Treatment of COPD with long-acting bronchodilators: association between early and longer-term clinically important improvement

CF Vogelmeier, IP Naya, F Maltais… - … Journal of Chronic …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction This post hoc analysis of the “Early MAXimization of bronchodilation for
improving COPD stability”(EMAX) trial investigated whether patients achieving early …

Efficacy of umeclidinium/vilanterol versus umeclidinium and salmeterol monotherapies in symptomatic patients with COPD not receiving inhaled corticosteroids: the …

F Maltais, L Bjermer, EM Kerwin, PW Jones… - Respiratory …, 2019 - Springer
Background Prospective evidence is lacking regarding incremental benefits of long-acting
dual-versus mono-bronchodilation in improving symptoms and preventing short-term …

Early Clinically Important Improvement (ECII) and exacerbation outcomes in COPD patients

K Kostikas, AJ Mackay, CF Vogelmeier… - … Journal of Chronic …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations are difficult
outcomes to measure in clinical trials. It would be valuable to be able to predict which …

Early and sustained symptom improvement with umeclidinium/vilanterol versus monotherapy in COPD: a post hoc analysis of the EMAX randomised controlled trial

EM Kerwin, IH Boucot, CF Vogelmeier… - Therapeutic …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: In chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), both the time needed for
patients to gain symptom improvement with long-acting bronchodilator therapy and whether …

Dual bronchodilator therapy as first-line treatment in maintenance-naïve patients with symptomatic COPD: a pre-specified analysis of the EMAX trial

L Bjermer, IH Boucot, F Maltais, EM Kerwin… - … Journal of Chronic …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Limited prospective evidence is available to guide selection of first-line
maintenance therapy in patients with COPD. This pre-specified analysis of the EMAX trial …

The effect of indacaterol/glycopyrronium versus tiotropium or salmeterol/fluticasone on the prevention of clinically important deterioration in COPD

AR Anzueto, CF Vogelmeier, K Kostikas… - … Journal of Chronic …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Background Endpoints that evaluate deterioration rather than improvement of disease may
have clinical utility in COPD. In this analysis, we compared the effects of different …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the clinical value of fast onset and sustained duration of action of long-acting bronchodilators for COPD

M Cazzola, KM Beeh, D Price, N Roche - Pulmonary pharmacology & …, 2015 - Elsevier
The long-acting inhaled bronchodilators available for use in chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD) vary in their pharmacological class (β 2-adrenergic agonist or …

Preventing Clinically Important Deterioration of COPD with Addition of Umeclidinium to Inhaled Corticosteroid/Long-Acting β2-Agonist Therapy: An Integrated Post …

IP Naya, L Tombs, DA Lipson, C Compton - Advances in Therapy, 2018 - Springer
Introduction Assessing clinically important measures of disease progression is essential for
evaluating therapeutic effects on disease stability in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease …

Impact of baseline COPD symptom severity on the benefit from dual versus mono-bronchodilators: an analysis of the EMAX randomised controlled trial

CF Vogelmeier, EM Kerwin… - Therapeutic …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Rationale: Symptom relief is a key treatment goal in patients with chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD). However, there are limited data available on the response to …

Effect of timing of bronchodilator therapy initiation on exacerbations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a retrospective cohort study

H Yamada, I Matsumoto, N Makita, Y Arita… - Respiratory …, 2022 - Springer
Background The benefit of prompt vs delayed treatment initiation with inhaled long-acting
bronchodilators in reducing exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) …