This purpose of this study is to obtain inhalation profiles in subjects with very severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). This is a study with no investigational medicinal product. Each subject will attend the clinic on 2 occasions, initially for a screening visit and then for further assessments if included (Visit 1). The maximum time that a subject may be enrolled in the study is 33 days from the screening visit to follow up.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
15
Patients are receiving no treatment in this study and there is no investigational product involved
GSK Investigational Site
Edegem, Belgium
Inhalation profile parameters
Following inhalation profile parameters will be obtained using the inhalation profile recorder: Peak Pressure Drop, Peak Inspiratory Flow Rate (PIFR), Inhaled Volume, Inhalation time, Average Inhalation flow, Acceleration rate
Time frame: up to approximately 1 month
Pharyngometry measures
Oropharyngeal dimensions will be measured using following parameters of pharyngometry: Distance, Volume, Average cross sectional area.
Time frame: up to approximately 1 month
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