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Table 5 Percentagea of OPCRD patients with COPD eligible for RCTs testing other single treatmentsb (n = 36 893)

From: Eligibility of real-life patients with COPD for inclusion in trials of inhaled long-acting bronchodilator therapy

Step

Criterion for sequential selection

NCT00134979 (Fa)

NCT00363896 (Aa)

NCT01001494 (A)

NCT01044459 (A)

NCT00463567 (Ia)

NCT00567996 (I)

NCT00792805 (I)

NCT00845728 (I)

NCT00782210 (Oa)

NCT00793624 (O)

NCT00929110 (Ga)

NCT01005901 (G)

NCT01566604 (G)

Median

1

FEV1

63.9

80.7

76.5

76.5

76.5

76.5

76.5

23.0

80.7

80.7

76.5

76.5

76.5

76.5

2

Other inclusion criteria

51.4

68.3

64.9

64.9

71.4

72.3

72.3

12.5

76.4

76.4

59.1

72.3

57.8

68.3

3

COPD related exclusion criteria

50.5

67.1

64.3

63.8

57.8

68.8

65.0

10.1

75.6

74.9

56.5

70.2

51.1

64.3

4

Concomitant pulmonary disease

44.8

60.8

58.3

57.9

52.6

62.4

58.3

8.8

74.8

70.9

51.0

62.7

46.2

58.3

5

Asthma, allergic diseases and atopy

34.7

43.8

46.0

45.7

42.0

44.6

46.0

6.8

72.5

66.5

38.0

49.2

34.2

44.6

6

Comorbidities

26.5

42.6

44.7

38.2

32.0

36.0

43.3

6.5

55.0

61.9

28.3

47.8

25.7

38.2

7

Other relevant conditions

26.3

41.5

44.7

38.2

31.7

34.9

43.3

6.5

55.0

57.6

28.1

47.8

25.2

38.2

8

Final eligible proportion (%)

26.3

41.5

44.6

38.1

26.2

34.9

43.3

6.5

55.0

57.6

23.1

39.2

20.7

38.1

  1. Abbreviations: COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, FEV 1 forced expiratory volume in 1 s
  2. aStepwise reduction of the percentage of the total number of OPCRD patients with COPD eligible for individual RCTs (columns) when applying groups of criteria (rows) sequentially. Median values for all RCTs shown in the table are listed in the last column. bOther single treatments include: formoterol (F), aclidinium (A), indacaterol (I), olodaterol (O) or glycopyrronium (G)