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Child Health Working Group and Small Airways Study Group Joint MeetingZoe Mitchell
Slides from meeting of Respiratory Effectiveness Group Child Health Working Group and Small Airways Study Group joint meeting, held in London during ERS 2016 Congress
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ATS Symposium session presented by Prof. David Price:
Leukotriene Antagonists As First-line Asthma Controller For Step 2
Presented May 2015 at ATS 2015, Denver, Colorado, USA
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Tom Selleck, an enduring figure in Hollywood. has captivated audiences for decades with his rugged charm, iconic moustache. and memorable roles in television and film. From his breakout role as Thomas Magnum in Magnum P.I. to his current portrayal of Frank Reagan in Blue Bloods. Selleck's career has spanned over 50 years. But beyond his professional achievements. fans have often been curious about Tom Selleck Health. especially as he has aged in the public eye.
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Introduction
Many have been interested in Tom Selleck health. not only because of his enduring presence on screen but also because of the challenges. and lifestyle choices he has faced and made over the years. This article delves into the various aspects of Tom Selleck health. exploring his fitness regimen, diet, mental health. and the challenges he has encountered as he ages. We'll look at how he maintains his well-being. the health issues he has faced, and his approach to ageing .
Early Life and Career
Childhood and Athletic Beginnings
Tom Selleck was born on January 29, 1945, in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in Sherman Oaks, California. From an early age, he was involved in sports, particularly basketball. which played a significant role in his physical development. His athletic pursuits continued into college. where he attended the University of Southern California (USC) on a basketball scholarship. This early involvement in sports laid a strong foundation for his physical health and disciplined lifestyle.
Transition to Acting
Selleck's transition from an athlete to an actor came with its physical demands. His first significant role in "Magnum P.I." required him to perform various stunts and maintain a fit appearance. This role, which he played from 1980 to 1988. necessitated a rigorous fitness routine to meet the show's demands. setting the stage for his long-term commitment to health and wellness.
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Tom Selleck health and fitness regimen has evolved. adapting to his changing roles and age. During his "Magnum, P.I." days. Selleck's workouts were intense and focused on building and maintaining muscle mass. His routine included weightlifting, cardiovascular exercises. and specific training for the stunts he performed on the show.
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Ethanol (CH3CH2OH), or beverage alcohol, is a two-carbon alcohol
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the systemic nature of the disease, neurocircuitry and stages of AUD,
comorbidities, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, genetic risk factors, and
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Lung Cancer: Artificial Intelligence, Synergetics, Complex System Analysis, S...Oleg Kshivets
RESULTS: Overall life span (LS) was 2252.1±1742.5 days and cumulative 5-year survival (5YS) reached 73.2%, 10 years – 64.8%, 20 years – 42.5%. 513 LCP lived more than 5 years (LS=3124.6±1525.6 days), 148 LCP – more than 10 years (LS=5054.4±1504.1 days).199 LCP died because of LC (LS=562.7±374.5 days). 5YS of LCP after bi/lobectomies was significantly superior in comparison with LCP after pneumonectomies (78.1% vs.63.7%, P=0.00001 by log-rank test). AT significantly improved 5YS (66.3% vs. 34.8%) (P=0.00000 by log-rank test) only for LCP with N1-2. Cox modeling displayed that 5YS of LCP significantly depended on: phase transition (PT) early-invasive LC in terms of synergetics, PT N0—N12, cell ratio factors (ratio between cancer cells- CC and blood cells subpopulations), G1-3, histology, glucose, AT, blood cell circuit, prothrombin index, heparin tolerance, recalcification time (P=0.000-0.038). Neural networks, genetic algorithm selection and bootstrap simulation revealed relationships between 5YS and PT early-invasive LC (rank=1), PT N0—N12 (rank=2), thrombocytes/CC (3), erythrocytes/CC (4), eosinophils/CC (5), healthy cells/CC (6), lymphocytes/CC (7), segmented neutrophils/CC (8), stick neutrophils/CC (9), monocytes/CC (10); leucocytes/CC (11). Correct prediction of 5YS was 100% by neural networks computing (area under ROC curve=1.0; error=0.0).
