RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Bankhead, Charles
T1 Comorbidity Burden in Clinical Trials versus Clinical Practice
JF MD Conference Express
YR 2010
FD SAGE Publications
VO 10
IS 3
SP 9
OP 9
DO 10.1177/155989771003007
UL http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/10/3/9.1.abstract
AB Epidemiological studies have documented a high prevalence of comorbid conditions among patients who have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including hypertension, ischemic heart disease, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes, and anxiety and depression [Barr RG et al. Am J Med 2009; Carrasco-Garrido P et al. BMC Pulm Med 2009; Finkelstein J et al. Int J COPD 2009]. The epidemiological data underscore the need to know whether clinical trial results have come from studies that adequately represent the comorbidities of COPD patients.