Correlations between FEV1 and patient-reported outcomes: A pooled analysis of 23 clinical trials in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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Abstract
In clinical trials of inhaled bronchodilators, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD) guidelines recommend that patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are assessed alongside
lung function. How these endpoints are related is unclear.
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Division of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine, University of North Carolina,
School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. Electronic address: jdonohue@med.unc.edu.
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Division of Clinical Science, St George's, University of London, London, UK.
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Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland.
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Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, USA.