Patients with COPD who are not hypoxaemic at rest do not benefit from home oxygen

What is it about?

This is a commentary on the Moore RP et al (2011) 'A randomized trial of domiciliary, ambulatory oxygen in patients with COPD and dyspnoea but without resting hypoxaemia'.

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Why is it important?

This commentary reflects whether long-term ambulatory oxygen therapy (AOT) is an ineffective treatment. The commentary highlights how 6 previous studies conducted on AOT for patients with COPD demonstrated that, on average, AOT did not improve patient outcomes. even after increasing sample sizes. Moore et al. also showed similar results.