Outcome | BF Spiromax (N = 151) | BF Turbuhaler (N = 154) | Odds ratio (95% CI) | P-valuea |
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HCP-observed errors | ||||
Patients without errors (inhalations 1 & 2) (co-primary endpoint), n (%) | 89 (58.9) | 82 (53.2) | 1.26 (0.80–1.98)c | 0.316 |
Patients without errors related to dose preparation (inhalation 1), n (%) | 128 (84.8) | 111 (72.1) | 2.16 (1.22–3.80)c | 0.007 |
Patients without errors related to the inhalation maneuver (inhalation 1), n (%) | 117 (77.5) | 116 (75.3) | 1.13 (0.66–1.92)c | 0.657 |
Number of HCP-observed errors per patient, mean (SD) | 0.50 (0.67) | 0.81 (1.10) | 0.61 (0.44–0.84)d | 0.003 |
HCP-observed errors reassessed by video expert review (exploratory analysis) | ||||
nb | 119 | 124 | – | – |
Total number of errors observed by video expert | 56 | 124 | – | – |
Patients without errors (inhalations 1 & 2), n (%) | 79 (66.4) | 60 (48.4) | 2.11 (1.25–3.54)c | 0.005 |
Number of video expert assessed errors per patient, mean (SD) | 0.47 (0.78) | 1.00 (1.26) | 0.47 (0.34–0.64)d | < 0.001 |