Important Safety Information | NIOX VERO® User Manual (PDF)

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Interpreting FeNO

Measuring FeNO helps Healthcare Providers to optimize the use of corticosteroids.1

Predict Responsiveness to Anti-inflammatory Therapy

An important benefit of measuring fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) is its ability to identify patients who are likely to benefit from treatment with corticosteroids.1

It has been shown that FeNO predicts the likelihood of corticosteroids responsiveness more consistently than spirometry, bronchodilator response, peak flow variation, or airway hyperresponsiveness to methacholine.2-4

Overview of Clinical Guideline to Interpretation of FeNO Levels1,6

For the management of patients with suspected or diagnosed asthma

  FeNO-GUIDED THERAPY
GOAL RANGE 		 
FeNO levels and inflammation
FeNO (ppb)* LOW INTERMEDIATE HIGH
Adults <25 25-50 >50
Children (<12 years) <20 20-35 >35
Th2-driven inflammation Unlikely Likely Significant
Diagnosis Considerations
Interpretation with respect to
steroid response
  • - Unlikely to respond to corticosteroids
  • - May respond to corticosteroids (interpret cautiously in clinical context)
  • - Highly likely to respond to corticosteroids
Guide to diagnosis
  • - Consider alternative diagnosis including chronic cough, vocal cord dysfunction, non-allergic asthma, GERD
  • - Be cautious, but consider asthma
  • - Monitor change in FeNO over time
  • - Supports a diagnosis of asthma
Monitoring (in patients with diagnosed asthma)
Symptoms present
  • - Consider alternative diagnosis
  • - Not likely to respond to increased ICS dose
  • - Consider rechecking in 2-3 months
  • - Consider persistent allergen exposure
  • - Check adherence
  • - Consider increasing ICS dose
  • - Consider steroid resistance
  • - Consider rechecking in 2-3 months
  • - Consider persistent allergen exposure
  • - Check adherence and inhaler technique
  • - Consider increasing ICS dose
  • - Consider other anti-inflammatory therapy
  • - Consider rechecking in 2-4 weeks
Symptoms absent
  • - Adequate ICS dose
  • - Good adherence
  • - If on ICS, consider decreasing dose or discontinuing ICS
  • - Consider rechecking in 2-4 weeks
  • - Adequate ICS dosing
  • - Good adherence
  • - Monitor change in FeNO
  • - Consider rechecking in 2-3 months
  • - ICS withdrawal or dose reduction may result in relapse
  • - Poor adherence or inhaler technique
  • - Consider rechecking in 2-3 months

*Interpretations of levels based on patient having symptoms (cough and/or wheeze and/or shortness of breath) present during the past 6+ weeks. Smoking has been shown to reduce FeNO levels.5

References

References: 1. Dweik RA, Boggs PB, Erzurum SC, et al; on behalf of the American Thoracic Society Committee on Interpretation of Exhaled Nitric Oxide Levels (FeNO) for Clinical Applications. An official ATS clinical practice guideline: interpretation of exhaled nitric oxide levels (FeNO) for clinical applications. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2011;184:602-615. 2. Knuffman JE, Sorkness CA, Lemanske RF Jr, et al; for the Childhood Asthma Research and Education Network of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Phenotypic predictors of long-term response to inhaled corticosteroid and leukotriene modifier therapies in pediatric asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2009;123:411-416. 3. Szefler SJ, Martin RJ, King TS, et al; for the Asthma Clinical Research Network of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Significant variability in response to inhaled corticosteroids for persistent asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2002;109:410-418. 4. Smith AD, Cowen JO, Brassett KP, et al. Exhaled nitric oxide: a predictor of steroid response. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2005;172:453-459. 5. Persson MG, Zetterström O, Agrenius V, Ihre E, Gustafsson LE. Single-breath nitric oxide measurements in asthmatic patients and smokers. Lancet. 1994;343(8890):146-147. 6. Dweik RA, Boggs PB, Erzurum SC, et al. Supplement to: Interpretation of Exhaled Nitric Oxide Levels (FENO) for Clinical Application: an official ATS Clinical Practice Guideline Am JRespir Crit Care Med. doi:https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/suppl/10.1164/rccm.9120-11ST. Accessed May 8, 2020.