Introduction: The ACO Registry Study was a multicenter, prospective, observational cohort study aiming to clarify the situation of asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) overlap (ACO) within the COPD population using the Japanese Respiratory Society (JRS) criteria. We reported the proportion of patients who met the ACO criteria among the COPD population at study registration.
Methods: Using data collected at registration, we investigated the implementation of each diagnostic examination/test required for ACO diagnosis in the full analysis set. Among patients with data necessary for ACO diagnosis, ACO/non-ACO patients with/without asthma diagnosed by a physician and proportions of inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) treatments for COPD were calculated.
Results: Of 708 patients analyzed, 396 (55.9%) had the data necessary for ACO diagnosis, and 312 (44.1%) did not. The proportions of patients who underwent laboratory and respiratory function tests (peripheral blood eosinophil count [79.8%], fractional exhaled nitric oxide [63.7%], airway reversibility [46.8%], and total immunoglobulin [Ig] E/specific IgE [33.3%]) were lower than those who underwent subjective examinations (perennial allergic rhinitis [100%], asthma before age 40 years [97.2%], and variable/paroxysmal respiratory symptoms [94.5%]). Among patients with the data necessary for ACO diagnosis and without asthma complications according to the physician's diagnosis, 15.1% (33/219) met the ACO criteria. Of patients who met the ACO criteria, 74.3% (75/101) received ICS, and 25.7% (26/101) did not. By comparison, among patients who did not meet the ACO criteria, 35.6% (105/295) were receiving ICS, and 64.4% (190/295) were not.
Conclusions: The proportion of objective laboratory and physiological tests was lower than expected, despite study sites having the clinical resources for objective tests. Most ACO patients were being treated with ICS as recommended in the JRS treatment guidelines. Attempts should be made to further increase the proper use of ICS among these patients in Japan.
Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03577795.
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