Active clinical trials for "Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive"

The purpose of this study is to determine if an assessment protocol that measures the need for support with smoking cessation and that will be administered by primary health care nurses helps patients with obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) quit smoking.

This is a 16 week exercise training program for people with severe to very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The purpose of this study is to find out if performing strength training prior to initiating exercise training on a stationary bicycle is associated with greater gains in functional status than bicycle training alone or concurrent bicycle and strength training together.

The primary objective of this study is to determine the optimum once daily dose of BI 1744 CL and tiotropium in free dose combination (delivered by the Respimat inhaler) after four week treatment in patients with COPD.

The study is intended to characterize the lung function profile of BI1744 in COPD patients where patients will perform pulmonary function tests at regular intervals for 24 hours at the end of a 6 week treatment period. Each patient will receive all four treatments.

Non-inferiority of lung function response to Tiotropium inhalation solution compared to Spiriva HandiHaler

Comparison of lung function response between tiotropium inhalation solution and Spiriva HandiHaler.

The study is intended to characterize the lung function profile of BI1744 in COPD patients where patients will perform pulmonary function tests at regular intervals for 24 hours at the end of a 6 week treatment period. Each patient will receive all four treatments.

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the performance, accuracy, and handling of the actuation indicator in patients with COPD. The actuation indicator is integrated into mouthpiece of the ipratropium bromide HFA inhalation aerosol device. As part of Boehringer Ingelheim's program to qualify an actuation indicator for use with the ipratropium bromide HFA inhalation aerosol device, this study is intended to complement the results from the ongoing in-vitro studies.

This study was designed to test the following hypothesis: The acute changes in exercise tolerance during the endurance shuttle walk will be greater with salmeterol compared to placebo in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

The purpose of this study is to characterize the dose-response profile of peak and trough FEV1 after single dose administrations of carmoterol in patients with COPD.