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Filter by:The aim of the study is to compare the effect of roflumilast on lung function in patients with COPD. Roflumilast will be administered orally once daily in the morning at one dose level. The study duration consists of a baseline period (4 weeks) and a treatment period (12 weeks). The study will provide further data on safety and tolerability of roflumilast.
The aim of the study is to investigate the effect of roflumilast (APTA-2217) on lung function in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Roflumilast will be administered orally once daily. The study duration consists of a baseline period (4 weeks) and a treatment period (24 weeks). The study will provide further data on safety, tolerability, and effectiveness of roflumilast.
The investigator wish therefore to continue these studies on theophylline principally by conducting a small clinical pilot study on 20−30 COPD patients in a randomised, double−blind, placebo−controlled, parallel−group study.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the budesonide+formoterol combination is effective in the treatment of exacerbations of COPD with a main emphasis on investigating the effects on inflammation and a secondary emphasis on clinical efficacy
The University of Ottawa and Élisabeth Bruyère Research Institute are conducting a study of preventive care for frail patients at risk of functional decline. At risk patients are assigned by chance to continue receiving their standard care from their family physician or receive additional care from a nurse practitioners and a pharmacist. In collaboration with the family physician, they develop an individualized care plan, a treatment and management road plan, for each patient, which they implement over the study period of one approximately year. The objective of the study is to compare the effectiveness of the model of care that includes the nurse practitioners and pharmacist against standard care in preventing functional decline, to determine the acceptability of this model of care to patients, their caregivers and the medical team, and to evaluate the cost implication of the program.
This is an investigator-sponsored research study to evaluate if treatment with HFA-134a beclomethasone (QVAR) has an effect on peripheral (or outer) airway inflammation and airway "remodeling" or scarring in subjects with COPD. Approximately 20 subjects with COPD will participate for approximately 7 weeks, with 10 receiving an active (BDP) inhaler with HFA-134a and 10 receiving a placebo.
The purpose of this research study is to determine whether analysis of genes in sputum is a useful noninvasive technique for measuring response to drugs in patients with COPD. We propose to use polymerase chain reaction to evaluate gene expression in induced sputum from adult current smokers with moderate COPD, adult former smokers with moderate COPD. This study is designed to determine whether changes in expression of previously-identified inflammatory markers in induced sputum can be detected in response to drug therapy in COPD and to evaluate potential differences in the expression of these markers in adult smokers with and without COPD. Pre- and post-treatment serum will be obtained to facilitate proteomic analysis of therapeutic response as well. Changes in sputum gene expression in response to treatment will be the primary outcome variable in this study. Secondary outcomes will include changes in lung function, as well as changes in induced sputum inflammation. These endpoints will be evaluated before and directly after 6 weeks of randomly-assigned treatment with either salmeterol xinafoate or fluticasone propionate/50mcg salmeterol xinafoate combination DPI bid. Endpoints will be re-evaluated following a 4 week wash-out period.
To assess the effect of up to 4 years treatment with budesonide on progression of emphysema in patients with Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease.
The goals of the trial are: - To determine the prevalence of osteoporosis in subgroups of COPD patients. - To look for risk factors of osteoporosis in COPD patients. - To create sub-groups for prospective research concerning the effects of bisphosphonates on osteoporosis variables in COPD patients.
The purpose of this protocol is to obtain biologic materials from the blood and lungs from patients with lung disease in order to develop an understanding of the etiology and pathogenesis of these disorders. General admission criteria for this project will require at least one of the following: (1) symptoms consistent with pulmonary disease; (2) chest X-ray consistent with lung disease; (3) pulmonary function tests consistent with lung disease; (4) lung biopsy consistent with lung disease; (5) family history of lung disease; and (6) patients with diseases of organs with known association with lung disease.