Effect of aclidinium bromide on cough and sputum symptoms in moderate-to-severe COPD in three phase III trials

BMJ Open Respiratory Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  McGarvey, Lorcan ^a   Morice, Alyn H ^b   Smith, Jaclyn A ^c   Birring, Surinder S ^d   Chuecos, Ferran ^e   Seoane, Beatriz ^e   Jarreta, Diana ^e  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACLIDINIUM BROMIDE; PLACEBO; TIOTROPIUM BROMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; SPUTUM;

EID: 85006035373     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20524439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjresp-2016-000148     Document Type: Article

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