FORWARD: A study of extrafine beclomethasone/formoterol compared with formoterol alone in patients with severe COPD and a history of exacerbations

A. Agusti, M. Corradi, G. Cohuet, S. Vezzoli, D. Singh, J. Vestbo, P. Paggiaro, P. Jones, S. Petruzzelli, J. Wedzicha (Barcelona, Spain; Parma, Pisa, Italy; Manchester, London, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Clinical trials of LAMAs, LABAs, MABAs and theophylline for asthma and COPD
Session: Clinical trials of LAMAs, LABAs, MABAs and theophylline for asthma and COPD
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 762
Disease area: Airway diseases

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A. Agusti, M. Corradi, G. Cohuet, S. Vezzoli, D. Singh, J. Vestbo, P. Paggiaro, P. Jones, S. Petruzzelli, J. Wedzicha (Barcelona, Spain; Parma, Pisa, Italy; Manchester, London, United Kingdom). FORWARD: A study of extrafine beclomethasone/formoterol compared with formoterol alone in patients with severe COPD and a history of exacerbations. Eur Respir J 2013; 42: Suppl. 57, 762

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