Status:

COMPLETED

Interaction in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Experiment

Lead Sponsor:

Radboud University Medical Center

Conditions:

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Cardiovascular Disease

Eligibility:

All Genders

40-80 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The final purpose of this study is to determine whether bronchodilation and cigarette smoking in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients interact, resulting in an increase of cardiovascu...

Detailed Description

COPD currently is one of the most frequent diseases. In more than 80% of COPD patients, the disease is caused by smoking. About half of the COPD patients are active smokers, although smoking is also t...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • COPD Gold stage II-III (FEV1/FVC\<0,70 and FEV1 30-80% of predicted value).
  • Current cigarette smoking (at the time of performing the study).
  • Willing to provide written informed consent.
  • Refrain from smoking and bronchodilators \> 8 hours (depends on treatment) before the test.
  • Registered in one of the recruitment institutes.

Exclusion

  • COPD gold stage I or IV.
  • Asthmatic component: History of asthma, present asthma by complaints, eosinophilia or reversibility ≥ 10% of predicted.
  • Unable to communicate.
  • Physically unable to perform any of the tests.
  • Non-COPD respiratory disorders.
  • Previous lung-volume reduction surgery and/or lung transplantation.
  • Evidence of alcohol, drug or solvent abuse.
  • Known α-1 antitrypsin deficiency.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2009

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

May 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

40 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00981851

Start Date

September 1 2009

End Date

May 1 2011

Last Update

July 6 2011

Active Locations (2)

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University Center for Chronic Diseases Dekkerswald

Groesbeek, Netherlands

2

Primary care, general practitioners

Nijmegen, Netherlands