Dose of Corticosteroids in COPD

Summary

COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) is a long-lasting lung disease usually caused by long-term smoking. COPD can get worse, making people sick enough to need hospitalization. Corticosteroids are very effective and are almost always used, but nobody knows the right dose. High doses may work better but could cause more side effects than low doses. Typical treatment lengths last at least one week. This study will be comparing two common regimens: either 40mg of corticosteroids daily (low dose), or 80mg of corticosteroids daily (high dose). It is unknown which regimen works better..

Timeline

Start

2012-05-03

Primary completion

2020-03-15

Completion

2020-03-15

Outcome

Outcome not reported

Stopped (Enrollment): “Lack of research staff to recruit participants”

Drugs

Indications