Conditions: Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 140
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
The aim of the study is to investigate whether the early introduction of maintenance bronchodilator therapy during an acute symptomatic episode of the disease shows benefits on the recovery of symptoms. It also represents an opportunity to identify COPD patients earlier in their disease state and start maintenance therapy, if appropriate.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: active arm 2: placebo

Interventions: intervention 1: tiotropium intervention 2: Placebo
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: 18mcg intervention 2: placebo

Protocol document: