Erdosteine:

its relevance
in COPD treatment ?
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and Prevention of COPD, 2013: Chapters

Updated 2013

Definition and Overview

Diagnosis and
Assessment

Therapeutic Options

Manage Stable COPD

Manage Exacerbations

Manage Comorbidities

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and Prevention of COPD, 2013: Chapters

Updated 2013

Definition and Overview

Diagnosis and
Assessment

Therapeutic Options

Manage Stable COPD

Manage Exacerbations

Manage Comorbidities

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Definition of COPD

COPD, a common preventable and

treatable disease, is characterized by
persistent airflow limitation that is
usually progressive and associated with
an enhanced chronic inflammatory
response in the airways and the lung to
noxious particles or gases.

Exacerbations and comorbidities

contribute to the overall severity in
individual patients.
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Mechanisms Underlying Airflow

Limitation in COPD
Small Airways Disease
Airway inflammation
Airway fibrosis, luminal
plugs
Increased airway resistance

Parenchymal
Destruction
Loss of alveolar
attachments
Decrease of elastic recoil

AIRFLOW LIMITATION
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Normal Alveolar Emptying

Alveolar Emptying in COPD

In COPD, airflow is limited because alveoli lose their elasticity,

supportive structures are lost, and small airways are narrowed

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Risk Factors for COPD

Genes
Infections
Socio-economic
status

Aging Populations
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PATOGENESIS OF COPD

TRIGGER FACTOR (i.e

virus, smoke, etc)
BACTERIAL
COLONIZATION
(i.e. Increasing of
bacterial adhesion)

RESPIRATORY EPITHELIAL
CELL DAMAGE

DEVELOP TO COPD

BACTERIAL PRODUCT
(Histamin, protease,
etc)

INCREASING OF OXIDATIVE
STRESS (antioXidant
consumtion)

INFLAMATORY RESPONS
(granulositosis
activation)

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Diagnosis and
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Therapeutic Options

Manage Stable COPD

Manage Exacerbations

Manage Comorbidities

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Diagnosis of COPD
SYMPTOMS
shortness of breath
chronic cough
sputum

EXPOSURE TO RISK
FACTORS
tobacco
occupation
indoor/outdoor pollution

SPIROMETRY: Required to establish

diagnosis
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Assessment of Airflow
Limitation:
Spirometry
Spirometry
should be performed after the
administration of an adequate dose of a
short- acting inhaled bronchodilator to
minimize variability.
A post-bronchodilator FEV1/FVC < 0.70
confirms the presence of airflow limitation.
Where possible, values should be
compared to age-related normal values to
avoid overdiagnosis
of COPD in the elderly.
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Spirometry: Normal Trace

Showing FEV1 and FVC
FVC

Volume, liters

5
4

FEV1 = 4L

FVC = 5L

FEV1/FVC = 0.8

Time, sec
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Disease
Normal

Volume, liters

5
4
3

FEV1 = 1.8L

FVC = 3.2L
FEV1/FVC = 0.56

Time, seconds
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Obstructive

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Assessment of COPD
Assess symptoms
Assess degree of airflow
limitation using spirometry
Assess risk of exacerbations
Assess comorbidities
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Symptoms of COPD
The characteristic symptoms of COPD are chronic
and progressive dyspnea, cough, and sputum
production that can be variable from day-to-day.
Dyspnea: Progressive, persistent and
characteristically worse with exercise.
Chronic cough: May be intermittent and may be
unproductive.
Chronic sputum production: COPD patients
commonly cough up sputum.
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Assessment of COPD

Assess symptoms
Assess degree of airflow limitation using
spirometry
Use the COPD Assessment Test(CAT)
Assess risk of exacerbations
Assess comorbidities or

mMRC Breathlessness scale

or
Clinical COPD Questionnaire (CCQ)
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Assessment of Symptoms
COPD Assessment Test (CAT): An 8item measure of health status
impairment in COPD
(http://catestonline.org).
Breathlessness Measurement using the
Modified British Medical Research
Council (mMRC) Questionnaire: relates
well to other measures of health status
and predicts future mortality risk.
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Assessment of Symptoms
Clinical COPD Questionnaire (CCQ):
Self-administered questionnaire
developed to measure clinical control in
patients with COPD
(http://www.ccq.nl).

