NCT00605540

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Markers and Prognosis

Three-years Follow-up of Diagnostic and Prognostic Markers in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 133 (actual)
• Sponsor: UPECLIN HC FM Botucatu Unesp · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years – 95 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The study aim is to verify the association between the changes in markers of disease and patient´s prognosis in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Detailed description

In a previous study, 133 COPD patients were followed-up during the period of one-year. Analyses of the association between baseline characteristic and the occurence of disease exacerbation was performed. In this study, the patients included in the previous research will be contacted and invited to participate in a complete evaluation after a three-year period. The association of the changes in dyspnea perception, spirometry variables, body composition, quality of life and exercise tolerance measures with disease prognostic will be studied.

Conditions

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-01-01
• Primary completion: 2010-03-01
• Completion: 2012-02-01
• First posted: 2008-01-31
• Last updated: 2014-09-03
• Results posted: 2014-09-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil