Active clinical trials for "Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive"

This study evaluated the 1 year safety, tolerability and efficacy of indacaterol against placebo in the treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients

This study will assess the safety and efficacy of a range of oglemilast doses. The study will be 14 weeks in duration. All patients meeting the eligibility criteria will be randomized to one of three doses of oglemilast or placebo.

This purpose of this study is to assess the safety of ramelteon, once daily (QD), in subjects with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of GSK233705B compared with placebo in subjects with COPD.

Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) suffer from frequent and recurrent acute exacerbations (AECB) which are associated with enormous healthcare expenditures and significant morbidity, specifically an increased risk of death, a decline in pulmonary function and a significant change in quality of life. Bacteria appear to have an important role in acute exacerbations in chronic bronchitis and COPD. Studies of acute exacerbations in COPD have shown a reduction in bacterial load with prolonged exacerbation-free interval. In addition, recent studies indicate that acquisition of a new strain of H. influenzae, M. catarrhalis, S. pneumoniae or P. aeruginosa are responsible for many of these exacerbations. Chronic inflammation and bacterial infection predispose many patients to frequent and recurrent acute exacerbations. Mpex believes that intermittent administration of inhaled MP-376 in high risk patients will decrease the incidence of acute exacerbations by both by lowering the organism burden, and resultant inflammation, as well as pre-emptive eradication of any newly acquired bacterial strains.

The primary objective is to comparatively evaluate the isolated effects of a long-acting beta2-adrenergic (formoterol fumarate 12µg b.i.d. via Aeroliser) and combined with a long-acting anti-cholinergic (tiotropium bromide 18µg o.d via Handihaler) on breathlessness, dynamic hyperinflation and exercise tolerance in patients with advanced, but stable, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The study hypothesis is that combining long acting bronchodilators with different action mechanisms would promote synergistic effects on clinical outcomes.

The objective of this trial is to compare the efficacy and the safety of Ba 679 BR Respimat 5 ug once daily to tiotropium inhalation capsule 18 ug (Spiriva inhalation capsule) in a crossover study of 4-week treatment periods in patients with COPD.

This study was designed to evaluate the effects on lung function of a combination of SERETIDE 50/500mcg twice daily plus tiotropium bromide 18mcg once daily compared with the individual treatments (tiotropium bromide 18mcg once daily alone and SERETIDE 50/500mcg twice daily alone) in subjects with COPD. The study will utilise a three-way cross-over design with a 2-week wash-out period between each 2-week consecutive treatment period.

In order to obtain information on a wider range of doses of GW642444 (a possible new medication to treat asthma) than has been previously examined in asthmatic patients, this current study will be conducted at doses of 25 100 and 400 mcg of GW642444 and will be compared with salmeterol (50 mcg twice daily). This study will be conducted in a similar manner to a study that has already been completed (study number B2C101762) which examined repeat doses of 50, 100 and 200 mcg of GW642444. The data obtained will compliment the data from study B2C101762 and will provide confidence (or not) that the desired bronchodilation can be achieved and maintained without undesirable side effects.

The objective of this trial is to evaluate whether the effect of one year (48 weeks) treatment with inhaled tiotropium bromide (Spiriva® - 18 µg once daily) on the change in trough FEV1, compared to placebo in patients with COPD, is affected by smoking status.