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Clinical Trials/NCT00388882
NCT00388882CompletedPhase 4

A Randomized, Double-blind, Double-dummy, Parallel Group Trial Comparing 12 Weeks Treatment With Tiotropium Inhalation Capsules 18 mcg Via the HandiHaler® Once Daily to Combivent® Inhalation Aerosol CFC MDI 2 Actuations q.i.d. in COPD Patients Currently Prescribed Combivent® Inhalation Aerosol CFC MDI

Boehringer Ingelheim40 sites in 5 countries327 target enrollmentStarted: October 4, 2006Last updated:
Conditions
Drugs

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Phase 4
Status
Completed
Enrollment
327
Locations
40
Primary Endpoint
Trough FEV1

Study Overview

Brief Summary

The objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of 12 weeks treatment with tiotro pium HandiHaler® 18 mcg daily compared to Combivent® MDI CFC Inhalation Aerosol 2 actuations qid in COPD patients currently prescribed Combivent® MDI.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Primary Purpose
Treatment

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
40 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No

Inclusion Criteria

  • •Diagnosis of COPD
  • •Age: >= 40 years
  • •Current or ex-smoker with a >= 10 pack-year smoking history
  • •Use of Combivent® MDI for >= 1 month prior to Visit 1 Spirometric criteria (determined at study visits):
  • •Post-bronchodilator FEV1 <= 70% (Visit 1)
  • •Pre-bronchodilator FEV1 <= 65% of predicted and FEV1/FVC <= 70% (Visit 2)

Exclusion Criteria

  • •Clinical history of asthma
  • •History of thoracotomy with pulmonary resection
  • •History of CF, alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency or interstitial lung disease
  • •Daytime use of oxygen therapy for > 1 hour per day or if unable to abstain from using oxygen during PFTs
  • •Any respiratory tract infection or COPD exacerbation in 6 weeks prior to Visit 1
  • •Recent history 6 months or less of MI
  • •Unstable or life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias
  • •Hospitalization for CHF during past year
  • •Malignancy for which patient is receiving chemo or radiation therapy
  • •Pregnant or nursing women
  • •Known hypersensitivity to ipratropium or carrier substances, including related food products such as soybean, peanuts, or lactose
  • •Use of SPIRIVA® 3 months prior to Visit 1
  • •Symptomatic of prostatic hypertrophy or bladder neck obstruction
  • •Known narrow- angle glaucoma
  • •Participating in a pulmonary rehab program within 4 weeks of Visit 1

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Trough FEV1

Time Frame: after 12 weeks of treatment

FEV1 AUC0-6 hours

Time Frame: after 12 weeks of treatment

Secondary Outcomes

  • Trough FVC(at 6 and 12 weeks)
  • Peak FEV1(after first dose and 6 week)
  • Individual FEV1 measurements(12 weeks)
  • Individual FVC measurements(12 weeks)
  • Use of Albuterol (scheduled and rescue)(12 weeks)
  • Patient Global Evaluation(12 weeks)
  • Physician Global Evaluation(12 weeks)
  • Occurrence of adverse events(12 weeks)
  • Vital Signs(12 weeks)
  • FEV1 AUC0-6 hours(after first dose and 6 weeks)
  • Trough FEV1(at 6 weeks)
  • Peak FVC at all clinic visits(12 weeks)
  • AUC0-6 hours FVC at all clinic visits(12 weeks)
  • PEFR (Peak expiratory flow rate) measured by the patient at home twice daily(12 weeks)
  • Peak FEV1(12 weeks)

Investigators

Sponsor Class
Industry
Responsible Party
Sponsor

Study Sites (40)

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