Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: A Randomised, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group Efficacy and Safety Comparison of One-Year Treatment of Two Doses (5mg and 10mg) of Tiotropium Inhalation Solution Delivered by the Respimat Device in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Brief Summary: To evaluate the long term effects of treatment with two doses of Tiotropium delivered by the Respimat inhaler in patients with COPD.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* A clinical diagnosis of COPD with symptoms for more than 2 years
* Smoking history of 10 or more pack years
* A history of at least one COPD exacerbation requiring a course of oral steroids and/or antibiotics within 1-12 months before first visit.

Exclusion Criteria:

* A history of asthma
* Patients taking oral steroids.
* Any significant disease or disorder that may jeopardize the safety of the patient
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* Males and females aged ≥ 40 years with a clinical diagnosis of moderate to severe stable COPD

Exclusion Criteria:

* History or current diagnosis of asthma, recent respiratory tract infection or acute COPD exacerbation, life expectancy of less than 1 year, known symptomatic prostatic hypertrophy, bladder neck obstruction or narrow-angle glaucoma
C: Criteria

* Patients with stable moderate to severe COPD and a smoking history of at least 10 pack years were eligible for inclusion in the study. Patients with significant diseases other than COPD were excluded as were patients with a recent history of myocardial infarction, history of malignancy, unstable or life-threatening cardiac arrhythmia, narrow-angle glaucoma, asthma or other allergic conditions. Patients treated with cromolyn, nedocromil, oral beta-adrenergics or unstable doses of oral corticosteroids were ineligible for inclusion in the study as were patients who had received previous treatment with tiotropium.
D: Inclusion criteria:

* Diagnosis of COPD and diagnosis of asthma before the age of 30
* Current or ex-smokers with a cigarette smoking history of at least 10 pack-years
* Treatment with inhaled steroids at least 1 year before study entry
* FEV1 increase of more than 12% 30 min. after 400 mcg salbutamol or documented reversibility of 12% documented during the past 5 years
* FEV1 increase of more than 200 mL 30 min. after 400 mcg salbutamol or documented increase of 200 mL after reversibility test within the last 5 years
* Post bronchodilator FEV1 less than 80% predicted normal (ECCS) at visit 1
* Post bronchodilator FEV1 less than 70% of FVC at visit 1

Exclusion criteria:

* Respiratory infection or exacerbation 6 weeks prior to Visit 1 or during run-in period.
* Significant diseases other than COPD or asthma
* Myocardial infarction within the last 6 months
* Unstable or life-threatening cardiac arrhythmia requiring intervention or change in therapy in the last year
* Hospitalisation for heart failure (NYHA Class III or IV) within the last year
* History of life-threatening pulmonary obstruction, cystic fibrosis or clinically evident bronchiectasis
* Known active tuberculosis
* History of thoracotomy with pulmonary resection
* History of cancer within the last 5 years (excluding treated basal cell carcinoma)
* Patients requiring oxygen therapy for more than 1 hour per day
* Patients currently in a pulmonary rehabilitation programme or who have completed such a programme within 4 weeks before Visit 1
* Known hypersensitivity to anticholinergic drugs or lactose

Answer: C