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The efficacy and safety of triple inhaled treatment in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis using Bayesian methods

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, November 2015
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Title
The efficacy and safety of triple inhaled treatment in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis using Bayesian methods
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International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, November 2015
DOI 10.2147/copd.s93191
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Min-Sun Kwak, Eunyoung Kim, Eun Jin Jang, Hyun Jung Kim, Chang-Hoon Lee

Abstract

Although tiotropium (TIO) and inhaled corticosteroid (ICS)/long-acting β-agonists are frequently prescribed together, the efficacy of "triple therapy" has not been scientifically demonstrated. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis using Bayesian methods to compare triple therapy and TIO monotherapy. We searched the MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library databases for randomized controlled trials comparing the efficacy and safety of triple therapy and TIO monotherapy in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We conducted a meta-analysis to compare the effectiveness and safety of triple therapy and TIO monotherapy using Bayesian random effects models. Seven trials were included, and the risk of bias in the majority of the studies was acceptable. There were no statistically significant differences in the incidence of death and acute exacerbation of disease in the triple therapy and TIO monotherapy groups. Triple therapy improved the prebronchodilator forced expiratory volume in 1 second (mean difference [MD], 63.68 mL; 95% credible interval [CrI], 45.29-82.73), and patients receiving triple therapy showed more improvement in St George Respiratory Questionnaire scores (MD, -3.11 points; 95% CrI, -6.00 to -0.80) than patients receiving TIO monotherapy. However, both of these differences were lower than the minimal clinically important difference (MCID). No excessive adverse effects were reported in triple therapy group. Triple therapy with TIO and ICSs/long-acting β-agonists was only slightly more efficacious than TIO monotherapy in treating patients with COPD. Further investigations into the efficacy of new inhaled drugs are needed.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 3%
Netherlands 1 3%
Russia 1 3%
Unknown 37 93%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 11 28%
Other 7 18%
Student > Master 7 18%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 8%
Student > Postgraduate 3 8%
Other 6 15%
Unknown 3 8%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 20 50%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 7 18%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 3%
Mathematics 1 3%
Arts and Humanities 1 3%
Other 4 10%
Unknown 6 15%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 July 2019.
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#7,356,343
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Outputs from International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
#863
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#85,774
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Outputs of similar age from International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
#25
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