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Filter by:The aim of the study is to evaluate the effect of erdosteine, compared to placebo, on exacerbation rate over a 12-month treatment period in patients with moderate-to-severe COPD. Moreover, the effects of erdosteine on pulmonary function parameters, clinical symptoms and quality of life, and the long-term safety of the drug will be assessed.
Introduction: The prevalence of overlap between Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS) is around 10%. This overlap syndrome is an important issue because is related to nocturnal desaturation and its complications. The use of portable monitoring devices (PM) for the diagnosis of OSAS was recently accepted as an alternative to full-night polysomnography (PSG). However, there are not studies evaluating the PM recording in COPD patients to detect or exclude OSAS. Objective: To evaluate if a PM (Stardust®, Respironics, Inc, USA) could accurately measure the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) in COPD patients with a suspicion of OSAS.
The primary objective is to evaluate the efficacy of AZD9668 compared with placebo in symptomatic COPD patients by assessing the effects on lung function and symptoms of COPD
Trial will include 40 subjects and consists of 3 visits: Screening, Treatment and Follow up. A euglycemic clamp procedure and Technosphere®/Insulin (T/I) administration will occur at Visit 2 for both COPD and non COPD subjects.
The purpose of this study is: - to evaluate the optimal time-point for percutaneous dilation tracheostomy in COPD patients in terms of duration on mechanical ventilation, length of stay on ICU and mortality; - to evaluate the rate of infections and infectious complications of tracheostomized COPD patients; - to evaluate the spectrum of pathogens in tracheostomized and intubated COPD patients; - to evaluate the amount of sedatives used in mechanically ventilated COPD patients; - to assess the quality of life in COPD patients tracheostomized after 3 or after 10 days.
A randomised controlled trial will be performed to evaluate the effects of lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) in patients with COPD on systemic inflammation, oxidative stress, endothelial function, arterial stiffness and blood pressure. We hypothesize that LVRS will lead to a reduction of systemic inflammation, oxidative stress, arterial stiffness and blood pressure and to improved endothelial function. For this purpose 30 patients with severe/very severe COPD (GOLD III-IV) and pulmonary emphysema who are to undergo LVRS will be randomised to one of two groups: group 1 receiving immediate LVRS and group 2 receiving LVRS after a delay of 3 months. Measures of systemic inflammation, oxidative stress, endothelial function, arterial stiffness and blood pressure will be measured at baseline and 3 months after surgery and no surgery, respectively (group 2 receiving surgery only after a delay of 3 months will serve as control group) to investigate the effects of LVRS on the described outcomes.
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate long-term safety and patient acceptability of COMBIVENT RESPIMAT Inhalation Spray as compared to the COMBIVENT Inhalation Aerosol Chlorofluorocarbon-Metered Dose Inhaler (CFC-MDI) and the free combination of ATROVENT Hydrofluoroalkane (HFA) and albuterol Hydrofluoroalkane (HFA) inhalation aerosols.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate if supplemental oxygen during air travel can be reliably titrated using a Hypoxia-altitude simulation test (HAST). Also, the effect of oxygen supplementation given with the various oxygen equipment allowed for air travel is studied.
The Purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy and safety of three strengths of the FF/GW642444 Inhalation Powder in subject with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
The purpose of this study is to investigate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of inhaled AZD9164 following administration of multiple ascending doses in healthy male and female subjects and COPD patients.