AZD9668, a neutrophil elastase inhibitor, plus ongoing budesonide/ formoterol in patients with COPD

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 531-539

  Kuna, Piotr ^a   Jenkins, Martin ^b   O'Brien, Christopher D ^b   Fahy, William A ^b  

^a N Barlicki University Hospital No 1 of Medical University of Lodz   (Poland)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AZD9668; Budesonide; COPD; Formoterol; Neutrophil elastase

Indexed keywords

AZD 9668; BUDESONIDE PLUS FORMOTEROL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIDE EFFECT; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; BUDESONIDE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ETHANOLAMINES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PYRIDONES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SULFONES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857911015     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: 15323064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2011.10.020     Document Type: Article

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