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Effectiveness of bronchial thermoplasty in severe asthma in ‘real life’ patients compared with those recruited to clinical trials in the same centre

Authors :
Stephen Bicknell
Rekha Chaudhuri
Nicola Lee
Malcolm Shepherd
Mark Spears
Nick Pitman
Euan Cameron
Douglas Cowan
Julie Nixon
Joyce Thompson
Charles McSharry
Neil C. Thomson
Source :
Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease, Vol 9 (2015)
Publication Year :
2015
Publisher :
SAGE Publishing, 2015.

Abstract

Published information on the effectiveness of bronchial thermoplasty (BT) for severe asthma in ‘real life’ patients is limited. We compared safety and efficacy outcomes 12 months post procedure in 10 clinic patients and 15 patients recruited to clinical trials of BT at the same centre. Baseline asthma severity was greater in the clinic group. Adverse events were similar. Clinical improvements occurred in 50% of the clinic patients compared with 73% of the research patients.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
17534658 and 17534666
Volume :
9
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.57d4168a7bd44d419e1d1ca36fb4f83e
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1177/1753465815601332