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Status unknownNCT03258749FACTUpdated Oct 19, 2017

Efficiency of Twice Daily Formoterol Versus Once Daily Tiotropium in Patients With GOLD A/B COPD

An interventional study of Tiotropium and Formoterol in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, sponsored by Huashan Hospital. Status unknown at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 80 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-10-19.

Sponsored by Huashan Hospital · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Oct 2017), so the status shown — last known as Not yet recruiting — may be out of date.

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Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
120
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 80 Years
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-14

Among 105 studies testing tiotropium in Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive — none open to participants now, none under way, none of them phase 3. tiotropium · Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive.

Planned enrollment
57th of 105
120 · median 131
Started
2017
with 8 others
No phase
5 of 105
none open now
Registered
94th of 105
by date

Among the 105 studies testing tiotropium in Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, this one is the 57th largest by planned enrollment, is one of 9 that started in 2017, is one of 5 with no phase, and was the 94th registered.

Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

5,522 studies on the registry are indexed under Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive; 857 are open to participants now.

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Open to participants now

None of the 105 studies testing tiotropium in Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive is open now. The open studies under Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, anywhere →

About tiotropium

tiotropium: first FDA approval 2004 (SPIRIVA). What it is approved for, and how studies give it, is on its page →

Who these studies take

Of the 557 Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive studies recruiting now, 306 (55%) set no upper age limit and 82 (15%) stop at 75 or younger; 29 take children under 18; 89 take healthy volunteers.

This study: 18 Years to 80 Years · all sexes · no healthy volunteers.

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Study summary

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a disease state characterized by persistent airflow limitation and associated with an accelerated decline in lung function, impaired quality of life, hospitalization, and increased mortality. As a major public health problem, COPD is predicted to rank as the fifth burden of diseases in the world by 2020. Thus, prevention of exacerbations is a important goal in the management of COPD. The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) Scientific Committee launched a joint project in 1998. Its goals were to raise awareness of COPD and to improve prevention and treatment of COPD patients around the world. In the 2017 GOLD guidelines, inhaled long-acting bronchodilators, including inhaled long-acting muscarinic antagonists (LAMAs) and inhaled long-acting beta-agonists (LABAs), are recommended for the management of all stable COPD patients. However, it is not known whether LABA or LAMA will be more effective for initial relief of symptoms in patients with GOLD A/B COPD. In this multicenter, randomized study, the investigators evaluate the efficacy of formoterol(LABA) and tiotropium(LAMA) in the treatment of patients with GOLD A/B COPD. The primary endpoint is postbronchodilator FEV1, and the secondary endpoints include the frequency of COPD exacerbation, other lung function parameters, CCQ score and mMRC/CAT score.

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Conditions studied

  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Keywords

  • COPD
  • GOLD
  • formoterol
  • tiotropium
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 80 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

Clinical diagnosis of group A or group B stable . Must be able to inhale Formoterol or Tiotropium.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

Asthma. Cystic fibrosis. Bronchiectasis. Lung cancer. Glaucoma. Tachyarrhythmia or other serious heart diseases. Prostatic hyperplasia.

Terms in these criteria, in plain language(1)

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COPD

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: long-term lung disease that makes it hard to breathe out, including emphysema and chronic bronchitis.

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
120 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    Formoterol

    inhaled formoterol(4.5μg, bid)

    Drug: Formoterol

  • Experimental
    Tiotropium

    inhaled Tiotropium(18μg, qd)

    Drug: Tiotropium

Interventions

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. postbronchodilator FEV1

    a post-bronchodilator forced expiratory volume in one second

    Time frame: 12 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. the frequency of COPD exacerbation

    the frequency of COPD exacerbation

    Time frame: 12 months

  2. other lung function parameters

    other lung function parameters(%FEV1, FEV1/FVC)

    Time frame: 12 months

  3. CCQ score

    Clinical COPD Questionnaire score

    Time frame: 12 months

  4. mMRC score

    modified Medical Research Council score

    Time frame: 12 months

  5. CAT score

    COPD Assessment Test score

    Time frame: 12 months

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Study locations

1 site
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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Start is estimated for Nov 2017; primary completion for Aug 2018, 9 months later.

Of 1,095 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, half reached primary completion within 22 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 10 and three quarters within 41. This study's planned 9 months is below that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 1,182 studies reached it within 22 months; a quarter within 10 and three quarters within 39.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Aug 13, 2017
First posted
Aug 23, 2017
StartEst.
Nov 1, 2017
Primary completionEst.
Aug 31, 2018
CompletionEst.
Oct 31, 2018
Last update
Oct 19, 2017
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Oct 19, 2017, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03258749
Lead sponsor
Huashan Hospital
Responsible party
Shengqing Li (Chief Physician,Professor, Huashan Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
Aug 23, 2017
Start date
Nov 1, 2017 (estimated)
Primary completion
Aug 31, 2018 (estimated)
Completion
Oct 31, 2018 (estimated)
Last update
Oct 19, 2017

Study contacts

Shengqing Li, PhD
Contact
shengqingli@hotmail.com
+8602152887072
Peng Zhang, MD
Contact
chang0311@foxmail.com
+8602152887073
Shengqing Li, PhD
principal investigator · Huashan Hospital

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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