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This year, the flu season is expected to coincide with a potential increase in other respiratory illnesses. The Karnataka Health Department has launched an awareness campaign highlighting the significance of flu vaccinations. They have set up multiple vaccination centers across Bangalore, making it convenient for residents to receive their shots.
To encourage widespread vaccination, the government is also collaborating with local schools, workplaces, and community centers to facilitate vaccination drives. Special attention is being given to ensuring that the vaccine is accessible to all, including marginalized communities who may have limited access to healthcare.
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It is a walnut-sized gland that forms part of the male reproductive system and is located in front of the rectum and just below the urinary bladder
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New Directions in Targeted Therapeutic Approaches for Older Adults With Mantl...i3 Health
i3 Health is pleased to make the speaker slides from this activity available for use as a non-accredited self-study or teaching resource.
This slide deck presented by Dr. Kami Maddocks, Professor-Clinical in the Division of Hematology and
Associate Division Director for Ambulatory Operations
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, will provide insight into new directions in targeted therapeutic approaches for older adults with mantle cell lymphoma.
STATEMENT OF NEED
Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is a rare, aggressive B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) accounting for 5% to 7% of all lymphomas. Its prognosis ranges from indolent disease that does not require treatment for years to very aggressive disease, which is associated with poor survival (Silkenstedt et al, 2021). Typically, MCL is diagnosed at advanced stage and in older patients who cannot tolerate intensive therapy (NCCN, 2022). Although recent advances have slightly increased remission rates, recurrence and relapse remain very common, leading to a median overall survival between 3 and 6 years (LLS, 2021). Though there are several effective options, progress is still needed towards establishing an accepted frontline approach for MCL (Castellino et al, 2022). Treatment selection and management of MCL are complicated by the heterogeneity of prognosis, advanced age and comorbidities of patients, and lack of an established standard approach for treatment, making it vital that clinicians be familiar with the latest research and advances in this area. In this activity chaired by Michael Wang, MD, Professor in the Department of Lymphoma & Myeloma at MD Anderson Cancer Center, expert faculty will discuss prognostic factors informing treatment, the promising results of recent trials in new therapeutic approaches, and the implications of treatment resistance in therapeutic selection for MCL.
Target Audience
Hematology/oncology fellows, attending faculty, and other health care professionals involved in the treatment of patients with mantle cell lymphoma (MCL).
Learning Objectives
1.) Identify clinical and biological prognostic factors that can guide treatment decision making for older adults with MCL
2.) Evaluate emerging data on targeted therapeutic approaches for treatment-naive and relapsed/refractory MCL and their applicability to older adults
3.) Assess mechanisms of resistance to targeted therapies for MCL and their implications for treatment selection
These lecture slides, by Dr Sidra Arshad, offer a quick overview of physiological basis of a normal electrocardiogram.
Learning objectives:
1. Define an electrocardiogram (ECG) and electrocardiography
2. Describe how dipoles generated by the heart produce the waveforms of the ECG
3. Describe the components of a normal electrocardiogram of a typical bipolar leads (limb II)
4. Differentiate between intervals and segments
5. Enlist some common indications for obtaining an ECG
Study Resources:
1. Chapter 11, Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology, 14th edition
2. Chapter 9, Human Physiology - From Cells to Systems, Lauralee Sherwood, 9th edition
3. Chapter 29, Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology, 26th edition
4. Electrocardiogram, StatPearls - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK549803/
5. ECG in Medical Practice by ABM Abdullah, 4th edition
6. ECG Basics, http://www.nataliescasebook.com/tag/e-c-g-basics
1. COPD WORKING
GROUP MEETING
– COPD CONTROL STUDY UPDATE
– OTHER RESEARCH IDEAS
CHAIR: Marc Miravitlles
DATE: Saturday September 3rd
TIME: 13.45–14.45
VENUE: Royal College of General Practitioners;
30 Euston Square, London, UK
2. Agenda
13.45-14.30 COPD Control
– UK Pilot
– Spanish Prospective Studies
– International Prospective Validation Trial
14.30-14.45 Other Research Ideas & Group Discussion
– Real-life WISDOM
– Natural History of Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
(UK database study)
4. Background (I)
