Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Pulmonary Hypertension: Prevalence and Quality of Life

Wissenschaftliches Institut Bethanien e.V

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hypertension, Pulmonary; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT01423071

WI_PH+COPD_73/2011

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence of pulmonary hypertension (PH) among patients suffering from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and to assess the quality of life in those patients with concomitant PH compared to COPD patients without PH and those only suffering from pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) respectively.

Enrollment: 220 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age ≥ 18 years
• Known or newly diagnosed COPD or PAH
• Written informed consent
• Present long-term oxygen treatment is no exclusion criterion

Exclusion criteria

• Age < 18 years
• Right-heart catheterization not reasonable
• Pregnancy, Lactation
• Life expectancy <12 months due to any diseases aside from COPD
• Any medical, psychological or other condition, which limits the patient's ability to provide informed consent
• No written informed consent provided
• Current participation in another clinical trial

Trial design

220 participants in 3 patient groups

COPD with PH

Description:

COPD patients with confirmed diagnosis of PH.

COPD without PH

Description:

COPD patients without confirmed diagnosis of PH

PAH without COPD

Description:

PAH patients who do not suffer from COPD