Experts Challenge GSK Triple Inhaled COPD Therapy Claims
Executive Summary
While GSK and collaborators publish findings from the IMPACT trial comparing once-daily single-inhaler triple versus dual therapy in patients with COPD in NEJM, two clinicians in an accompanying editorial argue that the trial falls short of providing robust evidence for switching strategy.
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