Relieve symptoms | Yes |
Improve exercise tolerance | Yes |
Improve health status | Yes |
Prevent and treat exacerbations | Yes |
Prevent and treat complications | ? |
Reduce mortality | ? UPLIFT study |
Minimise side effects from treatment | Yes |
Prevent disease progression | ? UPLIFT study |
? UPLIFT: awaiting results from the UPLIFT study. COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.