Cysteinyl Leukotriene Receptor Antagonists Decrease Cancer Risk in Asthma Patients

نویسندگان

  • Ming-Ju Tsai
  • Ping-Hsun Wu
  • Chau-Chyun Sheu
  • Ya-Ling Hsu
  • Wei-An Chang
  • Jen-Yu Hung
  • Chih-Jen Yang
  • Yi-Hsin Yang
  • Po-Lin Kuo
  • Ming-Shyan Huang
چکیده

Previous in vitro and in vivo studies have demonstrated the potential of using cysteinyl leukotriene receptor antagonists (LTRAs) for chemoprevention, but this has not been investigated in any clinical setting. We therefore investigated the chemopreventive effect of LTRAs in a nationwide population-based study. From the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database, we enrolled adults with newly-diagnosed asthma between 2001 and 2011. Among these patients, each LTRA user was matched with five randomly-selected LTRA non-users by sex, age, asthma diagnostic year and modified Charlson Comorbidity Index score. We considered the development of cancer as the outcome. Totally, 4185 LTRA users and 20925 LTRA non-users were identified. LTRA users had a significantly lower cancer incidence rate than LTRA non-users did. Multivariable Cox regression analyses adjusting for baseline characteristics and comorbidities showed LTRA use was an independent protecting factor (hazard ratio = 0.31 [95% CI: 0.24-0.39]), and cancer risk decreased progressively with higher cumulative dose of LTRAs. In conclusion, this study revealed that the LTRA use decreased cancer risk in a dose-dependent manner in asthma patients. The chemopreventive effect of LTRAs deserves further study.

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دوره 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2016