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Table 2 Patient characteristics at baseline in the individual studies

From: Indacaterol on dyspnea in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized placebo-controlled trials

Study

Treatment arms

Patients, na

Age, years

Male, n (%)

Smoking history, pack-years

FEV1, Lb

FEV1, % predb

FEV1/FVC, %b

BDI total scorec

Donohue [5]

Indacaterol 150 μg od

416

63.4 (40, 87)

259 (62.3)

48.3 (20, 150)

1.52 (0.62, 3.45)

56.1( 29.3, 116.6)

53.0 (24.4, 69.7)

6.56 (0, 12)

Indacaterol 300 μg od

416

63.3 (40, 88)

263 (63.2)

50.8 (13, 208)

1.53 (0.57, 3.14)

56.3 (21.3, 90.0)

52.6 (25.7, 69.5)

6.52 (0, 12)

Tiotropium 18 μg od

415

64.0 (41, 85)

269 (64.8)

50.0 (20, 180)

1.45 (0.48, 3.00)

53.9 (23.6, 132.3)

52.7 (24.7, 72.6)

6.57 (0, 12)

Placebo

418

63.6 (41, 84)

255 (61.0)

49.7 (20, 156)

1.51 (0.53, 2.98)

56.1 (28.4, 95.1)

53.4 (24.0, 69.9)

6.39 (0, 12)

Dahl [6]

Indacaterol 300 μg od

437

63.9 (40, 87)

351 (80.3)

48.6 (20, 600)

1.48 (0.44, 2.95)

52.8 (23.5, 101.4)

51.1 (27.7, 90.1)

6.62 (0, 12)

Indacaterol 600 μg od

425

62.9 (40, 87)

327 (76.9)

53.6 (20, 900)

1.48 (0.55, 2.91)

51.6 (24.0, 84.2)

51.1 (15.8, 84.4)

6.57 (0, 12)

Formoterol 12 μg bid

434

63.6 (40, 84)

348 (80.2)

49.0 (20, 800)

1.50 (0.59, 3.25)

52.9 (20.8, 100.5)

51.3 (23.0, 96.5)

6.46 (1, 12)

Placebo

432

63.2 (41, 90)

352 (81.5)

53.3 (20, 900)

1.52 (0.58, 3.09)

52.9 (17.6, 96.3)

52.1 (21.5, 80.0)

6.52 (0, 12)

Kornmann [7]

Indacaterol 150 μg od

330

63.2 (41, 85)

238 (72.1)

39.6 (20, 120)

1.48 (0.63, 2.93)

53.9 (30.0, 104.4)

53.5 (23.5, 76.8)

6.74 (0, 12)

Salmeterol 50 μg bid

333

63.4 (41, 86)

249 (74.8)

40.0 (20, 147)

1.48 (0.43, 3.18)

53.1 (17.9, 93.4)

52.2 (18.0, 82.2)

6.68 (0, 12)

Placebo

335

63.9 (42, 89)

258 (77.0)

41.0 (20, 159)

1.46 (0.47, 3.20)

53.0 (12.3, 91.0)

52.7 (20.2, 90.9)

6.63 (0, 12)

Gotfried-1 [8]

Indacaterol 75 μg od

163

64.0 (44, 85)

89 (54.6)

52.9 (10, 150)

1.49 (0.57, 2.92)

53.7 (30.3, 77.3)

53.1 (31.8, 68.3)

6.40 (2, 12)

Placebo

160

64.1 (40, 90)

87 (54.4)

51.2 (10, 148)

1.46 (0.62, 2.77)

53.3 (29.5, 78.7)

51.6 (25.6, 69.1)

5.81 (1, 12)

Gotfried-2 [8]

Indacaterol 75μg od

159

61.3 (40, 82)

83 (52.2)

52.4 (11, 180)

1.59 (0.65, 3.39)

55.7 (29.7, 79.3)

52.4 (22.9, 68.6)

6.01 (0, 12)

Placebo

158

61.5 (42, 86)

89 (56.0)

52.4 (10, 204)

1.52 (0.56, 3.00)

53.5 (30.3, 79.4)

52.6 (28.8, 69.1)

6.15 (1, 11)

Kinoshita [9]

Indacaterol 150 μg od

114

66.4 (46, 83)

110 (96.5)

51.7 (20, 196)

1.46 (0.70, 2.50)

55.2 (30.0, 79.0)

50.3 (27.0, 69.0)

7.53 (1, 12)

Indacaterol 300 μg od

116

67.1 (48, 86)

113 (97.4)

54.0 (20, 150)

1.41 (0.68, 2.92)

53.7 (30.0, 79.0)

48.7 (27.0, 69.0)

7.67 (1, 12)

 

Placebo

117

66.5 (40, 88)

112 (95.7)

49.7 (20, 160)

1.38 (0.55, 2.37)

52.3 (30.0, 77.0)

47.7 (28.0, 69.0)

7.35 (1, 12)

  1. Data are mean (min, max) for age, smoking history, FEV1, FEV1 % predicted, and FEV1/FVC% unless stated otherwise.
  2. a Number of patients analysed for efficacy (ITT, modified ITT or FAS).
  3. b Post-bronchodilator spirometry.
  4. c Values for patients who provided data at Week 12.