possibly asthma
• Age over 18 years
• Low adherence: Foster score, i.e. the number of treatments taken compared to prescribed < 80% (4 weeks out of 16 weeks) and/or measured on MARS-5 L/N ≤35 at the first visit (corresponding to less than 80%). If the patient does not have asthma, it is MARS-5N ≤ 19
• If asthma: ACQ ≥1.2 or ACT ≤ 17 (partly uncontrolled asthma)
• SNOT-22 score ≥35 (partly uncontrolled CRS)
• Participation in the cross-sectional study at the initial visit to the Respiratory Clinic

Exclusion criteria:

Adherence:

• Foster score >80% and/or on MARS-5-L/N >35 points at the first visit
• Cannot read or speak Danish
• Severe psychiatric comorbidities
• Patients who have never taken systemic steroids
• After investigators' experience, will not be able to participate or comply with local treatment
• Does not give permission to look up data in FMK-online.

Trial design

80 participants in 1 patient group

Cross sectional

Description:

The patients in the cross sectional study will have done a synactenstest to investigate how their own product of kortisol os after longterm use of systemic steroids. The group consists of patients referred to the Respiratory Clinic, ENT, RH, for evaluation of CRS/CRSwNP/CRSnNP and with or without asthma for biological treatment. They are classified according to the type of inflammation they have (type-2 or non-type-2), whether they have CRSwNP or CRSsNP, their adherence, comorbidity with asthma, and finally the severity of the disease. All patients are given standard questionnaires to assess CRS/CRSwNP/CRSnNP and asthma (STARR-15, SNOT22, ACQ, ACT, MARS-5-L/N, Fosterscore - routine questionnaires for all patients in the Respiratory Clinic).