Impact of Roflumilast on Visceral Adiposity and Metabolic Profile in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether roflumilast can improve metabolic profile and reduce visceral adiposity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Timeline

Start

2013-02

Primary completion

2014-10

Completion

2014-12

Outcome

Outcome not reported

Stopped (Enrollment): “The recruitment of the study was prematurely stopped in July 2014 for the following reason; no more study medication.”

Publications

• Background Sava F, Laviolette L, Bernard S, Breton MJ, Bourbeau J, Maltais F. The impact of obesity on walking and cycling performance and response to pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD. BMC Pulm Med. 2010 Nov 6;10:55. doi: 10.1186/1471-2466-10-55.
• Background Despres JP, Lemieux I. Abdominal obesity and metabolic syndrome. Nature. 2006 Dec 14;444(7121):881-7. doi: 10.1038/nature05488.
• Background Sin DD, Man SF. Why are patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at increased risk of cardiovascular diseases? The potential role of systemic inflammation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Circulation. 2003 Mar 25;107(11):1514-9. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.0000056767.69054.b3.
• Background Marquis K, Maltais F, Duguay V, Bezeau AM, LeBlanc P, Jobin J, Poirier P. The metabolic syndrome in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. J Cardiopulm Rehabil. 2005 Jul-Aug;25(4):226-32; discussion 233-4. doi: 10.1097/00008483-200507000-00010.
• Background Lam KB, Jordan RE, Jiang CQ, Thomas GN, Miller MR, Zhang WS, Lam TH, Cheng KK, Adab P. Airflow obstruction and metabolic syndrome: the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study. Eur Respir J. 2010 Feb;35(2):317-23. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00024709. Epub 2009 Jul 2.
• Background Fabbri LM, Calverley PM, Izquierdo-Alonso JL, Bundschuh DS, Brose M, Martinez FJ, Rabe KF; M2-127 and M2-128 study groups. Roflumilast in moderate-to-severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease treated with longacting bronchodilators: two randomised clinical trials. Lancet. 2009 Aug 29;374(9691):695-703. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61252-6.
• Background Calverley PM, Rabe KF, Goehring UM, Kristiansen S, Fabbri LM, Martinez FJ; M2-124 and M2-125 study groups. Roflumilast in symptomatic chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: two randomised clinical trials. Lancet. 2009 Aug 29;374(9691):685-94. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61255-1.

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