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Filter by:This is a 4 to 6 week study to look at the safety and PK profile of SB656933 in healthy male smokers
Under daily routine conditions and without any intervention by the sponsor regarding the selection of subjects, diagnostic procedures, therapeutic decisions (medicinal and non- medicinal therapy, dose, duration, etc.), routine assessments, the participating physicians (i.e.general practitioners and internists) are asked to document relevant data related to the budesonide/formoterole therapy in patients with COPD.
This study will assess the safety and efficacy of 5 doses GW642444 in subjects with Chonic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
This study will evaluate the effectiveness of problem-solving therapy combined with treatment adherence procedures in treating older people with major depression and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
This will be an open label study conducted at one site. Six healthy male subjects will be enrolled to ensure at least four fully evaluable subjects. Each subject will receive a single 10 milligram (mg) oral dose of GW856553 containing 50 microCi (µCi) of [14C] GW856553. Urine and fecal samples will be collected until 216 hour after dosing but subjects may be discharged after 168 hour if 90% of the dose is recovered and/or <1% of the dose is excreted in a 24 hour period. Blood and plasma will be collected at various sample times after dosing to measure parent drug and total drug-related material. Samples of urine, faeces and plasma will be transferred into a separate study to characterize and quantify metabolites in these matrices. Safety will be assessed by adverse event monitoring, vital signs, electrocardiogram (ECG) and clinical laboratory tests.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma are common respiratory diseases in which people experience long-term inflammation of the lungs. Exacerbations, or prolonged worsening of symptoms, of asthma and COPD are often life-threatening and can lead to frequent need for hospitalization. Even with the proper use of bronchodilators, corticosteroids, and other currently available medications, clinical responses among people with COPD and asthma are variable. There remains a significant unmet clinical need for new therapeutic approaches and insights, including the identification of biomarkers to accurately assess the presence of airway infection and intensity of airway inflammation. This study will investigate potential natural biological causes and new biomarkers for increased susceptibility to persistent airway infection in asthma and COPD.
Poor diet, physical inactivity, and sedentary behaviors among low-income, minority populations have been linked to greater risk of chronic health conditions such as overweight/obesity, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes. Low-income clinics that serve these populations often represent an untapped opportunity for health promotion in impoverished individuals. This exploratory project proposes to address this scientific gap by introducing and conducting a randomized controlled pilot of the Self-Care Stimulating Disease Prevention Program to address poor dietary habits, physical inactivity, and sedentary lifestyle behaviors among low income, uninsured patient populations.
SB-681323 is a p38 MAP kinase inhibitor and is currently under development by GlaxoSmithKline. This will be an open label study conducted at one site. Six healthy male subjects will be enrolled to ensure at least four fully evaluable subjects. Each subject will receive a single 10mg/ 50 µCurie oral dose of [14C]SB-681323. Urine and faecal samples will be collected until 216 h after dosing but subjects may be discharged after 168 h if 90% of the dose is recovered and/or <1% of the dose is excreted in a 24 h period. Blood and plasma will be collected at various sample times after dosing to measure parent drug and total drug-related material. Samples of urine, faeces and plasma will be transferred into separate study to characterise and quantify metabolites in these matrices. Safety will be assessed by adverse event monitoring, vital signs, ECG and clinical laboratory tests.
This is a randomised, double-blind, double-dummy, multinational, multicentre, parallel group trial comparing tiotropium (18 mcg) inhalation capsule via HandiHaler and salmeterol (50 mcg) via MDI in patients with COPD. There will be a two-week run-in period followed by a 52-week randomised treatment phase. Patients who withdraw prematurely from trial medication will be encouraged to remain in the trial and participate in follow-up telephone contacts until their predicted normal exit date from the trial (i.e. 52 weeks after taking the first dose of randomised treatment). The phone calls will be made at all scheduled visits. The primary objective of this study is to compare the effect of tiotropium (18 mcg) inhalation capsule via HandiHaler with that of salmeterol (50 mcg) via MDI on COPD exacerbations. The primary endpoint is time to first COPD exacerbation during the 52 week randomised treatment period. A COPD exacerbation will be defined as a complex of respiratory events / symptoms (increase or new onset) of more than one of the following: cough, sputum, wheezing, dyspnoea or chest tightness with at least one symptom lasting at least three days requiring treatment with antibiotics and/or systemic steroids and/or hospitalisation. The onset of an exacerbation is defined as the onset of the first new or increased reported symptom. The end of the exacerbation should be recorded as defined by the investigator. Only COPD exacerbations with onset during randomised treatment will be included in the analysis.
The primary aim of the study is to evaluate the effects of correction of anemia using erythropoietin on the progression of atherosclerosis and cardiac muscle thickening in patients with chronic kidney disease