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Primary Care Update 2024
COPD Making a good diagnosis
Steve Holmes
Tuesday 1 October
2024 Steve Holmes Declaration of Interests (1)
• General practitioner, Park Medical Practice, Shepton Mallet
• Somerset ICB Clinical Respiratory Lead / Integrated Care Lead
• NHS England (National CVD and Respiratory Programme Board)
• NHS England (Educational Supervisor (trainer) and Appraiser)
• Primary Care Respiratory Society (Service development, Policy and
Conference committees)
• International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG) Education
Committee Chair
• RCGP (Chair Severn Faculty Board) RCGP Rep for Taskforce for Lung
Health and National Respiratory Audit Programme)
• Recent guideline involvement (Air Travel, Asthma, COPD, Respiratory
disease in athletic individuals, Spirometry, Tobacco Dependency) Declarations of Interest (2)
Speaker engagements, educational projects, conference attendance, advisory board work
(in the last three years)
Academic work
University College, London; Universities of Birmingham, Cambridge, Edinburgh,
Sheffield
Other providers
Asthma and Lung UK, Best Practice, Doctorology, Education for Health, EQUIP,
Guidelines in Practice, InterYem, MedAll, Mediconf, MIMS, Omniamed, Pulse,
RCGP Conferences, Respiratory Professional Care, Somerset GP Education Trust
Pharmaceutical / device companies
Aide Health, Astra Zeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Chiesi, Pulmonx, Sanofi,
Teva, Trudell Medical International, Viatris
No tobacco shares.Key Topics in COPD
management
• Reviewing people with
COPD
• Exacerbations
• Deconditioning Living and dying with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 1
A story with no beginning
A middle that is a way of life
An unpredictable and unanticipated end
Pinnock H et al, Living and dying with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: multi perspective longitudinal qualitative study.
BMJ 2011; 342. Available from https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.d142. Accessed January 2024
Image used with permission •1 - National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in over 16s:
Guidelines and diagnosis and management NICE guideline NG115. 2019.
•2- Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD). (2024) Global Strategy for the
strategies for COPD Diagnosis, Management and Prevention of COPD (2023) Available from: https://goldcopd.org/
NICE (2019) 1 GOLD (2024) 2
Guideline Yes No, report and strategy
Representative group on Yes (doctors, nurses, patients,other HCP, No (all tertiary academic or doctors)
guideline academics, researchers, across primary /
secondary / tertiary boundaries)
Academic Literature Yes systematic where area covered Review of literature known to specialists (not
review systematic) or sent in by invitation
Last full update 2004 Unknown
Last partial update 2010, 2018, 2019 2023
Next guideline planned uncertain 2025
Coverage Comprehensive Comprehensive
Drive Clinical with aspirational / financial Clinical, global, no pharma involvement in strategy
declared now as an organisation Institute for Clinical Excellence. NG 115 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in over 16s: diagnosis and management. NICE; 2019.; 2.tional
What is the point in treating pulmonary disease. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2018(10). 4. Kopsaftis Z et al, Influenza vaccine for chronic obstructivestructive
pneumonia in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2017(1). 6 Godtfredsen NS, et al. COPD-ng
COPD – times have changed - Keeney E, et al, Dual combination therapy versus long-acting bronchodilators alone for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): aba Y,
antagonist (LAMA) plus long-acting beta-agonist (LABA) versus LABA plus inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) for stable chronic obstructive pulmonary
the positives? disease (COPD). Cochrane database of systematic reviews. 2017;2(2):CD012066-CD. 9. Puhan MA, Gimeno-Santos E, Cates CJ, Troosters T.
