The Canadian Optimal Therapy of COPD Trial: Design, Organization and Patient Recruitment

BACKGROUND: There are no published studies that have assessed whether adding long-acting beta 2-agonist bronchodilators and/or inhaled steroids to chronic therapy with tiotropium would provide additional clinical benefit to patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD...

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Main Authors: Shawn D Aaron, Katherine Vandemheen, Dean Fergusson, Mark FitzGerald, Francois Maltais, Jean Bourbeau, Roger Goldstein, Andrew McIvor, Meyer Balter, Denis O'Donnell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2004-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2004/394710
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spelling doaj-art-07bba4fa8d6d481c8e0a0cea9232c59f2025-02-03T06:00:12ZengWileyCanadian Respiratory Journal1198-22412004-01-0111858158510.1155/2004/394710The Canadian Optimal Therapy of COPD Trial: Design, Organization and Patient RecruitmentShawn D Aaron0Katherine Vandemheen1Dean Fergusson2Mark FitzGerald3Francois Maltais4Jean Bourbeau5Roger Goldstein6Andrew McIvor7Meyer Balter8Denis O'Donnell9The Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaThe Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaThe Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaCentre de recherche, Hôpital Laval, Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, The University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, The University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaThe Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, CanadaBACKGROUND: There are no published studies that have assessed whether adding long-acting beta 2-agonist bronchodilators and/or inhaled steroids to chronic therapy with tiotropium would provide additional clinical benefit to patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2004/394710
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Canadian Respiratory Journal
title The Canadian Optimal Therapy of COPD Trial: Design, Organization and Patient Recruitment
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