Author:
Rogliani Paola,Cavalli Francesco,Ritondo Beatrice Ludovica,Cazzola Mario,Calzetta Luigino
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Although asthma is more prevalent in women and the prevalence of COPD is increasing in women, the current international recommendations for the management and prevention of asthma and COPD provide no sex-related indication for the treatment of these diseases. Therefore, we systematically reviewed the evidence across literature on the sex-related effectiveness of asthma and COPD therapy.
Methods
This systematic review has been registered in PROSPERO and performed according to PRISMA-P. The PICO framework was applied for the literature search strategy: "patient problem” included adult patients suffering from asthma or COPD, “Intervention” regarded the pharmacological treatments for asthma or COPD, “Comparison” was vs. baseline, active controls, or placebo, “Outcome” was any difference sex-related in the effectiveness of interventions.
Results
In asthma 44% of the evidence reported that men responded better than women to the therapy, whereas this percentage was 28% in COPD. ICS was generally less effective in women than in men to treat asthma, and consistent evidence suggests that in asthmatic patients ICS/LABA/LAMA combination may be equally effective in both men and women. Due to the inconsistent available evidence, it is not possible to identify specific treatments whose effectiveness is related to sex difference in COPD patients.
Conclusions
There is a strong need of investigating the sex-related impact of asthma and COPD treatments. Pre-specified analyses in men and women should be planned in future trial protocols, a necessary condition that should be requested also by the regulatory agencies to overcome the anachronistic “one-size-fits-all” approach to therapeutics associated with suboptimal outcomes for patients.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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