2016(12)y rehabilitation following exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
Cochrane Review Supportive (QOL/M/
1
Intervention H / Exac) National Guidance Supportive
Steroids for exacerbation Yes (QOL) Yes
Antibiotic for exacerbation Yes (M in ICU) Yes
Influenza immunisation Yes (Exac) Yes
Pneumococcal vaccination Yes (Exac) Yes
Smoking cessation Yes (QOL/M) Yes
LAMA Yes (QOL/H / Exac) Yes
8
LABA/ICS Yes (QOL/M/H/Exac) Yes
LAMA /LABA Yes (QOL/H /Exac) Yes Most people with any long term condition have multiple
conditions in Scotland
Heart failur3% 9% 14% 74%
Stroke/TIA 6% 14% 18% 62%
Atrial fibrilla 7% 13% 16% 65%
Coronary heart disea9% 16% 19% 56%
Painful condi on 13% 21% 21% 46%
Diabetes 14% 20% 19% 47%
COPD 18% 19% 17% 47%
Hypertension 22% 24% 19% 35%
Cancer 23% 21% 17% 39%
Epilepsy 31% 23% 16% 29%
Asthma 48% 20% 12% 21%
Demen a 5% 13% 18% 64%
Anxiety 7% 17% 20% 56%
13% 21% 21% 46%
Schizophrenia/bipolar
Depression 23% 22% 18% 36%
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
This condi on onlyge This condi on + 1 othernd+ 2 othersave+ 3 or more others
Barnett K, Mercer SW, Norbury M, Watt G, Wyke S, Guthrie B. Epidemiology of multimorbidity and implications for health
care, research, and medical education: a cross-sectional study. The Lancet. 2012 COPD – consider other common co-morbidities
1
• CHD (19-25%)
• Heart failure (6%) 2
• Diabetes (13.5%) 2
• Erectile dysfunction (57%) 3
• Osteoporosis (36-60%) 1
4
• Incontinence >33%
• Myalgia
• Senile purpura
• Anxiety (10-19%) 1
• Depression (10-42%) 1
• Glaucoma / cataracts
1 - Van der Molen T. 2010;PCRJ 19(4):326-34.
2 - Barnett K, Mercer SW et al Epidemiology of multi-morbidity and implications for health care, research, and medical education: a
cross-sectional study. The Lancet. 2012; 3 – ATS Poster 2012 4 ERS Poster 2011 COPD and CVD Risk
Study in Germany
126 795 patients with COPD
58 720 (46.3%) exacerbated at least once and
48 982 (38.6%) experienced at least one CV
event or died during a median follow-up of 36
months.
Rate of outcome was increased during 1–7
days following a severe exacerbation onset
remained elevated for up to a year (181–365
days HR 1.17, 95% CI 1.11 to 1.23).
1. Vogelmeier CF, COPD: results of the EXACOS-CV study in Germany. BMJ Open Respiratory Research. 2024;11(1):e002153.consequences of an exacerbation of QRISK4
Hippisley-Cox J, Coupland CAC, Bafadhel cardiovascular risk prediction. Nature Medicine. 2024;30(5):1440-7.ion of a new algorithm for improved QRISK4
Hippisley-Cox J, Coupland CAC, Bafadhel cardiovascular risk prediction. Nature Medicine. 2024;30(5):1440-7.ion of a new algorithm for improved DOSE and COPD
Over 5 years, 116 patients (20.6%) died.
Mortality was higher in patients with DOSE index >4 (42.4%) than for lower scores (11.0%)
(p<0.0001).
DOSE index of 0–3, hazard ratio for mortality set at 1
DOSE index of 4–5, hazard ratio for mortality = 3.48 (95% CI 2.32 to 5.22)
DOSE index of 6-7, hazard ratio for mortality = 8.00 (95% CI 4.67 to 13.7)
Jones RC, Donaldson GC, Chavannes NH, Kida K, Dickson-Spillmann M, Harding S, et al.
Derivation and Validation of a Composite Index of Severity in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary
Disease: The DOSE Index. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2009;180(12):1189-95Respir J 2012; 21 DOSE
• Better in predicting
admissions,
exacerbations and
quality of life
• Not quite as good as
BODE for mortality
• Recommended use in
Owusuaa C, Dijkland SA, Nieboer D, van der Rijt CCD, van der Heide A. Predictors of
mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review and meta-
analysis. BMC Pulm Med. 2022;22(1):125 The Structured Review Part (DOSE IT)
• Dyspnoea - Assess symptoms
• Obstruction – FEV1
• Smoking status
• Exacerbations
• Inhaler technique (including
concordance / compliance)
• Treatments (consider other
interventions and treatments What are the non-drug pharmacological options for COPD?
• Offer treatment and support to stop
smoking
• Offer pneumococcal and influenza
vaccinations
• Offer pulmonary rehabilitation if
indicated
• Co-develop a personalized self
management plan
• Optimise treatment for
comorbidities
National Institute formanagement NICE guideline NG115. 2019.bstructive pulmonary disease in over 16s: diagnosis and What are the non-drug pharmacological options for COPD?
