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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2023
Theravance Biopharma R&d Ip, Llc, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Christopher Noel Barnes, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Glenn D. Crater, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Edmund J. Moran, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Srikanth Pendyala, South San Francisco, CA (US);
THERA VANCE BIOPHARMA R&D IP, LLC, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods for treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in a patient are disclosed. In the methods, a patient having COPD is selected for treatment based on the patient's peak inspiratory flow rate (PIFR) and percent predicted force expiratory volume in one second (FEV); and a bronchodilator is administered to the selected patient using a nebulizer. Administration of a bronchodilator to patients having low PIFR and a percent predicted FEVless than 50 percent using a nebulizer as the inhalation delivery device provides significantly greater improvements in trough FEVand trough forced vital capacity (FVC) compared to administration of a bronchodilator to such patients using a dry powder inhaler.