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Filter by:This is a cross-sectional validation study, designed to evaluate the discriminative validity of the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Assessment Test translated in a local language in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence of pulmonary hypertension (PH) among patients suffering from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and to assess the quality of life in those patients with concomitant PH compared to COPD patients without PH and those only suffering from pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) respectively.
This prospective observational study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of Mircera (methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta) in patients with chronic renal anemia on haemodialysis in maintenance ESA treatment. Data will be collected from patients receiving once monthly Mircera according to standard of care and local labelling during 12 months of treatment.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of adding the Health Promotion activities and rehabilitation to the usual alcohol and drug interventions on the outcome for alcohol and drug abusers compared to the usual intervention alone.
More patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) die from cardiovascular disease than direct pulmonary complications. Inflammation and oxidative stress, characteristic in COPD, are likely contributors to the reduction in nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability and vascular endothelial dysfunction in COPD patients; however, this has yet to be determined. Thus, the overall objective of this proposal is to identify the role of NO bioavailability in contributing to vascular endothelial dysfunction in patients with COPD and to provide insight into the molecular mechanisms involved. Our central hypothesis is that inflammation and oxidative stress, both independently, contribute to the reduction in NO bioavailability and vascular endothelial dysfunction in patients with COPD.
This study is designed to evaluate the effect of fluticasone furoate (FF, GW685698)/vilanterol (VI, GW642444) Inhalation Powder once daily (QD) on arterial stiffness compared with Tiotropium QD over 12 week treatment period in subjects with COPD and aortic pulse wave velocity (aPWV) > 12.0 m/s at Visit 1. Arterial stiffness will be measured as aPWV. This is a comparator, randomised, double-blind, double-dummy, parallel group, multi-centre study. Subjects who meet the eligibility criteria at Screening and meet the randomization criteria at the end of a 2-week Run-In period will enter a 12-week treatment period. There will be an approximate 7-day Follow-up period after the treatment period.
Patients with moderate COPD as defined by GOLD guidelines constitute almost 46% to 54% of all diagnosed COPD patients. Yet limited data exists on characterizing this study population in terms of drug therapy patterns and COPD-related resource use and costs. The objective of the following study was to conduct an analysis in the real-world setting to (1) identify and characterize COPD patients with moderate exacerbations and (2) evaluate the impact of initiating different maintenance therapies in this population. Maintenance therapy medications include inhaled corticosteroids (ICS), long-acting beta agonists (LABAs), combination of ICS+LABA, and anticholinergics (ACs) including tiotropium (TIO) and ipratropium or combination ipratropium-albuterol (collectively referred to as ipratropium [IPR]).
The overall long term objective of this research is to improve health care utilization and quality of life of pediatric solid organ transplant recipients and family. Understanding the process of transition to a chronic medical condition during the acute (3 weeks after transplant) and long term (3 and 6 months) will significantly guide the development of clinical interventions aimed at maximizing adherence and family psychosocial adjustment.
The objective of this observational study is to collect and evaluate data on medication adherence of patients on maintenance COPD therapy with long-acting anticholinergic (e.g. Spiriva® delivered by HandiHaler® or Respimat®) using the MMAS-8 questionnaire.
The purpose of this study is to assess if 12 weeks' treatment with GSK573719 Inhalation Powder is safe and effective compared with placebo or no active drug intake, when administered once-daily in subjects with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).