• The concept of disease control has been extensively developed in asthma;
less so in COPD… traditionally
• A new definition of COPD has recently
been proposed, defined as the product
of two components:
o Impact of the condition
o Its clinical stability
• Controlled COPD = stable low impact disease (i.e. low impact over time)
• The concept of COPD control is intended as a:
o Complementary management tool
o Tool to support day-to-day management decisions in routine care
• Its utility practical requires validation in routine care
7. Validation of concept study:
Aims:
• Characterize COPD patients treated in UK routine primary care in terms
of their COPD control
• Evaluate the clinical implications of control status
Data sources:
• The UK’s Optimum Patient Care Research Database
(OPCRD)
• Fully anonymised UK primary care data
• Historical medical records for >2.5 million patients from
>550 primary care practices across the UK
• Ethical approval for medical research & used for multiple
peer-review publications
8. Study Design:
• Baseline: 3-month period for COPD stability assessment
• Index date: the date of receipt of the patients completed COPD Assessment
Test (CAT) and date of Baseline COPD Control Assessment
• Outcome: 12-months (primary) and 3-months (secondary)
12-months (primary)
outcome period
Index date:
Date of receipt of patients completed
COPD questionnaire / CAT score &
date of “Baseline Control” evaluation
Time to first COPD exacerbation
3-month
baseline period
COPD Stability
Assessment
(exacerbation
evaluation)
3-month
(secondary)
outcome period
9. Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria
COPD diagnosis (physician-diagnosed COPD),
Aged ≥40 years
Current or ex-smokers
Recorded COPD Questionnaire data
• ≥3 months continuous clinical records immediately prior to the index date
• ≥1 year of continuous clinical records immediately following the index date
Exclusion Criteria
Any chronic respiratory condition other than COPD, asthma or bronchiectasis
(e.g. cystic fibrosis, lung fibrosis)
Patients with potential severe comorbidity at index date, defined as those with a
recorded data of death within the 24 months following index date
10. 1
Exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria
OPCRD- Patient completed a
COPD questionnaire
n=14,173
Valid period
n=4,530
Patients completed a COPD
questionnaire
COPD diagnosis
n=4,410
Age
n=4,400
No other chronic respiratory
disease
n=4,333
Current or ex-smoker
n=3,683
3 months of baseline and 12 months
of outcome data available
Physician-diagnosed COPD and
spirometry confirmed-COPD
Age ≥40 at index date
No chronic respiratory condition
other than COPD, asthma or
bronchiectasis
Valid period unavailable
n=9,643
No COPD diagnosis code or
spirometry confirmed definition
n=120
Aged <40 at index date
n=10
Chronic respiratory condition other
than COPD, asthma or
bronchiectasis
n=67
Recorded as current or ex-smoker
Non-smoker
n=650
No severe comorbidity
n=3,549
No death date recorded or death
date 24 months or more after index
date Patients with potential severe
comorbidity at index date
n=134
Final Patient Cohort
n=2788
Mild to moderate
(BODEx ≤4)
n=2511
Recorded data to assess impact and
stability criteria 1
Patients did not have data to assess
impact and/or stability criteria
n=761
Severity assessment: BODEx
stratification
Severe to very
severe (BODEx ≥5)
n=277
Patient Population
14. Severe / Very Severe COPD: Control status
BODEx ≥5
Severe/Very severe
(n=277)
Impact
(cross-sectional)
(i) Clinical Features
Low impact
(n=0)
High Impact
(n=277)
Uncontrolled
(n=277)
(ii) CAT Score
Low Impact
(n=71)
Stability
(temporal)
No changes
(0 exacerbations)
Controlled (n=23)
Worsening
(≥1 exacerbations)
Uncontrolled (n=48)
High Impact
(n=206)
Uncontrolled
(n=206)
17. Control Status & Time to First Exacerbation
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CumulativeProportionSurviving
0 100 200 300 400
Time (days) to first exacerbation
Controlled
Uncontrolled
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CumulativeProportionSurviving
0 100 200 300 400
Time (days) to first exacerbation
Controlled
Uncontrolled
B. Mild/Moderate COPD
Low impact based on CAT score (p<0.001)
A. Mild/Moderate COPD
Low impact based on Clinical Features (p<0.001)
0.000.250.500.751.00
CumulativeProportionSurviving
0 100 200 300 400
Time (days) to first exacerbation
Controlled
Uncontrolled
C. Severe/Very Severe COPD
Low impact based on CAT score (p=0.825)
No severe/very severe patients
were controlled at baseline based
on their clinical features
18. Next steps
• Manuscript in preparation
• ERS poster being presented tomorrow:
o Sunday Sept 4th: 12.5014.40 by Dr Juan Jose Soler-Cataluna
o Thematic Poster Session: Comorbidities and Exacerbations in COPD
19. STUDY 1: changes in control vs changes in severity over 6 months
STUDY 2: comparison of control and symptoms over 6 months
Observational Pilot Work in Spain
20. Study 1: changes in control vs severity
• Objectives
o Compare variability in control with variability in
severity (FEV1 and BODE/BODEx) over a 6-month
observational outcome period.
