Tiotropium (18 Mcg) Once Daily Via the HandiHaler® in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Boehringer Ingelheim

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3

Conditions: Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

Treatments: Drug: Tiotropium

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT00274547

205.266

Details and patient eligibility

About

The primary objective of this trial is to determine whether treatment with tiotropium (18 mcg) capsule once daily via the HandiHaler reduces the proportion of patients with COPD experiencing an exacerbation and the proportion of patients hospitalized for an exacerbation during a six month observation period.

Enrollment: 1,829 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind