A dataset of 21 trials comparing seven pharmacologic
interventions with each other and placebo in patients with chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The exacerbation of COPD is the
analysed binary outcome.
A data-frame with 21 rows of arm-based data and 17 columns (maximum
number of 4 arms).
Source
Baker WL, Baker EL, Coleman CI. Pharmacologic treatments for chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease: a mixed-treatment comparison meta-analysis.
Pharmacotherapy 2009;29(8):891–905. doi: 10.1592/phco.29.8.891
Details
The interventions have been coded as follows: 1, placebo; 2,
budesonide; 3, budesonide plus formoterol; 4, fluticasone; 5, fluticasone
plus salmeterol; 6, formoterol; 7, salmeterol; and 8, tiotropium.
