Baseline | Change from baseline to 1 h after first dose of medication | Change from baseline to follow-up | ||||
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Morphine | Placebo | Morphine | Placebo | Morphine | Placebo | |
VAS dyspnea during the last week (cm) | 4.3 ± 0.37 | 4.7 ± 0.53 | −1.1 ± 0.33† | −0.35 ± 0.46 | ||
VAS dyspnea score during the last hour (cm) | 2 [1.6–4] | 2.75 [0–6] | 0 [− 1–0] | 0 [− 3–0] | −1.2 ± 0.6 | − 0.2 ± 0.7 |
VAS cough score during the last hour (cm) | 0.5 [0–3] | 0 [0–1.7] | 0 [−1–0] | 0[− 0.7–0] † | 0 [− 2–0] † | 0[− 0.5–0] |
VAS cough score during the last week (cm) | 1 [0–3] | 1 [0–3] | −0.15 ± 0.24 | −0.07 ± 0.34 | ||
6MWT distance (m) | 338 ± 27 | 350 ± 30 | 12 ± 8 | 1 ± 8 | 10 ± 9 | 5 ± 6 |
PaO2 baseline (kPa) | 11 ± 0.7 | 10 ± 0.7 | −0.4 [− 3–0.5] | −0.05 [− 1.1–0.8] | −0.6 [− 1.3–0.9] | −0.2 [− 0.8–1] |
PaCO2 baseline (kPa) | 5.3 ± 0.3 | 4.8 ± 0.2 | 0.1 [−0.1–0.3] | 0 [− 0.3–0.05] | 0.2 ± 0.1 | 0.02 ± 0.1 |
Peripheral saturation (%) | 96 ± 0.6 | 96 ± 0 .7 | −1.5 ± 0.7† | −3.1 ± 0.7† | −2 [− 5–1] | −1 [− 2–1] |
Borg score before 6MWT | 1.8 ± 0.4 | 2.0 ± 0.6 | − 0.1 ± 0.4 | −0.2 ± 0.2 | −0.7 ± 0.5 | −0.2 ± 0.44 |
Borg score after 6MWT | 6.5 ± 0.4 | 6.7 ± 0.5 | 0 [0–0] | 0 [0–1]* | 0.4 ± 0.6 | −0.03 ± 0.5 |
Desaturation during 6MWT (%-points) | −11.5 ± 1.2 | −13.0 ± 1.7 | 0.6 ± 0.6 | 1.3 ± 1.5 | −3 ± 0.8† | − 0.4 ± 1.3 |
Systolic BP (mmHg) | 136 ± 4 | 134 ± 4 | 4.6 ± 4.3 | −1.0 ± 3.4 | 1.2 ± 4.9 | 0.1 ± 2.9 |
Respiratory rate (/min) | 22 ± 1.3 | 22 ± 1.7 | 0 [0–2] | 2 [0–3] | − 0.8 ± 1.1 | 2.6 ± 1.1* † |
Heart rate (/min) | 78 ± 4.0 | 80 ± 2.5 | −1 [− 8–5] | − 6 [− 10--4]*† | −2.1 ± 2.5 | −5.2 ± 2.7 |
FVC (l) | 2.0 ± 0.1 | 2.0 ± 0.1 | −0.06 ± 0.03 | −0.1 ± 0.06† | −0.1 ± 0.03† | −0.2 ± 0.05† |
KBILD score | 51 ± 1.7 | 49 ± 2.9 | 2.9 ± 1.6 | 1.6 ± 1.5 | ||
Leicester cough score | 17 [12–19] | 18 [14–20] | 1.2 ± 0.4 † | 0.2 ± 0.3 | ||
GAD7 score | 1 [0–5] | 0.5 [0–3] | −0.4 ± 0.7 | −0.6 ± 0.8 |