Airway Inflammation In Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Summary

This study was designed to look at effects of salmeterol/fluticasone propionate compared to placebo on airway inflammation in patients with chronic obstructive airways disease

Timeline

Start

2002-10

Primary completion

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Completion

2003-12

Publications

• Background Barnes NC, Qiu Y, Zhu J, et al. Anti-inflammatory effects of salmeterol/fluticasone propionate (SFC) by smoking status in COPD. Eur Respir J 2005; 26(suppl 49): 204S.
• Background Barnes NC, Qiu YS, Pavord I. Clinical improvement with salmeterol/fluticasone proprionate is associated with reduction in inflammation in patients with COPD. European Respiratory Journal Supplement 2005; 26(Suppl. 49): 717 (plus poster) Abstract P4574.
• Background Barnes NC, Qiu YS, Pavord ID, Parker D, Davis PA, Zhu J, Johnson M, Thomson NC, Jeffery PK; SCO30005 Study Group. Antiinflammatory effects of salmeterol/fluticasone propionate in chronic obstructive lung disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2006 Apr 1;173(7):736-43. doi: 10.1164/rccm.200508-1321OC. Epub 2006 Jan 19.
• Background Baseline characteristics of the first 5,000 copd patients enrolled in the torch survival study. Calverley, P. M. A., Celli, B., Ferguson, G., Jenkins, C., Jones, P., Pride, N. B., Vestbo, J., Anderson, J., and Pauwels, R. 13th Annual Congress of the European Respiratory Society 9/27/2003 Vienna; Austria
• Background Pavord I, Parker D, Barnes NC, et al. Effects of salmeterol/fluticasone propionate (SFC) on airway inflammation in induced sputum in COPD. Eur Respir J 2005; 26(suppl 49): 203S.
• Background Qiu Y, Davis P, Zhu J, et al. Anti-inflammatory effects of salmeterol/fluticasone propionate (SFC) on airway T-lymphocyte populations in COPD. Eur Respir J 2005; 26(suppl 49): 203S.
• Background Qiu Y, Davis P, Zhu J, et al. Effects of salmeterol/fluticasone propionate (SFC) on airway inflammation in COPD: a placebo-controlled study of endobronchial biopsies. Eur Respir J 2005; 26(suppl 49): 203S.
• Background Vestbo J; TORCH Study Group. The TORCH (towards a revolution in COPD health) survival study protocol. Eur Respir J. 2004 Aug;24(2):206-10. doi: 10.1183/09031936.04.00120603.
• Background Zhu J, Qiu Y, Barnes NC, Johnson M, Pavord I, Jeffery P. The effect of salmeterol/fluticasone propionate (SFC) on pro-inflammatory gene expression in COPD. PATS 2005; 2(abstracts issue): A127

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