Overview

Characterization of 24 Hour Spirometry Profiles of Inhaled BI 1744 CL and Inhaled Foradil in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
1969-12-31
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
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.
Phase:
Phase 3
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Boehringer Ingelheim
Treatments:
Formoterol Fumarate
Olodaterol
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients willing to participate with confirmed diagnosis of COPD

- 40 years of age or older

- having a 10 pack year smoking history

- able to perform serial pulmonary function tests

- able to use both a DPI and Respimat device

Exclusion Criteria:

- Significant other disease

- clinically relevant abnormal hematology, chemistry, or urinalysis

- history of asthma

- diagnosis of thyrotoxicosis

- paroxysmal tachycardia related to beta agonists

- history of MI within 1 year, cardiac arrhythmia, hospitalization for heart failure
within 1 year

- active tuberculosis, cystic fibrosis, clinically evident bronchiectasis

- significant alcohol or drug use

- pulmonary resection

- taking oral beta adrenergics

- taking unstable oral steroids

- daytime oxygen

- enrolled in rehabilitation program

- enrolled in another study or taking investigational products

- pregnant or nursing women, women of child bearing potential not willing to use two
methods of birth control

- those who are not willing to comply with pulmonary medication washouts