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Triple Therapy Convenience by the Use of One or Multiple Inhalers and Digital Support in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

RECRUITINGN/ASponsored by Franciscus Gasthuis
Actively Recruiting
PhaseN/A
SponsorFranciscus Gasthuis
Started2022-12-13
Est. completion2026-12
Eligibility
Age40 Years+
Healthy vol.Accepted

Summary

TRICOLON is an investigator initiated, prospective, interventional, open-label, randomized, real-world, multi-centre, 3-arms study in the Netherlands. The primary objective is to investigate in COPD patients if single-inhaler triple therapy (SITT) is superior to multi-inhaler triple therapy (MITT) in terms of adherence to inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) therapy and to investigate if SITT with e-health support is superior to MITT and SITT without e-health support.

Eligibility

Age: 40 Years+Healthy volunteers accepted
Inclusion Criteria:

* Clinical diagnosis of COPD for at least 1 year before the screening visit
* Aged 40 years and older
* An indication for triple therapy according to the treating physician (following the GOLD guideline 2021(2)). Could be step-up from dual therapy or currently receiving triple therapy (both MITT and SITT).
* Owner of mobile device compatible with e-device app with access to internet (Android or iOS)
* Willing to provide written informed consent
* Current or ex-smoker

Exclusion Criteria:

* Inability to comply with study procedures or with study treatment
* Insufficiently skilled in the Dutch language to be able to read and understand the app. Help by third party (family members) is allowed
* Asthma as the predominant disease according to the investigator's opinion, a past history of asthma is allowed
* Use of e-health application for COPD in the past six months
* Patients with any other therapy that could interfere with the study drugs (according to the investigator's opinion)
* Use of nebulized bronchodilators, for example via pari boy
* Pregnant or lactating women and all women physiologically capable of becoming pregnant unless they have highly effective contraceptive
* Patients mentally or legally incapacitated, or patients accommodated in an establishment as a result of an official or judicial order
* Patients without the capability to complete the questionnaires

Conditions2

Adherence, MedicationCOPD

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