Conditions: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Keywords: COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Chronic Bronchitis Emphysema Airflow Obstruction, Chronic Chronic Airflow Obstruction Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: CROSSOVER
Enrollment: 24
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
The purpose of this Phase II study is to evaluate the pharmacokinetics, safety, and tolerability of aclidinium/formoterol fixed dose combination (FDC 400/12 μg via the Almirall Inhaler and formoterol 12 μg via the Foradil® Aerolizer®, both administered twice daily for five days to patients with moderate to severe COPD.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: Aclidinium/formoterol 400/12μg fixed-dose combination (FDC), one inhalation twice daily (morning and evening) for 4 days, then one inhalation (morning) on Day 5 via the Almirall inhaler arm 2: Formoterol 12μg one inhalation twice daily (morning and evening) for 4 days, then one inhalation (morning) on Day 5 via the Foradil® Aerolizer®

Interventions: intervention 1: Aclidinium/formoterol 400/12μg intervention 2: Formoterol
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Aclidinium/formoterol 400/12μg fixed dose combination (FDC), one inhalation twice daily (morning and evening) for 4 days, then one inhalation (morning) on Day 5 via the Almirall inhaler intervention 2: Formoterol 12 μg one inhalation twice daily (morning and evening) for 4 days, then one inhalation (morning) on Day 5 via the Foradil® Aerolizer®

Protocol document: