Postmarketing Surveillance Study to Assess Handling and Patient Satisfaction on Berodual® Respimat® Solution for Inhalation in Comparison to a Powder Inhaler in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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

Summary

New perceptions about handling and patient satisfaction of the everyday use of Berodual® Respimat® compared to a powder inhaler in patients with chronic obstructive lung disease (COLD). Moreover, further knowledge should be attained about the tolerability of Berodual® Respimat®

• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Boehringer Ingelheim
• Treatments: Fenoterol; Fenoterol, ipratropium drug combination; Ipratropium

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Male and female patients aged at least 18 years

• Patients who are suffering from symptoms of a chronic obstructive lung disease (COLD) can be included in the PMS. To reduce influences caused by the use of a variety of different powder inhaler, only patients who are already regularly using Diskus® powder inhaler should be included, as the Diskus® as well as the Berodual® Respimat® are multiple dose devices

• During the PMS the Diskus® therapy is to be continued

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who meet one or more of the general or specific contraindications mentioned in the Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC) are excluded from the Postmarketing Surveillance (PMS)