# Effects of Inhaled Corticosteroids on Sputum Bacterial Load in COPD

> **NCT01213693** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Università degli Studi di Ferrara** · enrollment: 60 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Salmeterol/Fluticasone combination
- **DRUG:** Salmeterol

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01213693
- **Lead sponsor:** Università degli Studi di Ferrara
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2009-05
- **Primary completion:** 2013-05
- **Final completion:** 2013-11
- **Target enrollment:** 60 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2016-04-08

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01213693

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01213693, "Effects of Inhaled Corticosteroids on Sputum Bacterial Load in COPD". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01213693. Licensed CC0.

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