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ReviewInternational journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Consistent Pulmonary Drug Delivery with Whole Lung Deposition Using the Aerosphere Inhaler: A Review of the Evidence.

Omar S Usmani, Nicolas Roche, Martin Jenkins, Neda Stjepanovic, Peter Mack, Wilfried De Backer

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Review in International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.

Omar S UsmaniNational Heart and Lung Institute (NHLI), Imperial College London, and Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4367-254X
Nicolas RocheRespiratory Medicine, Cochin Hospital, University Paris Descartes, Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0002-3162-5033
Martin JenkinsAstraZeneca, Cambridge, UK.
Neda StjepanovicAstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-5688-4728
Peter MackAstraZeneca, Durham, NC, USA.
Wilfried De BackerDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
AstraZeneca (Sweden) · SEAstraZeneca (United Kingdom) · GBAstraZeneca (United States) · USDélégation Paris 5 · FRRoyal Brompton Hospital · GBUniversity of Antwerp · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metered dose inhalers (MDIs) are one of the most common device types for delivering inhaled therapies. However, there are several technical challenges in development and drug delivery of these medications. In particular, suspension-based MDIs are susceptible to suspension heterogeneity, in vitro drug-drug interactions, and patient handling errors, which may all affect drug delivery. To overcome these challenges, new formulation approaches are required. The Aerosphere

Indexed as

GlycopyrrolatePulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveAdministration, InhalationBronchodilator AgentsDouble-Blind MethodDrug CombinationsFormoterol FumarateHumansLungMetered Dose InhalersBronchodilator AgentsDrug CombinationsFormoterol FumarateGlycopyrrolateAerosphereBGF MDIco-suspension delivery technologyFRIGFF MDImetered dose inhaler

Identifiers

PMID33500616
PMCPMC7822085
OpenAlexW3123416722

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