Changes in serum KL-6 levels during short-term strict antigen avoidance are associated with the prognosis of patients with fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis caused by avian antigens.

Respiratory Investigation
Satoshi HanzawaYasunari Miyazaki

Abstract

Bird-related hypersensitivity pneumonitis (BRHP) is the most common type of fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP). Antigen avoidance (AA) is a key step in the diagnosis and management of HP, but not all fibrotic HP patients improve through AA. Because of the poor prognosis of fibrotic HP, predictive biomarkers to identify patients showing rapid progression during AA are urgently needed. From a retrospective review of the medical records of 1941 patients with interstitial lung disease, 75 cases of fibrotic BRHP confirmed by a provocation test or surgical lung biopsy were identified. To identify potential prognostic markers obtained at or around diagnosis, physiological and serological variables at diagnosis and the relative changes in those variables during strict AA were evaluated. Cox proportional hazards models with log-rank testing were used to compare the associations between these variables and survival. Univariate analyses showed that gender, smoking status, and the relative change in the serum levels of Krebs von den Lungen-6 (KL-6) were associated with prognosis (P = 0.02, 0.04, and 0.02, respectively), but the presence of honeycombing and the forced vital capacity were not associated with survival. The relative ch...Continue Reading

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