The American Lung Association has launched an initiative that has as its goal improving the quality of life of people who’ve been living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) for at least a decade. The “COPD for…

Nighttime breathing symptoms related to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) significantly impaired daily activities and health-related quality of life, a survey of patients and physicians revealed. Most of the surveyed patients (74%) reported having nocturnal symptoms, while physicians reported that they prescribed treatments based on 24-hour symptom relief for…

Patients with moderate-to-very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and frequent flare-ups who were given astegolimab, a medicine in Genentech’s pipeline, reported a better health-related quality of life than those taking a placebo, a study found. The findings are from a Phase 2a trial, called COPD-ST2OP (NCT03615040),…

Pulmonary rehabilitation programs can ease shortness of breath, and improve exercise capacity and quality of life in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a recent meta-analysis. Additionally, the study revealed that mind-body exercises, such as tai chi and yoga, can significantly improve lung function in these…

The health-related quality of life of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) living in Barcelona, Spain, is negatively affected by exposure to air pollution and living farther away from green or blue water-rich spaces, a study suggests. “This study, performed for the first time on a Mediterranean population,…

Treatment with mepolizumab, an antibody designed to lower the levels of eosinophils — immune cells linked with worse chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) — was found to reduce the annual rate of exacerbations and improve health-related quality of life in people with eosinophil-associated COPD. The findings, from a meta-analysis…

The Zephyr Endobronchial Valve significantly improved lung function and quality of life for at least two years in people with emphysema, a severe form of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to new clinical trial data. “These long-term data further demonstrate that our Zephyr Valve is a safe,…

Verona Pharma has announced positive efficacy and safety results about using nebulized ensifentrine as an add-on therapy to tiotropium (Spiriva Respimat) for treating symptomatic chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Results from the Phase 2b clinical trial (NCT03937479) show that ensifentrine treatment, combined with maintenance tiotropium, results in…

Lung function and quality of life remained stable over three years of follow-up among people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) treated with targeted lung denervation (TLD) — a new therapy developed by Nuvaira — according to the results of a clinical trial. That trial, called AIRFLOW-1 (…

The first participant has been treated in a clinical trial testing CSA Medical’s RejuvenAir System as a potential treatment for people with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with chronic bronchitis. The participant was treated at Temple University Hospital. At present, the multicenter international…