• Update
o 44 centers and 393 patients included
o LPLV 30/09/2016
o Results expected by the end of 2016
21. Study 2: comparison of symptoms & control
• Objectives
o Compare the changes in control with the prevalence
and changes in EXACT Respiratory Symptoms
(E-RS).
• Update
o Sample size 144 patients
o Follow-up 6 months
o FPFV 01/06/2016
23. Hypothesis
Control in COPD is a new conceptual dimension requiring
demonstration of both low impact and clinical stability. The
developers of the concept hypothesize that a status of
control in COPD will be associated with better clinical
outcomes (reduced frequency of exacerbations and
mortality and improved health-related quality of life);
reduced rate of decline in lung function and/or BODE/
BODEx and reduced direct COPD-related healthcare
costs.
24. Objectives
Primary: to evaluate, in an international cohort of routine care/
unselected COPD patients, the:
• Levels of COPD control (vs poor COPD control), and
• Clinical implications of control status.
Secondary:
• Compare the utility of the COPD Control (as defined) as a tool to
identify COPD impact and stability with the CAT and CCQ;
• Evaluate the role of “adequate” (i.e. guideline-recommended) treatment
prescribing on COPD control.
• Identify demographic and clinical characteristics associated with COPD
control status
• Evaluate the cost-utility of patients with controlled (as compared to
poorly controlled) COPD.
25. Eligibility: inclusion criteria
Eligible patients must meet the following inclusion criteria:
• Spirometry-defined COPD (i.e. post-bronchodilator FEV1/
FVC<0.7)
• Age ≥40 years
• Smokers or ex-smokers of at least 10 pack-years
• In stable state (as judged by the investigator) at point of
recruitment
26. Eligibility: exclusion criteria
Patients will be excluded from the trial they:
• Have any chronic concomitant respiratory condition other
than asthma or bronchiectasis (e.g. cystic fibrosis, lung
fibrosis)
• Have severe comorbidity with a life expectancy shorter
than 2 years
• Are unable to understand the instructions of the study or to
fill the questionnaires
• Are unwilling to sign the informed consent
• Are participating in another clinical study or clinical trial.
27. Endpoints: primary
Difference between patients controlled vs uncontrolled at
baseline in (annualized) rates of the composite endpoint:
• Unscheduled visits to the physician or emergency room
attendance for COPD
• An exacerbation of COPD
• All-cause: hospitalization or mortality
28. Endpoints: secondary
• Difference between patients controlled vs uncontrolled at baseline in terms of:
o The (annualized) rate of exacerbations
o Time to the first composite event
o Time to the first exacerbations
• Comparison of CAT and CCQ as tools to identify impact and stability in COPD
• Distribution of control level across in those receiving guideline vs non-
guideline recommended therapy (i.e. stratification of control across different
treatment groups)
• Demographic and clinical characteristics associated with poor control of
COPD
• Differences in utilities between patients controlled and uncontrolled
(measured by the EQ-5D).