• Offer treatment and support to stop
smoking
• Offer pneumococcal and influenza
vaccinations
• Offer pulmonary rehabilitation if
These treatments and plans shouindicat disited at every review
• Co-develop a personalized self
management plan
• Optimise treatment for
comorbidities
National Institute formanagement NICE guideline NG115. 2019.bstructive pulmonary disease in over 16s: diagnosis and NICE – asthmatic features or features suggesting steroid
responsiveness
• any previous secure
diagnosis of asthma or
atopy
• higher blood eosinophil
count
• substantial variation in
FEV1 (400mls)
• substantial variation in
PEFR (20%)
National Institute fmanagement NICE guideline NG115. 2019. obstructive pulmonary disease in over 16s: diagnosis and Offer SABA or SAMA for use as needed
If the person is limited by symptoms or has exacerbations despite treatment
No asthmatic features or features suggesting steroid Asthmatic features or features suggesting
responsiveness steroid responsiveness
Offer LABA + LAMA Consider LABA+ICS
Person has day to day Person has 1 severe or 2 Person has day to day symptoms adversely
symptoms adversely moderate exacerbations impact on quality of life or has 1 severe or 2
impact on quality of life within a year moderate exacerbations within a year
Consider LAMA+LABA+ICS Offer LABA+ICS+LAMA
Consider 3 month trial
of LAMA+LABA+ICS
Explore further treatment options if still limited by breathlessness or subject
If no improvement
revert to LAMA+LABA to frequent exacerbations (see NICE guidance for more details)
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in over 16s: diagnosis and
management NICE guideline NG115. 2019. Offer SABA or SAMA for use as needed
If the person is limited by symptoms or has exacerbations despite treatment
No asthmatic features or features suggesting steroid Asthmatic features or features suggesting
responsiveness steroid responsiveness
Offer LABA + LAMA Consider LABA+ICS
Person has day to day
symptoms adversely Person has 1 severe or 2 Person has day to day symptoms adversely
impact on quality of life moderate exacerbations impact on quality of life or has 1 severe or 2
LAMA / LABA within a year moderate exacerbations within a year
Consider LAMA+LABA+ICS Offer LABA+ICS+LAMA
Consider 3 month trial
of LAMA+LABA+ICS Explore further treatment options if still limited by breathlessness or subject
to frequent exacerbations (see NICE guidance for more details)
If no improvement
revert to LAMA+LABA
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in over 16s: diagnosis and
management NICE guideline NG115. 2019. Offer SABA or SAMA for use as needed
If the person is limited by symptoms or has exacerbations despite treatment
No asthmatic features or features suggesting steroid Asthmatic features or features suggesting
responsiveness steroid responsiveness
Offer LABA + LAMA Consider LABA+ICS
Person has day to day Person has 1 severe or 2 Person has day to day symptoms adversely
symptoms adversely moderate exacerbations impact on quality of life or has 1 severe or 2
impact on quality of life within a year moderate exacerbations within a year
Consider LAMA+LABA+ICS Offer LABA+ICS+LAMA
Consider 3 month trial
of LAMA+LABA+ICS
Explore further treatment options if still limited by breathlessness or subject
If no improvement to frequent exacerbations (see NICE guidance for more details)
revert to LAMA+LABA
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in over 16s: diagnosis and
management NICE guideline NG115. 2019.Key Topics in COPD
management
• Reviewing people with
COPD
• Exacerbations
• Deconditioning Definition: Exacerbations are an acute worsening of
respiratory symptoms, resulting in additional therapy 1
Severe A&E visitsation Up to 77% of
Moderate Antibiotics and/or OCSts will have at
+ SABA or SAMA
least one moderate-
Mild SABA or SAMA onlto-severe
exacerbation within
1. GOLD. Global strategy for the diagnosis, management, and preventio2 of COPD: 2021 report. Available from: https://goldcopd.org (Accessed November
2021); 2. Hurst JR, et al. N Engl J Med 201a 3-year period;. Lung function lost with exacerbations
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Weeks from moderate/severe exacerbation H, et al. 2018
Watz H, Tetzlaff K, Magnussen H, Mueller A, Rodriguez-Roisin R, Wouters EFM, et al. Spirometric changes during
exacerbations of COPD: a post hoc analysis of the WISDOM trial. RESPIRATORY RESEARCH. 2018;19(1):251. Lung function decline following a severe exacerbation is
worse in those with milder disease
mild – 87ml
moderate – 20ml
severe- 20ml
very severe – 7ml
Dransfield MT, Kunisaki KM, Strand MJ, Anzueto A, Bhatt SP, Bowler RP, et al. Acute Exacerbations and Lung Function Loss in
Smokers with and without Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. American journal of respiratory and critical care
medicine. 2017;195(3):324-30. Preventing the first exacerbation could reduce the risk of mortality
Time between exacerbations reduces * More exacerbations increases risk of
mortality 2
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.
