Effects of Inhaled Corticosteroids in the Systemic Inflammation Induced by Exercise in Patients With COPD

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2009-11-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Male

Summary

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by pulmonary and systemic inflammation. The effect of inhaled corticosteroids (IC) on inflammation in COPD is controversial.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Hospital Son Llatzer
• Collaborators: Fundació d'investigació Sanitària de les Illes Balears; Hospital Clinic of Barcelona; Hospital Son Espases; Sociedad Española de Neumología y Cirugía Torácica; Spanish Research Center for Respiratory Diseases
• Treatments: Fluticasone

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• ex-smokers (> 10 packets-year) with moderate-severe COPD patients