29. Design: prospective non-interventional
21 months prospective pragmatic trial, comprising 5 evaluation
points: one screening evaluation and 4 follow-up evaluations
3 months 6 months
(9 months from
screening visit)
6 months
(15 months from
screening visit)
6 months
(21 months from
screening visit)
Visit -1
(Screening visit)
Visit 0
(Screening visit)
Visit 1
(Follow-up visit)
Visit 2
(Follow-up visit)
Visit 3
(Follow-up visit)
Clinician-guided (“usual care”) treatment throughout the study
Screening
assessment
Baseline
assessment
Control
1
Control
2
Control
3
30. Visit Summary
Visit number -1 0 1, 2 and 3
Time of Visit Inclusion
Baseline
3 months
9, 15 and 21 months or
discontinuation
Inclusion/Exclusion criteria ✔
Information & Informed
consent ✔
Clinical assessment ✔ ✔ ✔
Assessment of
exacerbations since last
visit*
✔ ✔ ✔
Assessment of clinical
status since last visit
✔ ✔ ✔
CAT/CCQ/EQ-5D*
✔ ✔ ✔
Adverse events ✔ ✔
!
33. Recruitment
• Study power:
o ≥285 patients are required to power the primary endpoint
o >285 patients may will permit subgroup analyses to be
conducted and give sufficient power to evaluated significant
differences in some of the secondary endpoints
o Total patient recruitment = 328 (to allow for ~12% drop outs)
• Recruitment distribution:
o To include ≥6 countries
o To recruit ~50 patients per country
o To achieve ~even distribution between national contributions
34. Recruiting Investigators & Centres
Country Site Name Principal Investigator Status
Ireland Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin Richard Costello Recruiting
Spain
Pneumology Department, Vall d' Hebron University
Hospital, Barcelona
Marc Miravitlles Recruiting
Pneumology Department, Hospital Arnau de Vilanova,
Valencia, Spain
Juan José Soler-Cataluña Recruitment still to commence
Respiratory Department, Hospital de Alta Resolucion,
Granada
Bernardino Alcazar Navarrete Recuiting
Instituto de Investigacíon Sanitaria de Palma (IdISPa),
Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Miguel Roman Rodriguez Recruiting
Singapore
Singapore General Hospital
Jessica Tan (formerly Therese
Lapperre)
Recuiting
Changi General Hospital (CGH) Augustine Tee Recruiting
Korea Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital Chin Kook Rhee Recruiting
UK Optimum Patient Care Clinical Review Service David Price
Recruitment still to commence
(targeted service to run in
October)
Poland
Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Warsaw,
Poland
Pawel Sliwinski Recruitment complete
Canada Montreal Chest Institute, Montreal, Quebec
Jean Bourbeau; Ron Dandurand;
Meena Patel
Withdrew – time delays owing
to hospital move
35. Timelines: Initial
*based on estimated completion Dec 2016
Study Element Initial Actual
Ethics & contracts October 2015–April 2016
Recruitment Oct 2015–July 2016 May 2016–ongoing
Complete data collection July 2018 December 2018*
Baseline cross-sectional impact
measurements
November 2016 January 2017*
Final report, including longitudinal
study and control measurements
December 2018 March 2019*
Baseline characteristics January 2017 May 2017*
Final manuscript April 2019 October 2019*
38. Current status
• 64% of total (n=208 of 328)
• UK Service to commence ~October
• Recruitment estimated to conclude by December
2016
• Baseline assessments for first patients now
commencing
39. Real-time Study Tracker (II)
Planned Revisions:
• Include UK
• Update data for Poland
• Include baseline visit data
40. Real-time Study Tracker (II)
Planned Revisions: Colour-match trend lines with regional location indicators to
help identify geographical origin of patients recruited to date
41. ICS Cessation in COPD:
‘Real-Life WISDOM’
DIRKJE POSTMA & HELGO MAGNUSSEN
FOR DISCUSSION
FUNDING…?
42. Background – ICS use in COPD
• Studies seeking to address whether combination ICS/LABA
therapy improves COPD stability have traditionally concluded
that withdrawal of ICS therapy is associated with:1–3
o An increase in exacerbations and symptoms;
o Reduction in health-related quality of life
o An acceleration in lung function decline.
