Efficacy and Safety of Tiotropium in Patients With COPD and Concomitant Diagnosis of Asthma
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, Asthma
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion criteria: Diagnosis of COPD and diagnosis of asthma before the age of 30 Current or ex-smokers with a cigarette smoking history of at least 10 pack-years Treatment with inhaled steroids at least 1 year before study entry FEV1 increase of more than 12% 30 min. after 400 mcg salbutamol or documented reversibility of 12% documented during the past 5 years FEV1 increase of more than 200 mL 30 min. after 400 mcg salbutamol or documented increase of 200 mL after reversibility test within the last 5 years Post bronchodilator FEV1 less than 80% predicted normal (ECCS) at visit 1 Post bronchodilator FEV1 less than 70% of FVC at visit 1 Exclusion criteria: Respiratory infection or exacerbation 6 weeks prior to Visit 1 or during run-in period. Significant diseases other than COPD or asthma Myocardial infarction within the last 6 months Unstable or life-threatening cardiac arrhythmia requiring intervention or change in therapy in the last year Hospitalisation for heart failure (NYHA Class III or IV) within the last year History of life-threatening pulmonary obstruction, cystic fibrosis or clinically evident bronchiectasis Known active tuberculosis History of thoracotomy with pulmonary resection History of cancer within the last 5 years (excluding treated basal cell carcinoma) Patients requiring oxygen therapy for more than 1 hour per day Patients currently in a pulmonary rehabilitation programme or who have completed such a programme within 4 weeks before Visit 1 Known hypersensitivity to anticholinergic drugs or lactose
Sites / Locations
- CHU Sart Tilman
- A.Z. VUB
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
- St. Elisabethziekenhuis
- Clinique Reine Astrid
- Sint-Elisabethziekenhuis
- VGH Research Pavillion
- BG 034, Room C2027
- Department of Medicine, Health Sciences Centre
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
- Respiratory Research Lab
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
- Department of Respiratory Medicine
- Centre de Recherche Clinique -CUSE
- Hopital Laval
- Lungemedicinsk Forskning 2B
- Lungemedicinsk afdeling Y
- Medicinsk afdeling B0642
- Lungemedicinsk Klinik
- H:S Bispebjerg Hospital
- Lungemedicinsk Forskning
- Hopital d'Annecy
- Hopital Prive Antony
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
- Hopital Gabriel Montpied
- Hopital Ambroise Pare
- Hopital Notre Dame de Bon Secours
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
- Hopital Arnaud de Villeneuve
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
- Centre Medical Erdre St Augustin
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
- Hopital Maison blanche
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
- MEDARS GmbH
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
- Inamed Research GmbH & Co. KG
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
- ClinPharm Internat. GmbH & Co. KG
- Pneumologisches Forschungsinstitut GmbH am Krankenhaus
- Med. Einrichtung der Universitat zu Koln
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
- A. O. Universitaria di Ferrara - Arcispedale S. Anna
- A.O. S. Martino e Cliniche Universitarie di Genova
- Universita di Genova
- A.O. Pisana
- Ziekenhuisgroep Twent
- Amphia ziekenhuis
- Atrium medisch centrum
- Ziekenhuigroep Twente
- Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden
- Antonius Ziekenhuis
- Maxima Medisch Centrum
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
- Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site