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Sputum IL-6 concentrations in severe asthma and its relationship with FEV1

https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.2010.136523

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    • Funding This study was supported by an educational grant from Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, UK, who were not sponsors of the study. The study was part of a trial that was investigator-initiated and the sponsors were not involved in the study design, data collection, analysis or interpretation of the data. STH is a UK Medical Research Council funded Clinical Professor.

    • Competing interests This study was conducted with an educational grant from Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. JBM was funded by the educational grant to conduct this study. AJC in the last 8 years has received research funding, honoraria for lectures and educational grants from Astra Zeneca, Glaxo Smith Kline, Boehringer Ingelheim and Merck and has been on Advisory Boards for Astra Zeneca and Glaxo Smith Kline. STH is a consultant for Novartis, Synairgen, Merck, Wyeth and Centocor and has received lecture fees from these companies. The other authors have no competing interests.

    • Ethics approval This study was conducted with the approval of the SE Hampshire and Isle of Wight Research Ethics Committee.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.