Thulborn, Samantha J. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9379-6655
Mistry, Vijay
Brightling, Christopher E.
Moffitt, Kelly L.
Ribeiro, David
Bafadhel, Mona
Funding for this research was provided by:
Medical Research Council (N/A)
Wellcome Trust & Academy of Medical Sciences (N/A)
Oxfordshire Health Services Research Committee (N/A)
National Institute for Health Research Fellowship (N/A)
NIHR (N/A)
BRC (N/A)
Article History
Received: 7 May 2019
Accepted: 24 July 2019
First Online: 30 July 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All subjects gave written informed consent and the study was approved by the Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland ethics committee (reference number: 07/H0406/157).
: Not applicable.
: All academic authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form and declare no financial support from, or relationship with any organisation that may have an interest, for the submitted work. MB has received travel support outside the submitted work from AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim and GlaxoSmithKline and consultancy honoraria outside the submitted work from AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Chiesi, GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis and Pfizer. CEB has received grant support and consultancy honoraria outside the submitted work from AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Chiesi, GlaxoSmithKline, Medimmune, Novartis and Roche. DR and KM are employees of ProAxsis Limited, who manufacture the neutrophil elastase immunoassay used in this work. VM, NA and SJT have no conflicts of interests to declare.