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Filter by:The study aim is to verify the association between the changes in markers of disease and patient´s prognosis in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
This is a study to investigate the reliability, ruggedness and safety of the top mounted actuation indicator (TMAI) when used with Levalbuterol HFA MDI.
Was to evaluate the safety, tolerability and efficacy of multiple doses of canakinumab (ACZ885) vs. placebo when administered via intravenous infusion (IV), on pulmonary function in patients with COPD
DHEA prevents and reverses chronic hypoxic pulmonary hypertension in a chronic hypoxic-pulmonary hypertension model in the rat. However, no study has been performed in human. The purpose of this study is to determine if DHEA is effective in the treatment of respiratory pulmonary hypertension in adults with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) on exercise capacity and haemodynamic variables. Patients will receive after randomization either 200 mg oral DHEA or placebo over a one-year period. Evaluation concerns clinical parameters, echocardiography and right catheterization after and before treatment. Primary end-point is the six-minute walk test. This is a prospective double blind, randomized, placebo controlled study which will be realized in four university hospitals in France : Bordeaux, Strasbourg, Toulouse and Limoges. Eight patients with pulmonary hypertension (New York Heart Association functional class III or IV) associated with COPD were included in a pilot study between 2004 and 2005. Inclusion criteria were: COPD was defined by FEV1/FVC < 70% of reference values; resting mean pulmonary artery pressure (assessment by right pulmonary catheterization) ≥ 25mmHg with mean pulmonary capillary wedge pressure ≤ 15mmHg, PaO2 ≤ 60mmHg at rest or PaO2 ≥ 60mmHg associated with significant fall in O2 saturation with exercise; oxygen treatment initiated more than six months previously. Exclusion criteria were: clinical or respiratory instability during the three months before the inclusion in the study; corticosteroids therapy (> 0.5mg/kg/day of prednisolone or as equivalent); hepatic (prothrombin time < 50%) or renal (creatininemia > 130µmol/L) failure; diabetes; left ventricular dysfunction; PSA (prostatic antigens > 2,5ng/ml) and past history or diagnosis of cancer. The study was conducted in accordance with the Good Clinical Practices Guidelines. The study protocol was approved by the ethics review board of the University Hospital of Bordeaux (France). Written informed consent was obtained for all patients and investigations were conducted according to the institutional guidelines and to the Helsinki principles. This trial conducted enrollment between 2004 and 2005, but had not been registered in ClinicalTrials.gov because it preceded this policy.(Study design: The dose of oral DHEA administered was 200 mg once daily for three months. At baseline and after three months of treatment, clinical evaluation included 6MWT, Borg dyspnea index, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, right heart catheterisation, lung function testing and serum DHEA levels were performed.)
The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of erythropoietin treatment of anemia on exercise capacity of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
This study is being done to examine the influence of Tiotropium (good or bad) on heart function at rest and during exercise in patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
To evaluate the efficacy and safety of arformoterol tartrate inhalation solution 30μg/4mL QD (two 15μg/2mL dosed in combination) over a 24-hour period compared to arformoterol tartrate inhalation solution 15μg/2 mL BID in subjects with COPD.
This study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of QVA149 in patients with moderate to severe COPD.
The investigators' aim is to study the effect of pressure support ventilation at two levels of PEEP and Pressure Support versus neurally adjusted ventilatory assist (NAVA) in COPD patients.
This study evaluated the safety and efficacy of 26 weeks treatment with indacaterol, placebo or salmeterol in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.