TY - BOOK AU - Trifilieff,Alexandre ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Indacaterol: The First Once-daily Long-acting Beta2 Agonist for COPD T2 - Milestones in Drug Therapy, SN - 9783034807098 AV - RM1-950 U1 - 615 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Basel PB - Springer Basel, Imprint: Springer KW - medicine KW - Toxicology KW - Pneumology KW - Biomedicine KW - Pharmacology/Toxicology KW - Pneumology/Respiratory System N1 - Current Pharmacotherapy for COPD -- The preclinical pharmacology of indacaterol -- The design of the indacaterol molecule -- The early clinical development of Indacaterol -- INHANCE: An adaptive confirmatory study with dose selection at interim -- Phase III clinical efficacy studies – lung function -- Phase III Clinical Efficacy of Indacaterol -- Patient-centered Outcomes -- The history and performance of the Breezhaler device -- What does the future hold for the therapy of COPD?   N2 - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a multi-component condition that results in increasingly limited airflow, usually associated with an abnormal inflammatory response of the lung. It constitutes a major public health burden worldwide, while only very few effective therapies are available. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the development of Onbrez Breezhaler, a newly approved once-daily inhaled β2 agonist for the treatment of COPD. It reviews the current pharmacotherapy for COPD and discusses topics such as the chemical design and the pre-clinical pharmacology of the molecule, the early clinical development, the INHANCE study (which provides a successful example of the use of an adaptive design in the confirmatory setting) and the Phase III clinical efficacy study, as well as the history and performance of the Breezhaler device. Finally, a list of emerging targets is included that could well offer future treatment options for COPD UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-0709-8 ER -