Indacaterol for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: systematic review and meta-analysis.

BACKGROUND: Inhaled bronchodilators are the first-line therapy for COPD. Indacaterol is a novel addition to existing long-acting bronchodilators. OBJECTIVES: Systematic review of randomized controlled trials (RCT) ON efficacy and safety of indacaterol as compared: 1) with placebo at different dosage...

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Main Authors: Vincent C H Chung, Polly H X Ma, David S C Hui, Wilson W S Tam, Jin Ling Tang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3743831?pdf=render