Active clinical trials for "Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive"

This project proposes to test the hypothesis that osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) given to patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) enrolled in a 12-week pulmonary rehabilitation program (PRP) will result in improved respiratory pump function over and above that seen in sham and control groups. Specifically, we will study the effects of three OMT techniques: (a) thoracic inlet indirect myofascial release; (b) rib raising with continued stretch of the paraspinal muscle to the L2 level; and (c) cervical paraspinal muscle stretch with suboccipital muscle release. The key clinical readouts will include: spirometry, P100 (and index of diaphragm and inspiratory muscle efficiency), maximum inspiratory pressure (MIP) and maximum expiratory pressure (MEP), as well as laser evaluation of chest wall excursion. Supplementing these objective parameters will be several more subjective clinical outcome measures: exercise tolerance (6-minute walk test), dyspnea (shortness of breath questionnaire), and quality of life questionnaire. Finally, an attempt will be made to correlate biochemical alterations that may shed light on the biological mechanism underlying the OMT procedures.

To validate the capability of the Respironics Synchrony ventilator to properly detect Expiratory Flow Limitation (EFL) as compared to the gold standard method of detecting EFL via the Mead and Wittenberger technique.

The primary purpose of the study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of fluticasone furoate/GW642444 inhalation powder when administered once-daily for 52 weeks in Japanese patients with COPD.

The purpose of this study is compare the effect of different doses of tiotropium delivered by the HandiHaler and Respimat device on lung function. Additionally, the study will investigate the pharmacokinetic profile of these different doses. Studying the pharmacokinetic profile shows what happens to the medication in the body over a period of hours and provides information on potential effects of the medication.

This is a randomized, double-blind, multi-dose, parallel group trial which will assess the pharmacodynamic response of fluticasone propionate and formoterol fumarate in subjects with COPD.

The purpose of this study is to provide pivotal efficacy and safety data for QVA149 in patients with moderate to severe COPD.

The objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of the combination of formoterol and beclometasone dipropionate on central and peripheral airway dimensions in COPD patients using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). Further more, the effect of this combination therapy on lung function (spirometry, body plethysmography), the BODE index, COPD assessment test (CAT) and Borg CR10 scale will be assessed and the safety will be evaluated.

This is a single-centre randomized controlled clinical trial which will enroll COPD patients in Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) stage II-IV, hospitalized due to acute exacerbation. Patients will be randomised in a 1:1 fashion to intervention group, which will have care organized by discharge coordinator, and control group which will receive care as usual. The primary endpoint of this study is time to hospitalization due to COPD worsening. Data will be collected at baseline, at the time of hospital discharge, and at following time-points after the hospital discharge: 48 hours, 7-10 days, 30 days, 90 days, and 180 days.

The purpose of this study was to compare the self-efficacy and quality of life parameters of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease(COPD)patients who underwent pulmonary rehabilitation with and without Tai Chi elements incorporated in the exercise component in a General Out-patient setting.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of MEDI8968 on the rate of moderate or severe acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) in adult subjects with symptomatic, moderate to very severe COPD (Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease - GOLD stage II-IV) receiving standard maintenance therapy for the underlying disease condition.