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Table 2 Details of each enrolled study

From: Can roflumilast, a phosphodiesterase-4 inhibitor, improve clinical outcomes in patients with moderate-to-severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? A meta-analysis

Author (Year)

NCT No.

Patients

Population (I/C)

Intervention

Control

Routine

Duration

Follow-up

Outcomesa

Drug

Dose

Frequency

Rennard, 2011 [21]

NCT00076089 (M2-111)

COPD with postbronchodilator FEV1% of 50 % or less, age ≥ 40 years and a smoking history > 10 pack-year

1173 (567/606)

Roflumilast

500ug

Once daily

Placebo

Oral

52 weeks

52 weeks

Ferguson, 2012 [22]

NCT01443845

Severe-to-very-severe COPD patients with a history of exacerbations

2300 (1150/1150)

Roflumilast

500ug

Once daily

Placebo

Oral

12 months

12 months

O’Donnell, 2012 [23]

M2-118

COPD with postbronchodilator FEV1% of 30 ~ 80 %, age ≥ 40 years and a smoking history ≥ 10 pack-year

250 (127/123)

Roflumilast

500ug

Once daily

Placebo

Oral

12 weeks

12 weeks

Zheng, 2014 [24]

NCT01313494

COPD with postbronchodilator FEV1% of 50 % or less, age ≥ 40 years and a smoking history ≥ 10 pack-year

626 (313/313)

Roflumilast

500ug

Once daily

Placebo

Oral

24 weeks

24 weeks

Martinez, 2015 [25]

NCT01329029 (REACT)

COPD with postbronchodilator FEV1% of 50 % or less, age ≥ 40 years and a smoking history ≥ 20 pack-year

1935 (969/966)

Roflumilast

500ug

Once daily

Placebo

Oral

52 weeks

52 weeks

Wells, 2015 [14]

NCT01572948

Moderate-to-severe COPD with age > 40 years and a smoking history > 10 pack-year

27 (11/16)

Roflumilast

500ug

Once daily

Placebo

Oral

30 days

14 weeks (12 weeks for lung function test)

  1. aOutcome measures include: Change of prebronchodilator FEV1; Change of postbronchodilator FEV1; Change of postbronchodilator FVC; Change of postbronchodilator FEV6; Change of postbronchodilator FEF25-75; Change of SGRQ; Change of TDI; Incidence of exacerbation; Incidence of adverse events
  2. COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, FEF 25-75 forced expiratory flow between 25 and 75 % of the vital capacity, FEV 1 forced expiratory volume in one second, FEV 6 forced expiratory volume in six seconds, FVC forced vital capacity, I/C intervention/control, NM not mentioned, No. numbers, SGRQ St George’s Respiratory Questionnaire, TDI transition dyspnea index