Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Markers and Prognosis

UPECLIN HC FM Botucatu Unesp

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00605540

upeclin/HC/FMB-Unesp-06

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Full 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.

Enrollment: 133 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 95 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• COPD diagnosis according to the GOLD criteria

Exclusion criteria

• Asthma
• Inability to perform pulmonary function and exercise tolerance tests
• Recent myocardial infarction or unstable angina
• Congestive heart failure: class III/IV

Trial design

133 participants in 1 patient group

Study COPD population

Description:

Patients with diagnosis of mild to very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease