drugset / Trial / NCT00555607
Longitudinal Assessment of Clinical Course and BIOmarkers in Severe Chronic AIRway Disease
Active not recruiting
233 enrolled
Karolinska Institutet
Fondazione C.N.R./Regione Toscana "G. Monasterio", Pisa, Italy · collabImperial College London · collabJagiellonian University · collabLeiden University Medical Center · collabPulmonary Research Institute Grosshansdorf · collabUniversity Ghent · collabUniversity Hospital of Crete · collabUniversity of Athens · collabUniversity of Southampton · collabUniversità degli Studi di Ferrara · collabUniversité Montpellier · collab
RandomizedParallel-groupTriple-blindBasic science
Summary
The aim of the project is to study pathogenetic mechanisms in severe asthma and compare those mechanisms in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in order to test the hypothesis that severe asthma and COPD develop into similar chronic degenerative changes.
Timeline
- Start
- 2002-03
- Primary completion
- 2005-04
- Completion
- 2026-12
Drugs
| Evaluation | Drug | Modality | Dose | Route |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comparator | Prednisolone | Other / unclassified | 0.5 mg/kg | Oral |