COPD News

The 2024 GOLD International COPD Conference will be held Nov. 11 and 12 in Philadelphia and online, featuring presentations from various speakers on important topics pertaining to COPD care.

BOSTON — Fewer patients with moderate to severe COPD used health care resources related to the disease if they received ensifentrine for 48 weeks, according to a presentation at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

Patients with COPD, asthma and cystic fibrosis may soon be able to monitor their diseases by using/breathing through a tool that connects to their smartphone, according to a University of Pittsburgh press release.

BOSTON — After progressing to Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease, or GOLD, group E, patients with COPD faced higher costs and used health care resources more, according to a poster presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

BOSTON — Lung function, symptoms and quality of life improved with receipt of ensifentrine in both adults with moderate COPD and adults with severe COPD, according to data presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

BOSTON — Patients with both COPD and type 2 diabetes who used GLP-1 agonists or co-agonists had improved respiratory outcomes vs. those who used other type 2 diabetes medications, according to data presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

BOSTON — Researchers found an incremental association between the usage of health information technology and pneumococcal vaccine uptake among patients with COPD, according to data presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

BOSTON — Patients with COPD using the common muscle relaxants cyclobenzaprine or methocarbamol had increased risk for COPD exacerbations at follow-up, according to data presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

BOSTON — Patients with COPD faced a decreased risk of severe cardiopulmonary events if treated with single inhaler vs. multiple inhaler triple therapy, according to data presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

Fewer patients with bronchiectasis vs. COPD had at least one cardiovascular comorbidity/risk factor, according to results published in Respiratory Medicine.