1. Suissa S, Dell'Aniello S, Ernst P. Long-term natural history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: severe exacerbations and mortality.
Thorax. 2012;67(11):957-63. 2. Soler-Cataluña JJ, Martínez-García MA, Román PSánchez, Salcedo E, Navarro M, Ochando R. Severe acute
exacerbations and mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Thorax. 2005;60. How many exacerbations does the average person with
COPD have every year?
• In major trials of
people under
specialist care the
figure is between 0.85
– 1.3 1,2,3
1- Calverley P, Anderson J, Celli B, Ferguson G, Jenkins C, Jones P, et al. Salmeterol and fluticasone proprionate and survival in chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease. N Engl J Med. 2007;356:775 - 89. 2- Tashkin DP, Celli B, Senn S, Burkhart D, Kesten S, Menjoge S, et al. A 4-Year Trial of Tiotropium in Chronic
Obsmortality in COPD--a review of potential interventions. International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. 2009;4:203-23.us and How soon after worsening of symptoms starts before a
patient should commence steroids / antibiotics?
• Start SABA
early on
• Start OCS or
antibiotics
usually 48-72
hours or longer
Aaron SD, Donaldson GC, Whitmore GA, Hurst JR, Ramsay T, Wedzicha JA. Time course and
pattern of COPD exacerbation onset. Thorax. 2012;67(3):238-43. How long does an exacerbation last
Usually last 11 – 13
days (median) and
quicker onset settle
faster – though
many last
considerably longer
before full symptom
resolution
Aaron SD, Donaldson GC, Whitmore GA, Hurst JR, Ramsay T, Wedzicha JA. Time course and
pattern of COPD exacerbation onset. Thorax. 2012;67(3):238-43. What dose of steroid and antibiotic and for how long?
• Prednisolone 30mg
1,2,3
daily for 5 days.
• Antibiotic for 5 days 3,4
– Amoxicillin,
1 - NatioDoxycyclin ,e for Clinical Excellence. NG 115 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in over 16s: diagnosis and management.
NICE; 2019chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2018;3:Cd006897. 3- therapy for exacerbations of
Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD). Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management and Prevention of
COPD (2020). 2019. 4- National Institute for Clinical Excellence. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (acute exacerbation):
antimicrobial prescribing. London NICE; 2018 Dec 2018. I just need another course of antibiotics and steroids – I’m
not quite better yet.
1
Clinical review important • Remember normal
• Pneumonia recovery 2
• No benefit from longer
• Pulmonary embolus course of antibiotics (for
• Carcinoma of lung 3
infection)
• Bronchiectasis • No benefit from longer
• Pleural effusion course of steroids (for
exacerbations) in hospital
• Heart failure
• Atrial fibrillation inpatients (no studies in
Cotton MM, Bucknall CE, Dagg KD, Johnson MK, MacGregor G, Stewart C, et al. Early discharge for patients with exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a
exacerbation onset. Thorax. 2012;67(3):238-43.3 - National Institute for Clinical Excellence. CG91: Pneumonia in adults: diagnosis and management 2014. 4- Sivapalan P,
Ingebrigtsen TS, Rasmussen DB, Sørensen R, Rasmussen CM, Jensen CB, et al. COPD exacerbations: the impact of long versus short courses of oral corticosteroids on
DJ, White CJ, Wood-Baker R. Different durations of corticosteroid therapy for exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev.an
2018;3:Cd006897.Key Topics in COPD
management
• Reviewing people with
COPD
• Exacerbations
• Deconditioning Better to keep our COPD population active
• highest risk was observed in the sedentary
group (adjusted HR (aHR) (95% CI) =
1.70 (1.59 to 1.81)for all-cause ED visit or
hospitalisation, 5.45 (4.86 to 6.12) for
respiratory ED visit or hospitalisation).
