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TerminatedNCT00274222

The Role of Nebulized Budesonide in the Treatment of Acute Exacerbations of COPD

Status
Terminated
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
120 (planned)
Sponsor
Inonu University · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years – 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

This study was designed to evaluate the hypothesis that nebulized budesonide) might be an alternative to systemic corticosteroids (SC) in the treatment of patients with acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD).

Detailed description

Patients, hospitalized with AECOPD, were randomized into three groups. Group I received only bronchodilator treatment (BDT), Group II received SC (40 mg prednisolon) plus BDT, and Group III received nebulized budesonide (NB)(1500 mcg qid) plus BDT. Improvement rates in multiple parameters during 10-day hospitalization, and acute exacerbation and re-hospitalization rates within one-month after discharge were compared between the groups.

Conditions

Timeline

Start date
2003-01-01
Completion
2005-10-01
First posted
2006-01-10
Last updated
2006-01-10

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00274222. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.