A 26-week Treatment, Randomized, Multicenter, Double-blind, Double-dummy, Parallel-group Study to Assess the Safety of Indacaterol (300 and 600 µg o.d.) in Patients With Moderate to Severe Persistent Asthma, Using Salmeterol (50 µg b.i.d.) as an Active Control
A 26-week Treatment, Randomized, Multicenter, Double-blind, Double-dummy, Parallel-group Study to Assess the Safety of Indacaterol (300 and 600 µg o.d.) in Patients With Moderate to Severe Persistent Asthma, Using Salmeterol (50 µg b.i.d.) as an Active Control
This study was designed to assess the safety of indacaterol (300 µg and 600 µg (2 x 300 μg capsules) once daily [od]), compared with salmeterol (50 μg twice a day [b.i.d.]), over 26 weeks, in patients with moderate to severe persistent asthma.
Inclusion Criteria:
Male and female patients aged ≥ 12 years (or ≥ 18 years depending upon regulatory and/or Institutional Review Board/Independent Ethics Committee/Research Ethics Board [IRB/IEC/REB] approval) who have signed an informed consent form.
Patients with moderate to severe persistent asthma, diagnosed according to the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) guidelines (Updated 2006) and who additionally meet the following criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria applied to the study.
Ste-Foy, Canada
Wittem, Germany
Hostalets de Balenyà, Spain