COPD Working Group - REG - Respiratory Effectiveness Group

Members

Marc Miravitlles - Lead
Dermot Ryan
Richard Costello
Nicolas Roche
Alberto Papi
Juan José Soler
Faisal Yunus
Bernardino Alcazar Navarrete
David Price
David Halpin
Helgo Magnussen
Akio Niimi
Joan Soriano
Omar Usmani
Therese Lapperre
Chin Kook Rhee
Paschalis Steiropoulos
Pei Yee Tiew
Sebastian Karlsson
Sean Loh Chee Hong
Matevz Harlander
Pietro Pirina
Pedro Romero
Alexander Mathioudakis
Ron Dandurand
Kwang Ha Yoo
Seung Won Ra
Ji-Yong Moon
Joo Hun Park
Chang Youl Lee
Evgeni Mekov
Naoya Tanabe
Myriam Calle
Carlos Cabrera
Patricia García- Sidro
Antonia Fuster Gomila
José Maria Echave
Elsa Naval
Maria Torres
Annie Navarro
Roberto Bernabeu
David Fole
Virginia Almadana
Juan Luis García Rivero
Kang-Yun Lee
José Luis López-Campos

Work Plan

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a heterogeneous disease where there is a gradual progressive decline in lung function, punctuated by periods of acute exacerbations. The group evaluate the management of COPD and determine predictors of lung function decline and exacerbations to better guide patient treatment.

The COPD Working Group has recently conducted a multi-centre prospective study to examine the clinical validity and utility of the concept of control in COPD, in terms of predicting outcomes and guiding COPD management.