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Filter by:The primary objective of the study is to characterize the safety profile and duration of bronchodilation of a single dose of inhaled TV46017
This is a randomized, open-label, parallel group, multicenter, outpatient study in COPD subjects who are discharged from the hospital due to a COPD exacerbation. Subjects who meet the eligibility criteria will be randomized to 1 of 2 treatments: arformoterol tartrate inhalation solution (BROVANA) 15 mcg twice daily (BID) or tiotropium bromide (SPIRIVA) 18 mcg once daily (QD), each given for 90 days.
To determine the feasibility of delivering different community nutritional interventions to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients at moderate or severe risk of malnutrition following a hospitalisation for an acute exacerbation of COPD.
The investigators' hypothesis is that pretreating patients with COPD with inhaled treprostinil prior to pulmonary rehabilitation sessions will result in improved exercise tolerance during sessions. This in turn will lead to an increased response to pulmonary rehabilitation, resulting in improved exercise tolerance and quality of life.
Study to compare the lung and oropharyngeal deposition of Berodual® (fenoterol hydrobromide 50μg + ipratropium bromide 20μg /1x puff) delivered via the Respimat® inhaler and the same dose of Berodual® delivered via an hydrofluoroalkane (HFA) - metered dose inhaler (2 x puffs ) in COPD patients at different inspiratory flow rates.
Study to compare the effect of 'natural' as opposed to 'optimal' technique on the percentage of the dose received from the Respimat® inhaler and metered dose inhaler
The primary objective of the study is to investigate the effect of the combined therapy 18 μg tiotropium q.d. plus pulmonary rehabilitation versus placebo plus pulmonary rehabilitation on 6-minute walking distance (6MWD) after 7 weeks of treatment in patients with moderate to severe COPD. The secondary objective of the study includes assessments of the effects of the combined therapy 18 μg Tiotropium q.d. plus rehabilitation versus placebo plus rehabilitation on dyspnoea, constant work rate exercise endurance, daily activity and lung volumes. The third objective of the study is to investigate the correlation between the results of the 6-minute walking test (6MWT), the constant work rate exercise test (CWR) and daily activity.
The purpose of this study is: 1.- to assess the safety and tolerability of autologous adipose derived stem cells (aADSC) administered intravenously in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and 2.- to assess if this therapy results in less decrease of lung function parameters (FEV1, FEV1/FVC and 6 min walking distance) compared with a control baseline of 6 weeks. Patients will be followed up for 12 months after the therapy.
This project (funded by the IWT-TBM program) will organize a randomized placebo-controlled multicenter intervention trial in 500 COPD patients to study the effectiveness and safety of azithromycin therapy in the acute setting of COPD exacerbations requiring hospital admission. Although long-term use of azithromycin is proven effective to prevent exacerbations, inherent risks outweigh the benefits. By reducing the dose and duration of the azithromycin treatment and by restricting the treatment to acute periods with highest risk for treatment failure, benefits may counterbalance potential side effects, which may result in a new treatment strategy for these acute events. The present study is designed by the services of respiratory medicine of the Leuven and Ghent University hospitals but will run in total in 17 different large hospitals in Belgium, of which 12 are located in Flanders.
This trial hopes to demonstrate the effect of 4 weeks of outpatient exercise rehabilitation on COPD patients. In particular the effect on: - the amount of daily physical activity - Quality of life - The 6-minute walk distance - Time to exacerbation and compare it to the effect of 4 weeks of outpatients rehabilitation with Noninvasive Ventilation as an adjunct therapy.