New Report Highlights Increased Importance Of Risk Reduction In Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Management

VIENNA, September 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --



- New Expert Report on COPD Launched at a Press Conference at ERS 2012 -

Takeda today announced the launch of a new expert Report on COPD, introduced at a Takeda organised press conference on the occasion of the 2012 European Respiratory Society (ERS) Annual Congress taking place from 1- 5 September in Vienna, Austria.

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The Report, entitled 'The Shifting Paradigm in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Management,' was initiated and developed by Takeda Pharmaceuticals International GmbH and is a compilation of opinion articles from a panel of key international respiratory experts, the European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients' Association (EFA) and COPD patients, reflecting updated guidance and research. The new expert Report was developed in response to a recent shift in emphasis in COPD management which now places future risk at equal importance to treatment of current disability. ^[1] Treatment objectives are now divided into two groups: reducing symptoms and reducing risk. ^[1]

Speaking at the launch of the new expert Report Dr Alan Kaplan, Chairperson of the Respiratory Medicine Special Interest Focus Group of the College of Family Physicians of Canada, said: "The management of stable COPD should, according to the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD), be based on a combined assessment of both the current symptom burden as well as the future risk of disease progression. The importance of prevention is well established in many other diseases, including cardiovascular disease, and it is essential that we recognise and target this in COPD. The new expert Report aims to support healthcare professionals at every level within respiratory care, including GPs, nurses and consultants; providing suggestions and guidance to help them in making more informed decisions and provide enhanced care and counsel to COPD patients to improve their outcomes."

The shifting paradigm in COPD management is considered within the new expert Report, alongside why an increased focus on future risk is so important. This includes a review of what lessons can be learned from the cardiovascular arena with regard to implementing a predictive and personalised risk assessment as routine practice, the importance and impact of a positive patient-physician relationship with regard to maintaining adherence to interventions that provide long-term rather than immediate benefits, as well as a focus on the pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions available to support this shift in COPD management.  

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