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Objective Assessment of Adherence to Inhalers by COPD Patients

NCT04025242 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 244

Last updated 2019-07-23

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Summary

Rationale: Objective adherence to inhaled therapy by patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has not been reported.

Objectives: To objectively quantify adherence to preventer Diskus inhaler therapy by patients with COPD with an electronic audio recording device (INCA).

Methods: This was a prospective observational study. On discharge from hospital patients were given a salmeterol/fluticasone inhaler with an INCA device attached. Analysis of this audio quantified the frequency and proficiency of inhaler use.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Beaumont Hospital

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-02-01
Primary Completion
2016-02-28
Completion
2016-04-01

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