Expert opinion on the impact of inhaler choice on climate change and personalised healthcare

Study type

• Study topic:
  Disease /health condition

  Medical device
• Study type:
  Non-interventional study
• Scope of the study:
  Other
• If ‘other’, further details on the scope of the study:
  Exploratory perspective/opinion
• Data collection methods:
  Primary data collection

Non-interventional study

• Non-interventional study design:
  Other
• Non-interventional study design, other:
  Exploratory, Survey

Study drug and medical condition

• Medical condition to be studied:
  Asthma

  Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Population studied

• Short description of the study population:
  Patient inclusion criteria; • Clinically stable asthma or COPD diagnosis; • Prescribed inhaler medication; • Age >18 years; • Have switched inhaler type in the last 1 year; Exclusion criteria; • Unable to access questionnaire; • Unable to understand the electronic questionnaire process; • Using a non-MDI/DPI/SMI device
• Age groups:
  • Adult and elderly population (≥18 years)

    • Adults (18 to < 65 years)

      • Adults (18 to < 46 years)
      • Adults (46 to < 65 years)
    • Elderly (≥ 65 years)

      • Adults (65 to < 75 years)
      • Adults (75 to < 85 years)
      • Adults (85 years and over)
• Special population of interest:
  Other
• Special population of interest, other:
  Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma patients
• Estimated number of subjects:
  300

Study design details

• Main study objective:
  This research aims to gather patient-centric expert opinion to deliver consensus on the impact of switching inhaler type on climate change and the suggestion of green alternatives to switching inhaler types, as well as measure the impact of switching on patients and their personalised healthcare plan.
• Data analysis plan:
  Questionnaires: Descriptive statistics will be used to identify the strength of opinion/knowledge of healthcare workers and patients. Subgroup analysis will be used, as appropriate, between healthcare worker types and differences in patient age, time since inhaler switch, demographic, number of exacerbations, and whether the patient is diagnosed with asthma or COPD.