पुष्टि किए गए ऑटोइम्यून aPAP में बढ़े GM-CSF ऑटोएंटीबॉडी टाइटर्स के साथ पल्मोनरी एल्वियोलर प्रोटीनोसिस का उपचार

References

DOI: 10.1183/20734735.0224-2024

1. GM-CSF antibody measurement is objective, reproducible and has high accuracy for diagnosing aPAP with a level of 10.2 µg·mL−1 or above the threshold of the individual laboratory references.
2. Treatment is indicated in patients with active or worsening disease.
3. We recommend performing bilateral WLL in patients with aPAP with evidence of gas exchange impairment and either symptoms or functional impairment (strong recommendation, very low certainty of evidence).
4. We recommend inhaled GM-CSF for symptomatic patients with confirmed aPAP (strong recommendation for the intervention; very low certainty of evidence).
5. There was no significant improvement in FVC at short or long term follow up after WLL, but a significant symptomatic improvement was reported.
6. Furthermore, improvements in walking distance, a suggestion of improvement of PaO2 and a trend toward improvement on PA–aO2 were also seen following WLL.
7. Pooled results from these trials showed that intermittent inhaled GM-CSF reduced PA–aO2 (mean difference (MD) −4.36 mmHg, 95% CI −7.71; 1.01), improved PaO2 (MD 4.47 mmHg, 95% CI 1.16; 7.78) and improved DLCO (MD absolute change of 4.05%, 95% CI 0.23; 7.88) at 6 months compared to placebo.