The purpose of this study was to examine the characteristics of patients selected for treatment with roflumilast and the effectiveness and safety of roflumilast in patients with severe or very severe COPD treated in Hospital and outpatient specialist ward settings in Greece.
The drug being observed in this study is called roflumilast. Roflumilast is used to treat people who have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) associated with chronic bronchitis with a history of worsening symptoms. This study looked at side effects and the lung function of people who take roflumilast. The study enrolled 2577 patients who were already prescribed roflumilast as an add on to bronchiodilator treatment by their healthcare provider. This multi-centre trial was conducted in Greece. The overall time to participate in this study was up to 6 months. Participants were evaluated during routine appointments with their healthcare provider.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
2,577
Change from Baseline in Forced Expiratory Volume in First Second (FEV1) at Month 6
FEV1 is the amount of air which can be forcibly exhaled from the lungs in the first second of a forced exhalation.
Time frame: Baseline and Month 6
Change From Baseline in Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) at Month 6
Vital capacity is the amount of air which can be forcibly exhaled from the lungs after taking the deepest breath possible.
Time frame: Baseline and Month 6
Change From Baseline in Ratio of Forced Expiratory Volume After 1 Second to Forced Vital Capacity (FEV1/FVC) at Month 6
The FEV1/FVC ratio represents the percentage of vital capacity expelled from the lungs during the first second of a forced exhalation.
Time frame: Baseline and Month 6
Change from Baseline in Forced Expiratory Volume in First Second (FEV1) at Month 6
FEV1 is the amount of air which can be forcibly exhaled from the lungs in the first second of a forced exhalation.
Time frame: Baseline and Month 6
Percentage of Participants with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Exacerbations
A COPD exacerbation is an event characterised by a worsening in the patient's baseline dyspnoea, or cough and/or sputum beyond day-to-day variability sufficient to warrant a change in management, and may be accompanied by increased wheeze, chest tightness, purulent sputum and symptoms of cold and/or fatigue.
Time frame: Month 3 and Month 6
Percentage of Participants requiring Hospitalizations due to Exacerbations of COPD
Time frame: Up to Month 6
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Change from Baseline in Clinical COPD Questionnaire (CCQ) Total Score
Quality of life will be evaluated using the Clinical COPD Questionnaire (CCQ) 10-item questionnaire. The questions in the CCQ are divided into three area's, or domains: Symptoms: items 1, 2, 5 and 6; Functional state: items 7, 8, 9 and 10; Mental state: items 3 and 4. Individual items within the CCQ are equally weighted. The total score is calculated by adding the scores of the ten items and dividing that number by ten (= number of items). The total CCQ score, and the score on each of the three domains, varies between 0 (very good health status) to 6 (extremely poor health status).
Time frame: Baseline and Months 3 and 6
Change from Baseline in MRC Dyspnea Scale
The Medical Research Council (MRC) breathlessness (dyspnea) scale comprises five statements that describe almost the entire range of respiratory disability: 1 - Not troubled by breathlessness except on strenuous exercise; 2 - Short of breath when hurrying or walking up a slight hill; 3 - Walks slower than contemporaries on level ground because of breathlessness, or has to stop for breath when walking at own pace; 4 - Stops for breath after walking about 100m or after a few minutes on level ground; 5 - Too breathless to leave the house, or breathless when dressing or undressing. The highest numbered question to which the subject answered 'Yes' is the Dyspnea Scale Score.
Time frame: Baseline and Months 3 and 6
Patient's Satisfaction with Roflumilast
Is the perception of the participant according to the scale provided.
Time frame: Baseline and Months 3 and 6
Physician's Satisfaction with Roflumilast
Is the perception of Physician taking into consideration the effectiveness and the tolerability of the drug.
Time frame: Baseline and Months 3 and 6
Change From Baseline in Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) at Month 3
Vital capacity is the amount of air which can be forcibly exhaled from the lungs after taking the deepest breath possible.
Time frame: Baseline and Month 3
Change From Baseline in Ratio of Forced Expiratory Volume After 1 Second to Forced Vital Capacity (FEV1/FVC) at Month 3
The FEV1/FVC ratio represents the percentage of vital capacity expelled from the lungs during the first second of a forced exhalation.
Time frame: Baseline and Month 3
Compliance to treatment
According to physician's judgment
Time frame: 6 months
Number of participants with adverse drug reactions (ADR)
An ADR is any response to a medicinal product which is noxious and unintended and which occurs at doses normally used in man for the prophylaxis, diagnosis or therapy of diseases or for the restoration, correction or modification of physiological function.
Time frame: 6 months
Concomitant administration of inhaled bronchodilators and corticosteroids
Concomitant administration of inhaled bronchodilators and corticosteroids, either separately or in combination.
Time frame: 6 months