An Open Prospective Longitudinal Pulmonary-cardiovascular Cohort Study (BIG3)

Region Skane

Status: Invitation-only

Conditions: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Lung Cancer; Cardiovascular Diseases

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01460264

BIG3-Region_Skane

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is an observational study aiming to identify and validate biomarkers (including imaging and clinical descriptors) for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cardiovascular disease (CVD) and lung cancer.

Enrollment: 10,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 45 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• 45-75 years

Trial design

10,000 participants in 2 patient groups

exposed

Description:

current daily smokers 100 cigarettes or more during lifetime

unexposed

Description:

current non-smokers