Survival Of Subjects With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Summary

The purpose of this study is to see if fluticasone 500mcg/salmeterol 50mcg can improve the survival of subjects with COPD and also assess the long term safety profile of this drug.

Timeline

Start

2000-09

Primary completion

2005-11

Completion

2005-11

Publications

• Background Briggs AH, Glick HA, Lozano-Ortega G, Spencer M, Calverley PM, Jones PW, Vestbo J; TOwards a Revolution in COPD Health (TORCH) investigators. Is treatment with ICS and LABA cost-effective for COPD? Multinational economic analysis of the TORCH study. Eur Respir J. 2010 Mar;35(3):532-9. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00153108. Epub 2009 Aug 28.
• Background Calverley PM, Anderson JA, Celli B, Ferguson GT, Jenkins C, Jones PW, Yates JC, Vestbo J; TORCH investigators. Salmeterol and fluticasone propionate and survival in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. N Engl J Med. 2007 Feb 22;356(8):775-89. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa063070.
• Background Celli BR, Thomas NE, Anderson JA, Ferguson GT, Jenkins CR, Jones PW, Vestbo J, Knobil K, Yates JC, Calverley PM. Effect of pharmacotherapy on rate of decline of lung function in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: results from the TORCH study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2008 Aug 15;178(4):332-8. doi: 10.1164/rccm.200712-1869OC. Epub 2008 May 29.
• Background Jenkins CR, Jones PW, Calverley PM, Celli B, Anderson JA, Ferguson GT, Yates JC, Willits LR, Vestbo J. Efficacy of salmeterol/fluticasone propionate by GOLD stage of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: analysis from the randomised, placebo-controlled TORCH study. Respir Res. 2009 Jun 30;10(1):59. doi: 10.1186/1465-9921-10-59.
• Background Crim C, Calverley PM, Anderson JA, Celli B, Ferguson GT, Jenkins C, Jones PW, Willits LR, Yates JC, Vestbo J. Pneumonia risk in COPD patients receiving inhaled corticosteroids alone or in combination: TORCH study results. Eur Respir J. 2009 Sep;34(3):641-7. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00193908. Epub 2009 May 14.
• Background Ernst P, Suissa S. Pneumonia in elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2008 May;10(3):223-8. doi: 10.1007/s11908-008-0037-4.
• Background Ferguson GT, Calverley PMA, Anderson JA, Jenkins CR, Jones PW, Willits LR, Yates JC, Vestbo J, Celli B. Prevalence and progression of osteoporosis in patients with COPD: results from the TOwards a Revolution in COPD Health study. Chest. 2009 Dec;136(6):1456-1465. doi: 10.1378/chest.08-3016. Epub 2009 Jul 6.
• Background Hanania NA. The impact of inhaled corticosteroid and long-acting beta-agonist combination therapy on outcomes in COPD. Pulm Pharmacol Ther. 2008;21(3):540-50. doi: 10.1016/j.pupt.2007.12.004. Epub 2008 Jan 6.
• Background Houghton CM, Lawson N, Borrill ZL, Wixon CL, Yoxall S, Langley SJ, Woodcock A, Singh D. Comparison of the effects of salmeterol/fluticasone propionate with fluticasone propionate on airway physiology in adults with mild persistent asthma. Respir Res. 2007 Jul 14;8(1):52. doi: 10.1186/1465-9921-8-52.
• Background Johnson M, Agusti AG, Barnes NC. Reflections on TORCH: potential mechanisms for the survival benefit of salmeterol/fluticasone propionate in COPD patients. COPD. 2008 Dec;5(6):369-75. doi: 10.1080/15412550802522924.
• Background Keene ON, Vestbo J, Anderson JA, Calverley PM, Celli B, Ferguson GT, Jenkins C, Jones PW. Methods for therapeutic trials in COPD: lessons from the TORCH trial. Eur Respir J. 2009 Nov;34(5):1018-23. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00122608.
• Background Drummond MB, Wise RA, John M, Zvarich MT, McGarvey LP. Accuracy of death certificates in COPD: analysis from the TORCH trial. COPD. 2010 Jun;7(3):179-85. doi: 10.3109/15412555.2010.481695.