• A 500 MET-min/week increase in PA was
and respiratory ED visit or hospitalisation
in the COPD cohort (aHR (95% CI) = 0.92
(0.88 to 0.96) for all-cause, 0.87 (0.82 to
0.93) for respiratory cause).
obstructive pulmonary disease: a nationwide population-based study. BMJ Open Respiratory Research. 2024;11(1):e001789.chronic The legacy of shielding has been predictable – but also in our
past care of long term conditions
• Isolation and
loneliness leading to
depression 1,2
• Fear and anxiety of
3
infection
12017;25(3):799-812.2- 2 Loades ME, Chatburn E, Higson-Sweeney N, Reynolds S, Shafran R, Brigden A, et al. Rapid systematicmmunity.
review: the impact of social isolation and loneliness on the mental health of children and adolescents in the context of COVID-19.
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 2020. 3- Survey from Asthma UK available at https://
www.asthma.org.uk/support-us/campaigns/campaigns-blog/the-experience-of-shielders/ ICU Acquired Weakness (ICUAW)
• Neuromuscular condition that
develops during an ICU stay.
• This is a common problem of
critical illness and occurs in:
– 33% of all patients on ventilators
– severe infection ts admitted with
• Features may take a year or more
to resolve makes the activities of
daily living difficult, including
grooming, dressing, feeding,
bathing and walking.
The Society of Critical Care Medicine. Post Intensive Care Syndrome 2020 [Available from: https://www.sccm.org/MyICUCare/THRIVE/Post-intensive-Care-Syndrome Deconditioning following admission to hospital
• Inactivity (eg resting at home) is
associated with atrophy and a
loss of muscle strength at a rate
of 12% a week 1,2
• After 3 to 5 weeks of bed-rest,
almost 50% of the muscle
strength is lost. 1,2
• Effective measures to promote
physical activity available in
hospital (20 trials) 3
1. Porth C, Matfin G, Porth C. Pathophysiology : concepts of altered health states. Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer Health/
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2009.2. Knight J, Nigam Y, Jones A. Effects of bedrest 5: the muscles, joints and mobility. Nurs
Times. 2019;115(4):54-7.3. Taylor NF, Harding KE, Dennett AM, Febrey S, Warmoth K, Hall AJ, et al. Behaviour change
interventions to increase physical activity in hospitalised patients: a systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression. Age
and Ageing. 2021;51(1). Deconditioning Summary
• More osteoporosis 9,10
• Increases falls 1 9,10
• Worsens mental health 2 • Muscle atrophy
• Reduced exercise
• Increases risk of infection 3,4 9,10
tolerance
• Worse respiratory • Worse diabetes
outcomes 5,6,7
outcomes and obesity
• Worse cardiovascular outcomes 11
outcomes 8
• Higher blood pressure 12
1 - Sherrington C et al. Exercise for preventing falls in older people living in the community. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2019. 2- Conn VS. Anxiety outcomes after physical activity interventions: meta-
2020;369:m1386 5 - Puhan MA, Gimeno-Santos E, Cates CJ, Troosters T. Pulmonary rehabilitation following exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2016. 6. BMJ
Blakey JD et al. British Thoracic Society guideline on pulmonary rehabilitation in adults: accredited by NICE. Thorax 2013;68:ii1-ii30 8- Myers J, Prakash M, Froelicher V, Do D, Partington S, Atwood JE. Exercise
Skeletal Muscle. Cell metabolism. 2016;23(6):1034-47. 10-Kell RT, Bell G, Quinney A. Musculoskeletal fitness, health outcomes and quality of life. Sports Med. 2001;31(12):863-73. 11 - Sigal RJ, Armstrong MJ, Colby P,
Kenny GP, Plotnikoff RC, Reichert SM, et al. Physical Activity and Diabetes. Canadian Journal of Diabetes. 2013;37:S40-S4. 12 Fox K, Hillsdon M. Physical activity and obesity. Obesity reviews. 2007;8(Suppl. 1):115-21Noetel M, Sanders T Gallardo-Gómez D, Taylor P, Cruz BdP, Hoek
Dvd, et al. Effect of exercise for depression: systematic review
and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.
BMJ. 2024;384:e075847Thank you any
questions?