A Study to Compare the Lung Effect of Indacaterol and Tiotropium in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) (INTENSITY)

July 22, 2011 updated by: Novartis Pharmaceuticals

A 12-week Treatment, Multicenter, Randomized, Parallel-group, Blinded, Double-dummy Study to Compare the Efficacy and Safety of Indacaterol (150 µg Once Daily [od]) Delivered Via a Single Dose Dry Powder Inhaler (SDDPI) With Tiotropium (18 µg od) Delivered Via a HandiHaler®, in Patients With Moderate-to-severe COPD

This study compared the lung effects of indacaterol to those of tiotropium in patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) over a 12 week period.

Study Overview

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

1598

Phase

  • Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

      • Feldbach, Austria
        • Novartis Investigator Site
      • Gänserndorf, Austria
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      • Hallein, Austria
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      • Bruxelles, Belgium
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      • Gilly, Belgium
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      • Jambes, Belgium
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      • Jette, Belgium
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      • Liège, Belgium
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      • Montigny-le-tilleul, Belgium
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      • Oostende, Belgium
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      • Saint Vith, Belgium
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      • Yvoir, Belgium
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      • Calgary, Canada
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      • Mississauga, Canada
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      • Moncton, Canada
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      • New Market, Canada
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      • Quebec, Canada
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      • St-Romuald, Canada
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      • Sudbury, Canada
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      • Barranquilla, Colombia
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      • Bogota, Colombia
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      • Medellin, Colombia
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      • Aalborg, Denmark
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      • Frederiksberg, Denmark
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      • Næstved, Denmark
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      • Roskilde, Denmark
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      • Sønderborg, Denmark
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      • Vaerlose, Denmark
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      • Viborg, Denmark
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      • Helsinki, Finland
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      • Jyväskylä, Finland
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      • Lahti, Finland
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      • OYS, Finland
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      • Pori, Finland
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      • Turku, Finland
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      • Ambroise, France
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      • Antibes, France
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      • Beuvry, France
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      • Ferolles-Attily, France
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      • Montpellier, France
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      • Nantes, France
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      • Nice, France
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      • Nimes, France
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      • Paris, France
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      • Paris, France
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      • Pessac, France
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      • Pierre Benite, France
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      • Suresnes, France
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      • Vandoeuvre Les Nancys, France
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      • Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
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      • Berlin, Germany
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      • Bochum, Germany
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      • Bonn, Germany
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      • Buchholz, Germany
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      • Coburg, Germany
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      • Dueren, Germany
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      • Eggenfelden, Germany
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      • Eschwege, Germany
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      • Euskirchen, Germany
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      • Freudenberg, Germany
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      • Fürth, Germany
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      • Gelsenkirchen, Germany
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      • Gummersbach, Germany
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      • Hagen, Germany
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      • Halle, Germany
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      • Hamburg, Germany
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      • Hannover, Germany
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      • Hoyerswerda, Germany
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      • Kassel, Germany
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      • Landsberg, Germany
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      • Leipzig, Germany
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      • Mainz, Germany
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      • Munich, Germany
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      • Oranienburg, Germany
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      • Radebeul, Germany
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      • Ratingen, Germany
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      • Ruhmannsfelden, Germany
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      • Rüsselsheim, Germany
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      • Solingen, Germany
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      • Stockach, Germany
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      • Teterow, Germany
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      • Vilshofen, Germany
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      • Wallerfing, Germany
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      • Wissen, Germany
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      • Athens, Greece
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      • Budapest, Hungary
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      • Budapest, Hungary
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      • Debrecen, Hungary
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      • Farkasgyepu, Hungary
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      • Godollo, Hungary
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      • Szolnok, Hungary
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      • Haifa, Israel
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      • Petach-Tikva, Israel
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      • Ancona, Italy
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      • Foggia, Italy
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      • Milano, Italy
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      • Milano, Italy
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      • Pavia, Italy
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      • Pavia, Italy
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      • Pisa, Italy
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      • Pisa, Italy
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      • Huxquilucan, Mexico
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      • Mexico City, Mexico
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      • San Luis Potosi, Mexico
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      • Drammen, Norway
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      • Follebu, Norway
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      • Kongsberg, Norway
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      • Kongsberg, Norway
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      • Kongsvinger, Norway
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      • Lierskogen, Norway
