About OPACE

The OPACE trial is a clinical trial where if you decide to take part, you will be along with hundreds of other people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), to help improve treatments for people with COPD.

The OPACE trial will improve treatments for patients with COPD; finding out if there are benefits to long term azithromycin (beyond 1 year of treatment) or benefits to a trial of stopping it.

You may be able to take part if you:

• have COPD
• are prescribed an antibiotic as a regular treatment for your COPD (this antibiotic is called azithromycin), or other similar antibiotics (such as clarithromycin, erythromycin, roxithromycin)

Benefits of taking part:

• Playing an important role in helping improve treatments for COPD.
• More frequent health and COPD monitoring.
• Can take part directly from home if preferred.
• Trial medication delivered to participants’ homes.
• Can stop trial medication if wish but still be followed up in the trial.

A participant can go back on their standard azithromycin in the trial if preferred but still be in trial follow up.

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