Concurrent use of indacaterol plus tiotropium in patients with COPD provides superior bronchodilation compared with tiotropium alone: a randomised, double-blind comparison

A. Mahler, Donald; D’Urzo, Anthony; Bateman, Eric; A Özkan, Serir; White, Tracy; Peckitt, Clare; Lassen, Cheryl; Krämer, Benjamin; behalf of the INTRUST-1 and INTRUST-2 study investigators, on

doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-201140

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Concurrent use of indacaterol plus tiotropium in patients with COPD provides superior bronchodilation compared with tiotropium alone: a randomised, double-blind comparison

Published in Thorax • Apr 27, 2012

Authors:

Donald A. Mahler

Anthony D’Urzo

Eric Bateman

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Current guidelines recommend treatment with one or more long-acting bronchodilators for patients with moderate or more severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The authors investigated the approach of dual bronchodilation using indacaterol, a once-daily long-acting β(2) agoni...

Subject

Indacaterol

Medicine

Bronchodilation

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