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      • Oslo, Norway
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      • Oslo, Norway
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      • Sandvika, Norway
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      • Skedsmokorset, Norway
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      • Stavanger, Norway
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      • Trondheim, Norway
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      • Trondheim, Norway
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      • Ålesund, Norway
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      • Ålesund, Norway
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      • Gdansk, Poland
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      • Katowice, Poland
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      • Krakow, Poland
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      • Krakow, Poland
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      • Piekary Slaskie, Poland
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      • Warszawa, Poland
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      • Wroclaw, Poland
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      • Barnaul, Russian Federation
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      • Ekaterinburg, Russian Federation
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      • Kazan, Russian Federation
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      • Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
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      • Petrozavodsk, Russian Federation
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      • Ryazan, Russian Federation
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      • Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation
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      • Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation
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      • Samara, Russian Federation
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      • Bratislava, Slovakia
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      • Kosice, Slovakia
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      • Kosice, Slovakia
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      • Kralovsky Chlmec, Slovakia
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      • Nitra, Slovakia
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      • Presov, Slovakia
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      • Zvolen, Slovakia
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      • Alcorcón, Spain
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      • Alicante, Spain
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      • Badalona, Spain
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      • Barcelona, Spain
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      • Begonte, Spain
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      • Burgos, Spain
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      • Caceres, Spain
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      • Canet de Mar, Spain
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      • Fuenlabrada, Spain
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      • Girona, Spain
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      • Madrid, Spain
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      • Mataro, Spain
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      • Plasencia, Spain
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      • Ponferrada, Spain
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      • Pontevedra, Spain
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      • Prat de Llobregat, Spain
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      • Santander, Spain
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      • Valencia, Spain
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      • Vila-real, Spain
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      • Basel, Switzerland
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      • Bellinzona, Switzerland
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      • Lugano, Switzerland
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      • Muenchenstein, Switzerland
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      • Zuerich, Switzerland
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      • Altunizade, Turkey
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      • Ankara, Turkey
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      • Aydin, Turkey
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      • Büyükçekmece / Ýstanbul, Turkey
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      • Fatih / Istanbul, Turkey
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      • Istanbul, Turkey
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      • Kahramanmaras, Turkey
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      • Mecidiyekoy/Istanbul, Turkey
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      • Mersin, Turkey
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      • Soke / Aydin, Turkey
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      • Yenisehir/Izmir, Turkey
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      • Ash Vale, United Kingdom
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      • Ashford, United Kingdom
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      • Bolton, United Kingdom
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      • Boscastle, United Kingdom
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      • Bradford, United Kingdom
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      • Chertsey, United Kingdom
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      • East Horsley, United Kingdom
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      • Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
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      • Plymouth, United Kingdom
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      • Watford, United Kingdom
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    • Alabama
      • Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35209
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      • Jasper, Alabama, United States, 35501
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    • Arizona
      • Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 85050
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      • Tucson, Arizona, United States, 85723
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    • California
      • Anaheim, California, United States, 92801
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      • Stockton, California, United States, 95207
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      • Walnut Creek, California, United States, 94598
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    • Colorado
      • Fort Collins, Colorado, United States, 80528
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      • Wheat Ridge, Colorado, United States, 80033
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    • Florida
      • South Miami, Florida, United States, 33143
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    • Illinois
      • Normal, Illinois, United States, 61761
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    • Indiana
      • Evansville, Indiana, United States, 47710
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    • Kansas
      • Topeka, Kansas, United States, 66606
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    • Louisiana
      • Lafayette, Louisiana, United States, 70503
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    • Missouri
      • St Charles, Missouri, United States, 63301
        • Novartis Investigative Center
      • St Louis, Missouri, United States, 63141
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    • Nebraska
      • Lincoln, Nebraska, United States, 68510
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    • Nevada
      • Henderson, Nevada, United States, 89014
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    • New York
      • Albany, New York, United States, 12205
        • Novartis Investigative Site
      • Larchmont, New York, United States, 10538
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      • New York, New York, United States, 10016
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    • North Carolina
      • Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, 28207
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    • Ohio
      • Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43214
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    • Texas
      • San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78229
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    • Virginia
      • Richmond, Virginia, United States, 23229
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Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

40 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

- Diagnosis of COPD (moderate-to-severe as classified by the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) Guidelines, 2007) and:

  • a) Smoking history of at least 10 pack-years
  • b) Post-bronchodilator forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) < 80% and ≥ 30% of the predicted normal value
  • c) Post-bronchodilator FEV1/FVC (forced vital capacity) < 70%

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients who have received systemic corticosteroids or antibiotics and/or was hospitalized for a COPD exacerbation in the 6 weeks prior to screening
  • Patients who have had a respiratory tract infection within 6 weeks prior to screening
  • Patients with concomitant pulmonary disease
  • Patients with a history of asthma
  • Patients with diabetes Type I or uncontrolled diabetes Type II
  • Any patient with lung cancer or a history of lung cancer
  • Patients with a history of certain cardiovascular comorbid conditions

Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria applied to the study.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
  • Allocation: RANDOMIZED
  • Interventional Model: PARALLEL
  • Masking: DOUBLE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: Indacaterol 150 µg
Participants received indacaterol 150 μg delivered via a single-dose dry-powder inhaler (SDDPI) plus placebo to tiotropium delivered via the manufacturer's proprietary inhalation device (HandiHaler®) once daily in the morning. Participants were permitted to take salbutamol/albuterol as a rescue medication.
Indacaterol 150 μg was provided in powder filled capsules with a single dose dry powder inhaler (SDDPI).
Placebo to tiotropium was provided in powder filled capsules with the manufacturer's proprietary inhalation device (HandiHaler®).
ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: Tiotropium 18 µg
Participants received tiotropium 18 μg delivered via the manufacturer's proprietary inhalation device (HandiHaler®) plus placebo to indacaterol delivered via a single-dose dry-powder inhaler (SDDPI) once daily in the morning. Participants were permitted to take salbutamol/albuterol as a rescue medication.
Tiotropium 18 μg was provided in powder filled capsules with the manufacturer's proprietary inhalation device (HandiHaler®).
Placebo to indacaterol was provided in powder filled capsules with a single dose dry powder inhaler (SDDPI).

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Trough Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 Second (FEV1) at End of Treatment (Week 12)
Time Frame: End of treatment (Week 12)
Spirometry was conducted according to internationally accepted standards. Trough FEV1 was defined as the average of the 23 hour 10 minute and 23 hour 45 minute post-dose FEV1 readings. Mixed model used baseline FEV1, FEV1 prior to and 10-15 minutes post inhalation of salbutamol/albuterol, FEV1 prior to and 1 hour post inhalation of ipratropium, and inhaled corticosteroid use at baseline as covariates.
End of treatment (Week 12)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 Second (FEV1) Standardized (With Respect to Time) Area Under the Curve (AUC) From 5 Minutes to 4 Hours Post-dose at the End of Treatment (Week 12)
Time Frame: 5 minutes to 4 hours post-dose at the end of treatment (week 12)
Spirometry was conducted according to internationally accepted standards. FEV1 was measured at 5 and 30 minutes; and 1, 2, and 4 hours post-dose on Week 12. Standardized FEV1 AUC (5 minutes-4 hour) post-dose at week 12 was calculated based on the trapezoidal rule, and was adjusted for the area per time unit by using the scheduled time of measurements for FEV1. Mixed model used baseline FEV1, FEV1 prior to and 10-15 minutes post inhalation of salbutamol/albuterol, FEV1 prior to and 1 hour post inhalation of ipratropium, and inhaled corticosteroid use at baseline as covariates.
5 minutes to 4 hours post-dose at the end of treatment (week 12)
Transition Dyspnea Index (TDI) Focal Score After 12 Weeks of Treatment
Time Frame: 12 weeks
TDI focal score is based on three domains: functional impairment, magnitude of task and magnitude of effort. Each domain is scored from -3 (major deterioration) to 3 (major improvement) to give an overall TDI focal score of -9 to 9 with a negative score indicating a deterioration from baseline. A 1 unit difference in the TDI focal score is clinically significant. Mixed model used baseline dyspnea index, FEV1 prior to and 10-15 minutes post inhalation of salbutamol/albuterol, FEV1 prior to and 1 hour post inhalation of ipratropium, and inhaled corticosteroid use at baseline as covariates.
12 weeks
Quality of Life Assessment With St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) Total Score After 12 Weeks of Treatment
Time Frame: 12 weeks
SGRQ is a health related quality of life questionnaire consisting of 50 items in three domains: symptoms (frequency and severity), activity (that cause or are limited by breathlessness) and impacts (social functioning & psychological disturbances resulting from airway disease). The total score is 0 to 100 with a higher score indicating greater impairment of health status. Mixed model used baseline SGRQ, FEV1 prior to and 10-15 minutes post inhalation of salbutamol/albuterol, FEV1 prior to and 1 hour post inhalation of ipratropium, and inhaled corticosteroid use at baseline as covariates.
12 weeks
Change From Baseline in the Mean Number of Puffs Per Day of Rescue Medication Over the Study Duration (From Day 1 to Week 12)
Time Frame: Baseline, up to 12 weeks
Participants recorded the number of puffs of rescue medication taken in the previous 12 hours each morning and evening in an electronic diary. The number of puffs per day over the 12 weeks of treatment was divided by the number of days to derive the mean number per day of puffs of rescue medication for each participant. Mixed model used baseline number of puffs per day of rescue medication, FEV1 prior to and 10-15 minutes post inhalation of salbutamol/albuterol, FEV1 prior to and 1 hour post inhalation of ipratropium, and inhaled corticosteroid use at baseline as covariates.
Baseline, up to 12 weeks
Change From Baseline in the Mean Number Per Day of Daytime Puffs of Rescue Medication Over the Study Duration (From Day 1 to Week 12)
Time Frame: Baseline, up to 12 weeks
Participants recorded the number of puffs of rescue medication taken in the previous 12 hours each evening in an electronic diary. The number of daytime puffs per day over the 12 weeks of treatment was divided by the number of days to derive the mean number per day of daytime puffs of rescue medication for each participant. Mixed model used baseline number of daytime puffs per day of rescue medication, FEV1 prior to and 10-15 minutes post inhalation of salbutamol/albuterol, FEV1 prior to and 1 hour post inhalation of ipratropium, and inhaled corticosteroid use at baseline as covariates.
Baseline, up to 12 weeks
Change From Baseline in the Mean Number Per Day of Nighttime Puffs of Rescue Medication Over the Study Duration (From Day 1 to Week 12)
Time Frame: Baseline, up to 12 weeks
Participants recorded the number of puffs of rescue medication taken in the previous 12 hours each morning in an electronic diary. The number of nighttime puffs per day over the 12 weeks of treatment was divided by the number of days to derive the mean number per day of nighttime puffs of rescue medication for each participant. Mixed model used baseline number of nighttime puffs per day of rescue medication, FEV1 prior to and 10-15 minutes post inhalation of salbutamol/albuterol, FEV1 prior to and 1 hour post inhalation of ipratropium, and inhaled corticosteroid use at baseline as covariates.
Baseline, up to 12 weeks
Percentage of Days With no Rescue Medication Use During the 12 Weeks of Treatment
Time Frame: Up to 12 weeks
A day with no rescue medication was defined as any day in the diary that the participant used no puffs of rescue medication. The percentage of days with no rescue medication was calculated by dividing the number of days with no rescue medication over the 12 week treatment period by the number of evaluable days and multiplying by 100. Mixed model used baseline percentage of days with no rescue medication, FEV1 prior to and 10-15 minutes post inhalation of salbutamol/albuterol, FEV1 prior to and 1 hour post inhalation of ipratropium, and inhaled corticosteroid use at baseline as covariates.
Up to 12 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

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Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

June 1, 2009

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

March 1, 2010

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

March 1, 2010

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 12, 2009

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 12, 2009

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

May 13, 2009

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ESTIMATE)

August 19, 2011

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 22, 2011

Last Verified

July 1, 2011

More Information

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