Patients with chronic moderate to very server chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are currently being recruited
Currently a 52-week treatment, phase IIIB, multi center, randomized study is being conducted to demonstrate that QVA149 (indacaterol maleate / glycopyrroniumbromide) is at least non inferior to Salmeterol/Fluticasone on the rate of exacerbations in subjects with moderate to very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD is the name for a collection of lung diseases including chronic bronchitis, emphysema and chronic obstructive airways disease. A COPD exacerbation means that there is a worsening of COPD symptoms.
The approximate total number of patients will be 3332. The study population will consist of male and female adults age 40 years and older, with a clinical diagnosis of COPD, a smoking history of at least 10 pack years and a documented history of at least 1 COPD exacerbation requiring systemic glucocorticosteroids and/or antibiotics in the previous 12 months.
The CHL hospital is one of the recruiting sites with the participation of the CIEC. Additional information on this trial is available on our website under following link https://www.luxclin.lu/Studies/Details/?c=STP2826DEE.
Reference: http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01782326?term=QVA+149A+2318&rank=1
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