• Investigators have also concluded that ICS lack sustained
disease-modifying effects after ICS cessation following a
recent comparative study of lung function decline, AHR, and
QOL over a 5-year follow-up period.4
1. Wouters EF, et al. Thorax. 2005;60:480-7; 2. Lapperre TS, et al. Ann Intern Med. 2009 Oct
20;151:517-27. 3. van der Valk P, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2002;166:1358-63;
4. Kunz LI, et al. Chest. 2015;148:389-96.
43. Background – WISDOM
• WISDOM evaluated the effect of gradual ICS withdrawal in COPD
patients (n=2485) on triple therapy (ICS/tio/salmeterol) within an
RCT environment and observed that:
o Exacerbation rates were similar in patients continuing versus discontinuing
ICS therapy
o No significant differences in outcomes between ICS withdrawal and triple
therapy patients across subgroups in which a greater degree of dependence
on ICS might be expected
o No significant between group difference in the rate of dropout
o However… a greater decrease in lung function decline was observed in
patients discontinuing ICS therapy in the final step
of ICS withdrawal.
1. Magnussen H, et al. NEJM. 2014;371:1285-94.
44. Study Concept
• The aim of the study is to evaluate the effect of
ICS cessation (and reduced ICS exposure) on
COPD lung function (and exacerbation rates) in
patients with COPD managed in a routine care,
“real-life” setting.
45. Design: overview
Using electronic
primary care
records data
from the UK’s
Optimum Patient
Care Research
Database
(OPCRD), the
study will include
2 x matched
analysis.
Index date
Cohort A – Control Arm: continue on baseline therapy
(no MPR restrictions)
Baseline
Patients on FDC ICS/LABA and
separate LAMA
ICS MPR ≥70%
1 year 1 year
Annual exploratory endpoints to 5
years post index date
Month
-12
Month
-6
Month
12
Month
13
Month
……………………………..60
Month
0
Month
3
Cohort A – Cessation Arm:
LABA / LAMA therapy
(any combination of fixed or separate inhaler devices)
No ICS prescriptions fro ≥3 months (i.e. prior to month 3)
ICS Cessation Cohort
ICS Reduction Cohort
Index date
Cohort B – Control Arm: continue on baseline
therapy (at no or <50% reduction in ICS dose)
Baseline
Patients on:
ICS/LABA/LAMA
(any fixed or free combinations)
ICS MPR ≥70%
1 year 1 year
Annual exploratory endpoints to 5
years post index date
Month
-12
Month
-6
Month
12
Month
13
Month
……………………………..60
Month
0
Month
3
Cohort B – Reduction Arm (prescribed): continue on
baseline therapy but with ICS prescribed at ≥50%
reduced dose
46. Outcome Period & Endpoints
Outcome period:
• Primary: 1 year
• Exploratory:
o 24 months; 36 months; 48 months, 60 months1
o 12-weeks (where evaluable) as used in WISDOM2
Primary endpoints
• Time to first acute COPD exacerbation
Secondary endpoints
• Exacerbation rate
• Change in FEV1
• Treatment stability (absence of exacerbations and no escalation in
pharmacotherapy)
• COPD-related hospitalisations (rate and time to first)
1. Kunz LI, et al. Chest. 2015;148:389-96;
2. Magnussen H, et al. NEJM. 2014;371:1285-94;
47. Interaction analyses
The interaction between the follow patient / clinical
features and the study outcomes will be explored
where feasible:
• Baseline blood eosinophil level
• Baseline exacerbation rate
• Presence of atopy
• Smoking status (current vs ex-)
• Prescribed baseline ICS particle size (extra-fine vs non-
extra-fine)
48. Feasibility: OPCRD Patient #s
COPD patients Number*
COPD diagnosis ever 132,962
On Triple Therapy
(≥1 prescription for ICS, LAMA and LABA in latest
12-month period)
25,987
On triple therapy and discontinue ICS
(on prescription of ICS, LABA and LAMA in baseline with
only LABA and LAMA in outcome (using any LABA/LAMA
prescription as index date)
687
On triple therapy and discontinue ICS* with ≥1 FEV1
during baseline year and FEV1 reading in the 0-5 years
following ICS cessation/reduction
356
*Numbers valid as of September 2015 and will be substantially
higher by the time of extraction.
49. MODERN EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ALPHA1-
ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY (AATD) IN THE UK
JOAN SORIANO, RAVI MAHADEVA, MARC MIRAVITLLES
AND RUPERT JONES
FOR DISCUSSION
FUNDING…?
