Bronchial Thermoplasty Global Registry (BTGR): 2-year results.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Bronchial thermoplasty (BT) is a device-based treatment for subjects ≥18 years with severe asthma not well controlled with inhaled corticosteroids and long-acting beta-agonists. The Bronchial Thermoplasty Global Registry (BTGR) collected real-world data on subjects undergoing this procedure.

Design

The BTGR is an all-comer, prospective, open-label, multicentre study enrolling adult subjects indicated for and treated with BT.

Setting

Eighteen centres in Spain, Italy, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, South Africa and Australia PARTICIPANTS: One hundred fifty-seven subjects aged 18 years and older who were scheduled to undergo BT treatment for asthma. Subjects diagnosed with other medical conditions which, in the investigator's opinion, ma

SUBMITTER: Torrego A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8679080 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature