Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Conditions
Keywords
treatment of COPD, documentation of relevant data, related to the budesonide/formoterole therapy in patients with COPD.
Brief summary
Under daily routine conditions and without any intervention by the sponsor regarding the selection of subjects, diagnostic procedures, therapeutic decisions (medicinal and non- medicinal therapy, dose, duration, etc.), routine assessments, the participating physicians (i.e.general practitioners and internists) are asked to document relevant data related to the budesonide/formoterole therapy in patients with COPD.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Patients with COPD treated with budesonide/formoterol
Exclusion criteria
* limitiations; possible risks; warnings; contraindications mentioned in the SPC.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| efficacy and tolerability of budesonide /formoterole in subjects with COPD who are treated by general practitioners and internists. | change of a quality of life score compared to baseline by using CRQ, stratified by present therapy and severity of COPD; incidence of the occurrence of unknown, unexpected and/or rarely occurring adverse events AE under outpatient medical care conditions |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| to get further insight into the details of the use , dosage scheme and duration of treatment with budesonide /formoterol in this population | — |