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ReviewRespiratory research2020

Measuring disease activity in COPD: is clinically important deterioration the answer?

Dave Singh, Gerard J Criner, Ian Naya, Paul W Jones, Lee Tombs, David A Lipson, MeiLan K Han

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Review in Respiratory research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  8. Is Disease Stability an Attainable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Treatment Goal?American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2025
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  9. What is worth measuring in patients with COPD?Multidisciplinary respiratory medicine · 2025
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  16. Relationship between serum Th1/Th2 imbalance and depression in elderly patients with COPD and its clinical implications.Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine · 2023
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  20. Future concepts in bronchodilation for COPD: dual-European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Dave SinghUniversity of Manchester, Medicines Evaluation Unit, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK. DSingh@meu.org.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8918-7075
Gerard J CrinerLewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Ian NayaGSK, Respiratory Medicines Development Centre, Stockley Park, Middlesex, UK.
Paul W JonesGSK, Respiratory Medicines Development Centre, Stockley Park, Middlesex, UK.
Lee TombsPrecise Approach Ltd, London, UK.
David A LipsonGSK, Respiratory Clinical Sciences, Collegeville, PA, USA.
MeiLan K HanDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

Funding

GSK Not Applicable
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Given the heterogeneity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), personalized clinical management is key to optimizing patient outcomes. Important treatment goals include minimizing disease activity and preventing disease progression; however, quantification of these components remains a challenge. Growing evidence suggests that decline over time in forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV

Indexed as

Disease ProgressionSeverity of Illness IndexAdministration, InhalationBronchodilator AgentsForced Expiratory VolumeHumansLungMuscarinic AntagonistsPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveBronchodilator AgentsMuscarinic AntagonistsCIDClinically important deteriorationCOPDDeteriorationHealth statusLong-term outcomeLung function

Identifiers

PMID32487202
PMCPMC7265253

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