Reduced risk of clinically important deteriorations by ICS in COPD is eosinophil dependent: a pooled post-hoc analysis

Abstract Background Clinically Important Deterioration (CID) is a novel composite measure to assess treatment effect in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We examined the performance and utility of CID in assessing the effect of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) in COPD. Methods This post-hoc...

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Main Authors: Mona Bafadhel, Dave Singh, Christine Jenkins, Stefan Peterson, Thomas Bengtsson, Peter Wessman, Malin Fagerås
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-01-01
Series:Respiratory Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12931-020-1280-y