ERICA

1. Multicentre Trial: Cambridge (Study Centre), Edinburgh, Cardiff,
Nottingham, and Royal Brompton- London
TSB 10th Quarterly Meeting
Apr 10, 2014
WP1
ERICA: The Evaluation of the
Role of Inflammation in
Chronic Airways Disease
Prepared by: Mellone Marchong

2. Recruitment Closed; n=746
Note:
Deaths: 26
Withdrawals:7
Exclusions:17
TOTAL: 50
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PatientsRecruited

3. • BTS Poster (winter meeting 2013): By Dr. Marie Fisk: Skeletal muscle weakness, not arterial
stiffness, differs according to GOLD group in COPD. Fisk M, Gale N, Mohan D, Marchong MN,
Forman J, Lomas DA, Cockcroft JR, Bolton CE, MacNee W, Fuld J, Calverley CM, McEniery CM,
Tal-Singer R, Wilkinson IB, Polkey MI. Thorax 2013, 68 (Suppl 3): A1-A220.
• ATS 2013 poster: By Dr. Divya Mohan: Harmonization Of Inter-Site Data Collection In The
Novel ERICA Consortium Investigating The Extrapulmonary Manifestations Of COPD. Divya
Mohan, Carmel McEniery, Nichola Gale, Julie Edwards, Charlotte E. Bolton, John Cockcroft,
William MacNee, David A. Lomas, David Newby, Peter M. Calverley, Michael I. Polkey, Ian B.
Wilkinson, Ruth Tal-Singer.
• ATS (2013) Poster: Preliminary Results From ERICA, A Unique Consortium Investigating
Extrapulmonary Manifestations Of COPD. Michael I. Polkey, Ian B. Wilkinson, Carmel M.
McEniery, Nicola S. Gale, John R. Cockcroft, Peter M. Calverley, Ruth Tal-Singer.
• ERS 2013 Presentation: Prof. Michael Polkey. Speaker. ERICA (evaluating the role of
inflammation in chronic airways disease): Extrapulmonary manifestations of COPD. D.
Mohan, C. McEniery, N. Gale, J. Fuld, C. Bolton, W. MacNee, P. Calverley, R. Tal-Singer, I.
Wilkinson, M. Polkey, J. Cockcroft
Dissemination

4. Dissemination
• ERS Presentation 2013: Prof. Michael Polkey. Speaker. | Monday 9 September 2013 10:45 -
12:45 Hot Topic | Ceremony for the ERS COPD Research Award (financially supported by
Boehringer Ingelheim) followed by the Hot Topic "Consortiums in respiratory medicine: the
way forward?" Presentation: ERICA: a novel COPD consortium.
• Paper in press: Evaluating the Role of Inflammation in Chronic Airways Disease: The ERICA
Study. Mohan D, Gale NS, McEniery CM, Bolton CE, Cockcroft JR, MacNee W, Fuld J, Lomas
DA, Calverley PA, Shale DJ, Miller BE, Wilkinson IB, Tal-Singer R, Polkey MI. Accepted for
publication by Journal of COPD, Jan 2014. In press.
• ATS 2014 Abstract – “Aortic Stiffness Relates To Functional Status In Patients With COPD: The
ERICA Study” - Bolton CE, Forman JR, Calverley PM, Cockcroft JR, Fuld J, Lomas D, Macnee W,
McEniery CM, Shale DJ, Tal-Singer R, Polkey MI, Wilkinson IB.
• Sarcopaenia Abstract (Japan 2013): Prof Mike Polkey. Speaker: “COPD patients with a six
minute walk distance <350m have less quadriceps strength but a similar body mass index to
those with a walk distance >350m” Forman JR, Tal-Singer R, Wilkinson IB & Polkey MI on
behalf of the ERICA Consortium