A 12-week, Double-blind, Randomised, Parallel Group, Multi-centre, Study to Evaluate Efficacy and Safety of Budesonide/Formoterol (Symbicort Turbuhaler®) 320/9 µg One Inhalation Twice Daily on Top of Tiotropium (Spiriva®) 18 µg One Inhalation Once Daily
A 12-week, Double-blind, Randomised, Parallel Group, Multi-centre, Study to Evaluate Efficacy and Safety of Budesonide/Formoterol (Symbicort Turbuhaler®) 320/9 µg One Inhalation Twice Daily on Top of Tiotropium (Spiriva®) 18 µg One Inhalation Once Daily
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of combined treatment with Symbicort and Spiriva, in terms of improvement of lung function, symptoms and inflammatory markers, in patients with severe COPD.
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Trois-rivires, Quebec, Canada