Status:
UNKNOWN
Predicting the Course of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in Primary Care
Lead Sponsor:
University of Zurich
Collaborating Sponsors:
Swiss National Science Foundation
Zurich Lung League
Conditions:
COPD
Eligibility:
All Genders
40+ years
Brief Summary
Background: COPD is a systemic illness; morbidity and mortality due to this disease are on the increase, and it has great impact on patients' lives. Most COPD patients are managed by general practitio...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients ≥40 years of age with COPD in GOLD stage II to IV (postbronchodilator FEV1/FVC≤0.70, postbronchodilator FEV1≤80% predicted) are eligible if in- or outpatient treatment of their last exacerbation ended ≥4 weeks ago.
Exclusion
- Patients who received mechanical ventilation in the previous 12 months (because of extremely poor prognosis), patients with co-morbidities associated with a life expectancy of ≤12 months, patients diagnosed with dementia, psychosis or other psychiatric illness that invalidate assessment of patient-reported parameters and patients who cannot complete thr baseline assessment due to language difficulties.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2008
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
August 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
450 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00706602
Start Date
May 1 2008
End Date
August 1 2014
Last Update
June 28 2010
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Institute for primary care, University of Zurich
Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, 8091