Prednisolone Novel Endpoint Study in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Summary

Prednisolone will be used as a model medication to identify new clinical outcomes for future evaluation of new therapies in short-term studies (up to 4 weeks) in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

Timeline

Start

2006-03-21

Primary completion

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Completion

2007-05-03

Publications

• Lomas DA, Silverman EK, Edwards LD, Locantore NW, Miller BE, Horstman DH, Tal-Singer R; Evaluation of COPD Longitudinally to Identify Predictive Surrogate Endpoints study investigators. Serum surfactant protein D is steroid sensitive and associated with exacerbations of COPD. Eur Respir J. 2009 Jul;34(1):95-102. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00156508. Epub 2009 Jan 22.

Drugs

Indications