Investigation on the Role of Corticosteroids and Beta-Agonists on Cytokine Production in COPD Patients

St. Antonius Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: COPD

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00263380

COPD IL8

Details and patient eligibility

About

Research on the synergistic effect of corticosteroids and beta-agonists on the cytokine production in COPD patients. Blood will be obtained from healthy volunteers and COPD patients and blood monocytes will be stimulated to produce cytokines with or without the prementioned drugs.

Sex: All

Ages: 40+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• clinical COPD
• smoking
• age > 40 years

Exclusion criteria

• age < 40 years
• use of antibiotics, corticosteroids or beta-agonists