Eva Polverino, Katerina Dimakou, Letizia Traversi, Apostolos Bossios, Charles S Haworth, Michael R Loebinger, Anthony De Soyza, Montserrat Vendrell, Pierre-Régis Burgel, Pontus Mertsch, Melissa McDonnell, Sabina Škrgat, Luis M Carro, Oriol Sibila, Menno van der Eerden, Paula Kauppi, Adam T Hill, Robert Wilson, Branislava Milenkovic, Rosario Menendez, Marlene Murris, Tonia Digalaki, Megan L Crichton, Sermin Borecki, Dusanka Obradovic, Adam Nowinski, Adelina Amorim, Antoni Torres, Natalie Lorent, Tobias Welte, Francesco Blasi, Eva Van Braeckel, Josje Altenburg, Amelia Shoemark, Michal Shteinberg, Wim Boersma, J Stuart Elborn, Stefano Aliberti, Felix C Ringshausen, James D Chalmers, Pieter C Goeminne
BACKGROUND: Asthma is commonly reported in patients with a diagnosis of bronchiectasis. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate if patients with asthma and bronchiectasis had a different clinical phenotype and different outcomes compared to patients with bronchiectasis without concomitant asthma. METHODS: Prospective observational pan-European registry (EMBARC) enrolling patients across 28 countries. Adult patients with CT confirmed bronchiectasis were reviewed at baseline and annual follow-up visits using an electronic case report form...
February 22, 2024: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology