Ipratropium or Salbutamol Sulphate Alone or Combination Therapy Salbutamol and Ipratropium in Patients With COPD

NCT ID: NCT02182856

Last Updated: 2014-07-08

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: PHASE4
• Total Enrollment: 33 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 1998-02-28

Brief Summary

Study to compare the effects of nebulised salbutamol or ipratropium alone in patients with COPD with those of combined salbutamol and ipratropium nebuliser solution on arterial oxygen saturation (SaO2) and to characterise patients with COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) at risk of significant arterial oxygen desaturation following nebulised salbutamol.

Conditions

Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: DOUBLE

Study Groups

Ipratropium bromide/salbutamol sulphate

Randomised sequence of four different treatments

1. Ipratropium bromide 500 µg/salbutamol sulphate 3 mg

2. Ipratropium 500 µg

3. Salbutamol sulphate 3 mg

4. Salbutamol sulphate 6 mg

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Ipratropium bromide 500 µg/salbutamol sulphate 3 mg

Intervention Type: DRUG

Ipratropium 500 µg

Intervention Type: DRUG

Salbutamol sulphate 3 mg

Intervention Type: DRUG

Salbutamol sulphate 6 mg

Intervention Type: DRUG

Interventions

Ipratropium bromide 500 µg/salbutamol sulphate 3 mg

Intervention Type: DRUG

Ipratropium 500 µg

Intervention Type: DRUG

Salbutamol sulphate 3 mg

Intervention Type: DRUG

Salbutamol sulphate 6 mg

Intervention Type: DRUG

Other Intervention Names

Combivent® UDVs®

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Male and female patients with moderate to severe stable COPD:

• Patients with a diagnosis of chronic bronchitis and/or emphysema
• FEV1 <65% of predicted value without regard to prior treatment
• Forced expiratory ration (FER = FEV1/VC) <70% of predicted value without regard to prior treatment
• Patients must not have had a respiratory infection or an exacerbation of COPD during the four weeks immediately prior to entering the trial
• Patients must not have changed their normal treatment for COPD during the four weeks immediately prior to entering the trial
• Patient aged ≥40 years
• Patients with a smoking history of ≥15 pack-years
• Patients must have given informed consent to participate in the trial

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients with a diagnosis of asthma, bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis or bronchiolitis obliterans
• Patients with any of the following:

• untreated angle closure glaucoma
• hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy
• tachyarrhythmia
• recent myocardial infarction (within six months of screening visit)
• severe organic cardiac or vascular disorder
• untreated hyperthyroidism
• diabetes mellitus (after approval of Protocol Amendment 1, the inclusion of well controlled diabetic patients was allowed)
• Patients who are pregnant, or who are planning a pregnancy, and nursing mothers
• Patients known to be hypersensitive to anticholinergic drugs or to β2 agonists
• Patients known to abuse drugs or alcohol
• Patients, who in the opinion of the investigator, are likely not to co-operate with any of the requirements of the trial
• Patients with a PaO2 (arterial carbon dioxide tension) <56 mmHg (7.5 kPa) at rest while breathing air without regard to prior treatment
• Patients with a SaO2 ≤85% at rest while breathing air without regard to prior treatment
• Patients who are taking part in another investigation, and patients who have participated in another clinical trial during the three months immediately preceding entry to this trial
• Patients on home oxygen concentrator therapy
• Patients who have previously participated in the randomised phase of this trial

• Minimum Eligible Age: 40 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Boehringer Ingelheim

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Other Identifiers

1012.39

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id