Disease Progression in COPD Patients Classified as Gold D According to Gold 2011 or Gold 2017 in the Real-Life Daccord Study

Patients in clinical trials on COPD triple therapy compared to real world populations

Characterization of COPD Patients Experiencing Clinically Relevant Improvement Vs Worsening in Health Status 2 Years After a Change of Maintenance Treatment in the 'Real-life' Daccord Study

The frequent exacerbator in real-life: an analysis of the DACCORD study

Introduction: Exacerbation prevention is a major treatment goal in COPD. Hence, exacerbations are a decisive diagnostic and prognostic factor when it comes to therapy. The non-interventional prospective DACCORD study was following COPD patients for 2 years. Here, we compare patients with frequent exacerbations, non-frequent exacerbations and no exacerbations in the 6 months prior to study entry. Methods: DACCORD recruited COPD patients following a change or initiation of COPD maintenance. Data collected at baseline and every 3 months include exacerbations and COPD medication use. COPD Assessment Test (CAT) data were collected anually. Results: Out of 6527 patients, 7.1% were frequent exacer…