Bronchoreversibility and Radiologic Morphology of Emphysema

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 1969-12-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

To assess response to bronchodilation with tiotropium plus salbutamol in patients with severe emphysema and analyze relationships between bronchoreversibility response and semiquantitative computed-tomography based emphysema severity measures.

• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Rome Tor Vergata
• Treatments: Albuterol; Bromides; Bronchodilator Agents; Tiotropium Bromide

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Radiologic evidence of severe heterogeneous emphysema

• GOLD COPD class III-IV

• No other significant pulmonary comorbidity

• Quit smoking since at least 4 months