Use of the oral beta blocker bisoprolol to reduce the rate of exacerbation in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): a randomised controlled trial (BICS).
Cotton S, Devereux G, Abbas H, Briggs A, Campbell K, Chaudhuri R, Choudhury G, Dawson D, De Soyza A, Fielding S, Gompertz S, Haughney J, Lang CC, Lee AJ, MacLennan G, MacNee W, McCormack K, McMeekin N, Mills NL, Morice A, Norrie J, Petrie MC, Price D, Short P, Vestbo J, Walker P, Wedzicha J, Wilson A, Lipworth BJ.
Cotton S, et al.
Trials. 2022 Apr 14;23(1):307. doi: 10.1186/s13063-022-06226-8.
Trials. 2022.
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Observational studies consistently report that beta blocker use in people with COPD is associated with a reduced risk of COPD exacerbations. The bisoprolol in COPD study (BICS) investigates whether adding bisoprolol to routine COPD treatment has clinical and cost-ef …
Observational studies consistently report that beta blocker use in people with COPD is associated with a reduced risk of COPD exacerbations. …