Belgian Pulmonary Function Study (BPFS)

Marc Decramer

Status: Completed

Conditions: Respiratory Symptoms

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01297881

S52460

Details and patient eligibility

About

Pulmonary function tests including spirometry, lung volumes, measurements of resistance and diffusing capacity are essential in the diagnosis of several pulmonary diseases. These tests are an integral part of the diagnosis and treatment of lung diseases, but until now there is no clear evidence for the use of many of the pulmonary function tests because of a lack of adequate studies. The obscurity largely pertains to the conditions under which combinations of the various tests are indicated. Therefore the Belgian Thoracic Society, assembling all pulmonologists and the pneumology LOK/GLEM"s, will investigate this matter.

Enrollment: 1,000 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Males and females
• Age between 18 and 75 years old
• New outpatients with respiratory symptoms as dyspnoea, cough, sputum, but without firm diagnosis
• Results of the tests are available and acceptable
• Standardized list of complaints
• Capability of patient for doing pulmonary function tests
• Seen by a Pneumologist
• Written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with diagnosed respiratory disease
• Younger than 18 and older than 75 years old
• Recent heart attack
• Pneumothorax
• hemoptoic
• Suspicion of Tuberculosis
• Not capable to do pulmonary function tests

Trial design

1,000 participants in 1 patient group

Caucasian outpatients with respiratory symptoms

Description:

all consecutive new Caucasian outpatients with respiratory symptoms like dyspnoea, cough, sputum but without diagnosis who are being examined for the first time.