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One-year change in health status and subsequent outcomes in COPD

  • Sarah Wilke
  • , Paul W Jones
  • , H Müllerova
  • , Jørgen Vestbo
  • , Ruth Tal-Singer
  • , Frits M E Franssen
  • , Alvar Agusti
  • , Per Bakke
  • , Peter M Calverley
  • , Harvey O Coxson
  • , Courtney Crim
  • , Lisa D Edwards
  • , David A Lomas
  • , William MacNee
  • , Stephen I Rennard
  • , Julie C Yates
  • , Emiel F M Wouters
  • , Martijn A Spruit
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Poor health status has been associated with morbidity and mortality in patients with COPD. To date, the impact of changes in health status on these outcomes remains unknown.

AIMS: To explore the relationship of clinically relevant changes in health status with exacerbation, hospitalisation or death in patients with COPD.

METHODS: Characteristics and health status (St George's Respiratory Questionnaire, SGRQ) were assessed over a period of 3 years in 2138 patients with COPD enrolled in the Evaluation of COPD Longitudinally to Identify Predictive Surrogate Endpoints (ECLIPSE) study: a longitudinal, prospective, observational study. Associations between change in health status (=4 units in SGRQ score) during year 1 and time to first exacerbation, hospitalisation and death during 2-year follow-up were assessed using Kaplan-Meier plots and log-rank test.

RESULTS: 1832 (85.7%) patients (age 63.4±7.0 years, 65.4% male, FEV1 48.7±15.6% predicted) underwent assessment at baseline and 1 year. Compared with those who deteriorated, patients with improved or stable health status in year 1 have a lower likelihood of exacerbation (HR 0.78 (95% CI 0.67 to 0.89), p<0.001 and 0.84 (0.73 to 0.97), p=0.016, respectively), hospitalisation (0.72 (0.58 to 0.90), p=0.004 and 0.77 (0.62 to 0.96), p=0.023, respectively) or dying (0.61 (0.39 to 0.95), p=0.027 and 0.58 (0.37 to 0.92), p=0.019, respectively) during 2-year follow-up. This effect persisted after stratification for age and the number of exacerbations and hospitalisations during the first year of the study.

CONCLUSIONS: Patients with stable or improved health status during year 1 of ECLIPSE had a lower likelihood of exacerbation, hospitalisation or dying during 2-year follow-up. Interventions that stabilise and improve health status may also improve outcomes in patients with COPD.

TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT00292552, registered at ClinicalTrials.gov.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftThorax
Vol/bind70
Udgave nummer5
Sider (fra-til)420-5
Antal sider6
ISSN0040-6376
DOI
StatusUdgivet - maj 2015

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