Pulmonary exacerbations: number of hospitalisations due to respiratory exacerbations · people with bronchiectasis
28 days on/off antibiotic regimen showed no clear difference in hospitalisation for pulmonary exacerbations compared with 28 days on/off placebo regimen (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
OR 0.79 [0.49, 1.29]
Studies not reported
High
Health‐related quality of life · people with bronchiectasis
2 findings from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
Moderate
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
Low
Serious adverse events · people with bronchiectasis
14 days on/off antibiotic regimen showed no clear difference in serious adverse events compared with 14 days on/off placebo regimen (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
OR 0.92 [0.63, 1.33]
Studies not reported
High
Frequency of hospital admissions for pulmonary exacerbations ‐ not measured · people with bronchiectasis
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Health‐related quality of life · people with bronchiectasis
2 findings from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
High
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
Moderate
Exacerbation frequency · people with bronchiectasis
28 days on/off antibiotic regimen showed no clear difference in exacerbation frequency compared with 28 days on/off placebo regimen (high certainty).
2 findings from 1 review
RR 0.92 [0.82, 1.02]
Studies not reported
High
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
Low
Number of participants requiring antibiotics · adults with chronic bronchitis or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Summary of findings table ‐ immunostimulant probably leads to lower number of participants requiring antibiotics compared with placebo (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Exacerbations requiring antibiotics · management of bronchiectasis
1 finding from 1 review
Exacerbations requiring steroids or antibiotics or both: number of participants · patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Fixed‐dose combination aclidinium/formoterol showed no clear difference in exacerbations requiring steroids or antibiotics or both: number of… compared with aclidinium alone (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Exacerbations requiring steroids or antibiotics or both: number of participants · patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Fixed‐dose combination aclidinium/formoterol showed no clear difference in exacerbations requiring steroids or antibiotics or both: number of… compared with placebo (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Exacerbations requiring steroids or antibiotics or both: number of participants · patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Fixed‐dose combination aclidinium/formoterol leads to lower exacerbations requiring steroids or antibiotics or both: number of… compared with formoterol (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Any COPD exacerbation that requires short‐burst oral corticosteroids or antibiotics, or both · patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
It is very uncertain whether once‐daily ICS/LABA combined inhalers changes any COPD exacerbation that requires short‐burst oral corticosteroids… compared with once‐daily LAMA (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Exacerbations requiring antibiotics · people with non‐cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Exacerbations requiring steroids or antibiotics or both: number of participants · patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Umeclidinium bromide leads to lower number of participants with exacerbations requiring steroids,… compared with placebo (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Number of courses of antibiotics · acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
1 finding from 1 review
Exacerbations requiring steroids, antibiotics or both · patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Aclidinium bromide showed no clear difference in exacerbations requiring steroids, antibiotics or both compared with placebo (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Exacerbations requiring steroids, antibiotics or both · patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
It is very uncertain whether aclidinium bromide changes exacerbations requiring steroids, antibiotics or both compared with tiotropium (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Moderate exacerbations (course of antibiotics or oral steroids) · patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Long‐acting beta2‐agonists probably leads to lower moderate exacerbations (course of antibiotics or oral steroids) compared with placebo (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Quality of life, measured by CRQ (dyspnoea, fatigue, emotional function, and mastery subscales) · patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
1 finding from 1 review
All‐cause mortality · patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
1 finding from 1 review