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Modified MRC (mMRC)Questionnaire

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Assessment of COPD

Assess symptoms
Assess degree of airflow limitation

using spirometry
Assess
risk of exacerbations
Use
spirometry
for grading severity
Assess comorbidities
according
to spirometry, using four
grades split at 80%, 50% and 30% of
predicted value
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Classification of Severity of
Airflow Limitation in COPD*
In patients with FEV1/FVC < 0.70:

GOLD 1: Mild

FEV1 > 80% predicted

GOLD 2: Moderate
predicted

50% < FEV1 < 80%

GOLD 3: Severe
predicted

30% < FEV1 < 50%

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Assessment of COPD

Assess symptoms
Assess degree of airflow limitation

using spirometry
Assess risk of exacerbations
Assess
comorbidities
Use history
of exacerbations and spirometry.
Two exacerbations or more within the last year
or an FEV1 < 50 % of predicted value are
indicators of high risk
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Combined Assessment of
COPD
Assess symptoms
Assess degree of airflow limitation
using spirometry
Assess risk of exacerbations
Combine these assessments for the
purpose of improving management of
COPD
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Use combined assessment

2
1

(C)
(A)
mMRC 0-1
CAT < 10

(D)
(B)
mMRC > 2
CAT > 10

Symptoms
(mMRC or CAT score))

>2

1
0

(Exacerbation history)

Risk

(GOLD Classification of Airflow Limitation)

Risk

Combined Assessment of
COPD
Patient is now in one of
four categories:
A: Les symptoms, low
risk
B: More symptoms, low
risk
C: Less symptoms, high
risk
D: More symptoms, high
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Combined
Assessment of
COPD
When assessing risk, choose the highest risk
according to GOLD grade or exacerbation
history. One or more hospitalizations for COPD
exacerbations should be considered high risk.)
Patient

Characteristic

Spirometric
Classification

Exacerbations mMRC
per year

Low Risk
Less Symptoms

GOLD 1-2

0-1

< 10

Low Risk
More Symptoms

GOLD 1-2

>2

10

High Risk
Less Symptoms

GOLD 3-4

>2

0-1

< 10

High Risk
More Symptoms

GOLD 3-4

>2

>2

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CAT

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Assess COPD
Comorbidities
COPD patients are at increased risk for:
Cardiovascular diseases
Osteoporosis
Respiratory infections
Anxiety and Depression
Diabetes
Lung cancer

These comorbid conditions may influence

mortality and hospitalizations and should be
looked for routinely, and treated appropriately .
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Differential Diagnosis:
COPD and Asthma
ASTHMA

COPD
Onset in mid-life

Symptoms slowly
progressive

Onset early in life (often

childhood)

Symptoms vary from day to

Long smoking history

day

Symptoms worse at
night/early morning

Allergy, rhinitis, and/or

eczema also present

Family history of asthma

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Additional Investigations
Chest X-ray: Seldom diagnostic but valuable to
exclude alternative diagnoses and establish presence
of significant comorbidities.
Lung Volumes and Diffusing Capacity: Help to
characterize severity, but not essential to patient
management.
Oximetry and Arterial Blood Gases: Pulse oximetry can
be used to evaluate a patients oxygen saturation and
need for supplemental oxygen therapy.
Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency Screening: Perform
when COPD develops in patients of Caucasian descent
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Definition and Overview

Diagnosis and
Assessment

Therapeutic Options

Manage Stable COPD

Manage Exacerbations

Manage Comorbidities

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COPD

Manage Stable COPD: Key Points

Identification and reduction of exposure to risk

factors are important steps in prevention and
treatment.

Individualized assessment of symptoms, airflow

limitation, and future risk of exacerbations
should be incorporated into the management
strategy.

All COPD patients benefit from rehabilitation

and maintenance of physical activity.