50. Background
• Emphysema in AATD results from an excess of neutrophil elastase in the lung, which
destroys elastin and the elastase inhibitor AAT that protects against proteolytic
degradation of elastin.1
• Cigarette smoking and infection also increase elastase production in the lung, thus
increasing lung degradation.1
• AATD is considered a rare disease, but it is believed to be largely underdiagnosed2
• 3.4 million individuals in the world have an AATD genotype that leads to a deficiency of
this protein2
• Previous estimates of AATD prevalence in the UK are outdated; current prevalence of is
unknown.3–7
• Large UK databases (e.g. the CPRD and OPCRD) have been used to evaluate the
prevalence of COPD and asthma within the UK; little work in AATD has been conducted.7
• The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in the UK is currently reconsidering
and reviewing his AATD treatment and management recommendations8
1. Stoller JK, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2012; 185:246; 2. de Serres FJ, et al. Chest 2002;122:1818–1829;
3. Hutchison DC, et al. Clin Sci 1970;38:19P; 4. Cook PJ, et al. Ann Hum Genet 1975;38:275-87; 5. Hutchison DC, et al. Bull
Eur Physiopathol Respir 1980;16 Suppl:315-9; 6. Hutchison DC. Lung 1990;168 Suppl:535-42; 7. Jones RJ, et al. LRM.
2014;2:267-76; 8. NICE. Proposed HTA Human alpha1-proteinase inhibitor for treating emphysema Draft scope (pre-referral);
March 2016;
51. Study Aim
• To determine the epidemiological trends
(1990-2015) of Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency
(AATD) in the UK, and its natural history in the
population:
o Size of the problem
o Prevalence
o Incidence
o Mortality from 1990 to 2015
• To benchmark AATD with other respiratory and
non-respiratory conditions
52. Data sources
• A combined dataset of patients from two UK
primary care databases (de-duped) will be used:
o Clinical Practice Research Database
o Optimum Patient Care Research Database (OPCRD)
• Subpopulation data links – where available:
o Rates of hospitalisations and day cases of treatment for AATD
will be assessed in patients with linked Hospital Episode
Statistics (HES) data
o Mortality rate and cause of death will be assessed in patients
with linked Office of National Statistics (ONS) data
53. Patient Population: inclusion criteria
To be eligible for inclusion in the study, patients must meet the following
criteria, for each population group:
• AATD Population: Physician-diagnosed AATD (presence of a AATD
Read code, ever)
• COPD Population: Physician-diagnosed COPD (presence of a
COPD Read code) and/or spirometry-defined COPD: post-
bronchodilator FEV1/FVC<0.7
• General Population: Healthy control individuals, or patients with
non-severe morbidities randomly identified
54. Outcomes
Co-Primary endpoints (stratified by year)
• AATD Incidence
• AATD Prevalence
• AATD mortality rates.
Secondary endpoints
• Respiratory exacerbations
• Oral steroids courses
• Inpatient hospitalisations for AATD
o Respiratory, liver, or other, as per HES statistics
• Day cases for AATD treatment
• Other clinical outcomes of particular interest include:
o Oxygen saturation, imaging, Charlson index, mMRC dyspnoea, …
Subgroup of AATD patients with liver disease:
• Child-Pugh score
55. But first… a pilot
Data source: OPCRD only (no linked
secondary or mortality data)
Population: AATD diagnosis only
(i.e. no matched comparisons)
Exploratory patient number: 100
Co-Primary endpoints (stratified by year)
• AATD Incidence
• AATD Prevalence
• AATD mortality rates.
Secondary endpoints
• Respiratory exacerbations
• Oral steroids courses
• Other clinical outcomes of particular
interest include:
o Oxygen saturation, imaging,
Charlson index, mMRC dyspnoea
Cohort:
AATD
…1997 2000 2005 2010 2015
Case%1:"AATD,"Female."25"yrs,"Dx"in"2005;"exitus"in"2008"
Case%2:"AATD,"Male"45"yrs.,"Dx"in"2010"
Figure%1:"Study"Design"Diagram"(exploratory)""
(exploratory,"with"two"extreme"AATD"case"examples)"