• Background Marchand E. Effect of pharmacotherapy on rate of decline of FEV(1) in the TORCH study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2009 Mar 1;179(5):426; author reply 426-7. doi: 10.1164/ajrccm.179.5.426. No abstract available.
• Background McGarvey LP, John M, Anderson JA, Zvarich M, Wise RA; TORCH Clinical Endpoint Committee. Ascertainment of cause-specific mortality in COPD: operations of the TORCH Clinical Endpoint Committee. Thorax. 2007 May;62(5):411-5. doi: 10.1136/thx.2006.072348. Epub 2007 Feb 20.
• Background Middleton PG. Management of patients with COPD: a comparison of the INSPIRE and TORCH studies. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2008 Jul 1;178(1):106; author reply 106-7. doi: 10.1164/ajrccm.178.1.106. No abstract available.
• Background Miravitlles M, Anzueto A. Insights into interventions in managing COPD patients: lessons from the TORCH and UPLIFT studies. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis. 2009;4:185-201. Epub 2009 May 7.
• Background Niewoehner DE. TORCH and UPLIFT: what has been learned from the COPD "mega-trials"? COPD. 2009 Feb;6(1):1-3. doi: 10.1080/15412550902723984.
• Background Calverley PM, Anderson JA, Celli B, Ferguson GT, Jenkins C, Jones PW, Crim C, Willits LR, Yates JC, Vestbo J; TORCH Investigators. Cardiovascular events in patients with COPD: TORCH study results. Thorax. 2010 Aug;65(8):719-25. doi: 10.1136/thx.2010.136077.
• Background Salmeterol plus fluticasone fails to reduce mortality in patients with COPD. Formulary 2007;42:245-6.
• Background Stockley RA. Progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: impact of inflammation, comorbidities and therapeutic intervention. Curr Med Res Opin. 2009 May;25(5):1235-45. doi: 10.1185/03007990902868971.
• Background Suissa S, Ernst P, Vandemheen KL, Aaron SD. Methodological issues in therapeutic trials of COPD. Eur Respir J. 2008 May;31(5):927-33. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00098307. Epub 2008 Jan 23.
• Background Vestbo J; TORCH Study Group. The TORCH (towards a revolution in COPD health) survival study protocol. Eur Respir J. 2004 Aug;24(2):206-10. doi: 10.1183/09031936.04.00120603.
• Background Vestbo J, Anderson JA, Calverley PM, Celli B, Ferguson GT, Jenkins C, Knobil K, Willits LR, Yates JC, Jones PW. Adherence to inhaled therapy, mortality and hospital admission in COPD. Thorax. 2009 Nov;64(11):939-43. doi: 10.1136/thx.2009.113662. Epub 2009 Aug 23.
• Paly VF, Naya I, Gunsoy NB, Driessen MT, Risebrough N, Briggs A, Ismaila AS. Long-term cost and utility consequences of short-term clinically important deterioration in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: results from the TORCH study. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis. 2019 May 3;14:939-951. doi: 10.2147/COPD.S188898. eCollection 2019.
• Naya IP, Tombs L, Muellerova H, Compton C, Jones PW. Long-term outcomes following first short-term clinically important deterioration in COPD. Respir Res. 2018 Nov 20;19(1):222. doi: 10.1186/s12931-018-0928-3.
• Jenkins CR, Celli B, Anderson JA, Ferguson GT, Jones PW, Vestbo J, Yates JC, Calverley PM. Seasonality and determinants of moderate and severe COPD exacerbations in the TORCH study. Eur Respir J. 2012 Jan;39(1):38-45. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00194610. Epub 2011 Jul 7.
• Jones PW, Anderson JA, Calverley PM, Celli BR, Ferguson GT, Jenkins C, Yates JC, Vestbo J, Spencer MD; TORCH investigators. Health status in the TORCH study of COPD: treatment efficacy and other determinants of change. Respir Res. 2011 May 31;12(1):71. doi: 10.1186/1465-9921-12-71.
• Celli B, Vestbo J, Jenkins CR, Jones PW, Ferguson GT, Calverley PM, Yates JC, Anderson JA, Willits LR, Wise RA; Investigators of the TORCH Study. Sex differences in mortality and clinical expressions of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The TORCH experience. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2011 Feb 1;183(3):317-22. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201004-0665OC. Epub 2010 Sep 2.

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