Rationale Despite high prevalence of e-cigarette use (vaping), little is currently known regarding the health effects of secondhand nicotine vape exposure. Objective To investigate whether exposure to ...

Methods TRIVERSYTI is an ongoing phase III multi-centre (China, South Korea and Taiwan), randomized, parallel group trial comparing a 24-week treatment with (BDP/FF/GB) 100/6/12.5 µg pMDI, 2 puffs bid ...

Rationale Telemonitoring has shown benefits during the initiation of home non-invasive ventilation (NIV) but evidence is lacking regarding its use during follow-up. A French national telemonitoring ...

A pillar of the WHO End TB Strategy is targeted latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) testing to identify persons who would benefit from TB preventive treatment (TPT).1 The WHO recommends the ...

Pulmonary rehabilitation has established itself as a vital and core therapy for people with chronic lung disease. Significant improvements are seen in several patient outcomes, for the thousands ...

Background and objectives IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a multi-system fibro-inflammatory disorder originally described in association with autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP), usually but not always in ...

Introduction Despite improvements in pulmonary function, physical activity (PA) levels remain significantly lower than the general population, even at 1 year following lung transplantation (LTx).

Background Smoking has been considered an important risk factor for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) incidence. However, there are no population-based large-scale studies demonstrating the effects ...

Method Adults with a first-recorded code for breathlessness (index date) and subsequent coded diagnosis between 2007 and 2017 were included from a UK primary care database (CPRD-GOLD). Cox regression ...

Introduction We delivered a one-year weight management programme (Counterweight Plus, CWP) in participants with difficult-to-treat asthma and obesity in a single-centre randomised controlled trial ...

Introduction Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis (CRSwNP) affects a significant proportion of people with severe asthma (SA). Despite the effectiveness of anti-IL5/5R therapies in the ...

Background This study reports preliminary outcomes from a joint Respiratory Consultant and Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) ‘one stop’ cough clinic. Local and tertiary referrals were accepted.