In patients with COPD, treatment with single-inhaler fluticasone furoate/umeclidinium/vilanterol resulted in more health status improvements and greater lung function benefit compared with multiple-inhaler triple therapy.
Compared with white patients, black patients with screen-detected cancers had a lower calculated lung cancer risk, despite having a significantly higher mean 6-year lung cancer risk.
Prenatal and early life exposure to household air pollution may affect the development of lung function and lead to an increase in airway resistance in children.
Inhaled nitric oxide 45 mcg/kg of ideal body weight per hour was effective for improving physical activity in patients at risk for pulmonary hypertension associated with fibrotic interstitial lung disease.
The first-in-class tyrosine kinase inhibitor masitinib decreased asthma exacerbations greater than placebo in patients with severe asthma uncontrolled by oral corticosteroids.
Patients with severe eosinophilic asthma who are treated with mepolizumab and subsequently stop treatment have increased blood eosinophil counts and increased exacerbations, among other negative clinical outcomes.
