Please select the arm or intervention descriptions that belong to the clinical trial below.
Title: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Parallel Group Trial Assessing the Proportion of Patients Experiencing an Exacerbation and Proportion of Patients Hospitalized for an Exacerbation Over 6 Months During Treatment With Tiotropium 18 Mcg Capsule Once Daily in Patients With COPD in a Veterans Affairs Setting
Brief Summary: The primary objective of this trial is to determine whether treatment with tiotropium (18 mcg) capsule once daily via the HandiHaler reduces the proportion of patients with COPD experiencing an exacerbation and the proportion of patients hospitalized for an exacerbation during a six month observation period.


Options:
A: Intervention Type: DRUG; Name: Tiotropium; Assigned to Arm(s): N/A
B: Intervention Type: DRUG; Name: tiotropium; Assigned to Arm(s): N/A | Intervention Type: DRUG; Name: placebo; Assigned to Arm(s): N/A
C: Arm Label: Indacaterol 150 µg (Continued Into Stage 2); Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Drug: Indacaterol, Drug: Placebo to Indacaterol, Drug: Placebo to Formoterol | Arm Label: Indacaterol 300 µg (Continued Into Stage 2); Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Drug: Indacaterol, Drug: Placebo to Indacaterol, Drug: Placebo to Formoterol | Arm Label: Tiotropium 18 µg (Continued Into Stage 2); Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Drug: Tiotropium (18 µg o.d.) | Arm Label: Placebo (Continued Into Stage 2); Type: PLACEBO_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Drug: Placebo to Indacaterol, Drug: Placebo to Formoterol | Arm Label: Indacaterol 75 µg (Not Continued into Stage 2); Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Drug: Indacaterol, Drug: Placebo to Indacaterol, Drug: Placebo to Formoterol | Arm Label: Indacaterol 600 µg (Not Continued Into Stage 2); Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Drug: Indacaterol, Drug: Placebo to Formoterol | Arm Label: Formoterol 12 µg (Not Continued Into Stage 2); Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Drug: Formoterol (12 µg b.i.d.), Drug: Placebo to Indacaterol | Intervention Type: DRUG; Name: Indacaterol; Assigned to Arm(s): Indacaterol 150 µg (Continued Into Stage 2), Indacaterol 300 µg (Continued Into Stage 2), Indacaterol 600 µg (Not Continued Into Stage 2), Indacaterol 75 µg (Not Continued into Stage 2) | Intervention Type: DRUG; Name: Formoterol (12 µg b.i.d.); Assigned to Arm(s): Formoterol 12 µg (Not Continued Into Stage 2) | Intervention Type: DRUG; Name: Tiotropium (18 µg o.d.); Assigned to Arm(s): Tiotropium 18 µg (Continued Into Stage 2) | Intervention Type: DRUG; Name: Placebo to Indacaterol; Assigned to Arm(s): Formoterol 12 µg (Not Continued Into Stage 2), Indacaterol 150 µg (Continued Into Stage 2), Indacaterol 300 µg (Continued Into Stage 2), Indacaterol 75 µg (Not Continued into Stage 2), Placebo (Continued Into Stage 2) | Intervention Type: DRUG; Name: Placebo to Formoterol; Assigned to Arm(s): Indacaterol 150 µg (Continued Into Stage 2), Indacaterol 300 µg (Continued Into Stage 2), Indacaterol 600 µg (Not Continued Into Stage 2), Indacaterol 75 µg (Not Continued into Stage 2), Placebo (Continued Into Stage 2)
D: Intervention Type: DRUG; Name: Tiotropium; Assigned to Arm(s): N/A

Answer: A