Open Access<p>Inhaled Corticosteroid Treatment Regimens and Health Outcomes in a UK COPD Population Study</p>
Author(s) -
Chloe Bloom,
Ian Douglas,
Omar Usmani,
Jennifer K Quint
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/international journal of copd
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2005
pISSN - 1176-9106
DOI - 10.2147/copd.s241568
Subject(s) - medicine , lama , copd , poisson regression , population , corticosteroid , budesonide , pediatrics , environmental health
Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) are a prevailing treatment option for COPD patients but recent guidelines have relegated their use predominantly to patients with frequent exacerbations. Yet large numbers of patients worldwide are currently treated with ICS-containing regimens. We wished to determine in routine clinical practice how common ICS withdrawal is and the differences in health outcomes between patients managed on ICS-containing and non-ICS containing regimens.