  We analyze the neutrino induced charged current coherent pion production at
the energies of interest for recent experiments like K2K and MiniBooNE. Medium
effects in the production mechanism and the distortion of the pion wave
function, obtained solving the Klein Gordon equation with a microscopic optical
potential, are included in the calculation. We find a strong reduction of the
cross section due to these effects and also substantial modifications of the
energy distributions of the final lepton and pion.