Pharmacologic therapy is used to reduce

symptoms, reduce frequency and severity of
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Manage Stable COPD: Key Points

Long-acting formulations of beta2agonists and anticholinergics are
preferred over short-acting
formulations. Based on efficacy and
side effects, inhaled bronchodilators
are preferred over oral bronchodilators.
Long-term treatment with inhaled
corticosteroids added to long-acting
bronchodilators is recommended for
patients with high risk of
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Manage Stable COPD: Key Points

Long-term monotherapy with oral or
inhaled corticosteroids is not
recommended in COPD.
The phospodiesterase-4 inhibitor
roflumilast may be useful to reduce
exacerbations for patients with FEV1 <
50% of predicted, chronic bronchitis,
and frequent exacerbations.
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COPD

Manage Stable COPD: Goals of

Therapy

Relieve symptoms
Improve exercise tolerance
Improve health status

Reduce
symptoms

Prevent disease progression

Prevent and treat exacerbations
Reduce mortality

Reduce
risk

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Manage Stable COPD: All COPD Patients

Avoidance of risk factors

- smoking cessation
- reduction of indoor pollution
- reduction of occupational
exposure

Influenza vaccination
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Manage Stable COPD: Non-pharmacologic

Patient
Group

Essential

Smoking cessation (can

include pharmacologic
treatment)

B, C, D

Smoking cessation (can

include pharmacologic
treatment)
Pulmonary rehabilitation

Recommended

Depending on local
guidelines

Physical activity

Flu vaccination
Pneumococcal
vaccination

Physical activity

Flu vaccination
Pneumococcal
vaccination

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Manage Stable COPD: Pharmacologic Therapy

(Medications in each box are mentioned in alphabetical order, and

therefore not necessarily in order of preference.)

Patient

Recommended
First choice

Alternative choice

Other Possible
Treatments

SAMA prn
or
SABA prn

LAMA
or
LABA
or
SABA and SAMA

Theophylline

LAMA
or
LABA

LAMA and LABA

SABA and/or SAMA

Theophylline

ICS + LABA
or
LAMA

LAMA and LABA or

LAMA and PDE4-inh. or
LABA and PDE4-inh.

ICS + LABA
and/or
LAMA

ICS + LABA and LAMA or

ICS+LABA and PDE4-inh. or
LAMA and LABA or
LAMA and PDE4-inh.

SABA and/or SAMA

Theophylline

Carbocysteine
SABA and/or SAMA
Theophylline

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OTHER POSSIBLE TREATMENTS

GOLD 4

SABA and/or SAMA

Theophylline

GOLD 3
GOLD 2

Carbocysteine

>2

SABA and/or SAMA

Theophylline

B
Theophylline

GOLD 1

SABA and/or SAMA

Theophylline

mMRC 0-1
CAT < 10

mMRC > 2
CAT > 10

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0

Exacerbations per year

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Therapeutic Options: Other

Pharmacologic Treatments
Alpha-1 antitrypsin augmentation therapy: not
recommended for patients with COPD that is
unrelated to the genetic deficiency.
Mucolytics: Patients with viscous sputum may
benefit from mucolytics; overall benefits are very
small.
Antitussives: Not recommended.
Vasodilators: Nitric oxide is contraindicated in
stable COPD. The use of endotheliummodulating agents for the treatment of
pulmonary hypertension
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Erdosteine: its relevance in COPD

treatment ?

Standart treatment + erdostein 300mg BID 710days

In clinically stable COPD, long-term treatment is
associated with a reduction in acute exacerbation
and hospitalization rate and a significant
improvement of quality of life. Erdosteine could
be most beneficial in patients who have
repeated, prolonged or severe exacerbations of
COPD. Moretti M.Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol. 2009 Mar;5(3):333-43. doi:
10.1517/17425250902814790

The therapeutic efficacy of erdosteine in the treatment of chronic

obstructive bronchitis: a meta-analysis of individual patient
data(Cazzola M, Floriani I, Page CP)

Treatment with erdosteine was associated

with significant amelioration of symptoms
in comparison to placebo or treatment with
mucolytics in patients with chronic
obstructive bronchitis.

Erdosteine pada PPOK

Erdosteine dapat membantu mencegah progresi penyakit karena
bekerja dari beberapa faktor penting patogenesis dari bronkitis kronik

IMPAIRED MUCOCILIARY
CLEARANCE

BACTERIAL COLONISATION
(eg, increased bacterial adhesion)

DAMAGE TO AIRWAY
EPITHELIUM

BACTERIAL PRODUCTS
(histamine, proteases, etc)
INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE
(attraction/activation of granulocytes)

PROGRESS to COPD

INCREASED OXIDATIVE STRESS

(consumption of antioxidants)

Tempat erdosteine bekerja

Cole & Wilson Vicious Circle Hypothesis

THANK YOU

VESTEIN
(Erdosteine)