Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 11:30 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 11:30 PM
NCT ID:
NCT00680056
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* COPD patients aged ≥ 40 years with stable moderate-to-severe airflow obstruction (FEV1 \< 70% and FEV1/FVC ≤ 70% of predicted normal value) post-bronchodilator
* presenting with a long history of smoking (\> 20 pack-years) and chronic breathlessness (Baseline Dyspnoea Index total score \< 9)
Exclusion Criteria:
* significant cardiovascular disease, hospitalization for COPD exacerbation or presence of a respiratory tract infection within 1 month of screening
* current or childhood asthma
* a history of allergic rhinitis or other atopic disease
* inability to interrupt usual bronchodilator medication
* use of oral steroids within a month before screening
* need for long-term oxygen therapy, arterial oxygen saturation \< 85% at rest anemia, hypo- and hyperthyroidism, hyperadrenergic state
* uncontrolled insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, malignancy, or any disease or condition which limits exercise performance other than COPD
* change in inhaled corticosteroid or theophylline use within 1 month prior to screening
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
40 Years
Study:
NCT00680056
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00680056