Three Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients

Summary

Forty five COPD patients will be recruited from Chest Disease Department, Tanta University Hospital, Tanta, Egypt. The aim of the study is to Compare between the effectiveness of three therapeutic options for treatment of moderate and severe COPD patients .These therapeutic options include Inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) plus long acting B2-agonist (LABA) combination, Inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) plus long acting anticholinergic (LAAC) combination and Long acting B2-agonist (LABA) plus long acting anticholinergic (LAAC) combination .

Timeline

Start

2014-10-31

Primary completion

2019-12-30

Completion

2019-12-31

Publications

• Background Qaseem A, Wilt TJ, Weinberger SE, Hanania NA, Criner G, van der Molen T, Marciniuk DD, Denberg T, Schunemann H, Wedzicha W, MacDonald R, Shekelle P; American College of Physicians; American College of Chest Physicians; American Thoracic Society; European Respiratory Society. Diagnosis and management of stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a clinical practice guideline update from the American College of Physicians, American College of Chest Physicians, American Thoracic Society, and European Respiratory Society. Ann Intern Med. 2011 Aug 2;155(3):179-91. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-155-3-201108020-00008.
• Background Falk JA, Minai OA, Mosenifar Z. Inhaled and systemic corticosteroids in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Proc Am Thorac Soc. 2008 May 1;5(4):506-12. doi: 10.1513/pats.200707-096ET.
• Mostafa TM, El-Azab GA, Atia GA, Lotfy NS. The Effectiveness of 3 Combined Therapeutic Regimens in Egyptian Patients with Moderate-to-Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Randomized Double-Blind Prospective Pilot Study. Curr Ther Res Clin Exp. 2021 Mar 8;94:100625. doi: 10.1016/j.curtheres.2021.100625. eCollection 2021.

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