Efficacy of long-acting bronchodilators on dynamic lung hyperinflation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000027446
- Lead Sponsor
- Shinshu University School of Health Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
The patients who have any history of asthma or asthmatic symptoms, walking disability, severe arrhythmia, or heart failure, those who have suffered from respiratory tract infection or exacerbation of COPD during the preceding three months, and those who have been treated with oral steroids and/or long-term oxygen therapy were excluded from the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Dynamic lung hyperinflation
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method FEV1, lung volumes, airway resistance, respiratory impedance, walking distance evaluated by shuttle walking test, health status evaluated by a questionnaire of the COPD assessment test (CAT), activity of daily life (ADL) evaluated using the questionnaire of the pulmonary emphysema activity of daily life score (P-ADL).