Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Haemoptysis: a Multicenter Study

University of Milan

Status: Completed

Conditions: Acute Bronchitis; Bronchiectasis; Tuberculosis; Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Lung Cancer; Pneumonia; Cryptogenic Haemoptysis

Treatments: Other: computed tomography of the chest; Other: Chest X-ray; Procedure: Bronchoscopy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02045394

HAEMOPTYSIS76

Details and patient eligibility

About

Haemoptysis is the coughing up of blood originating from the respiratory tract. It is a common and worrying clinical symptom which can be due to different aetiologies including lung cancer, tuberculosis, COPD, bronchiectasis, pneumonia, acute bronchitis or unknown origin (cryptogenic haemoptysis). Epidemiology and optimal diagnostic approach are largely unclear. Aims of this study are to define current epidemiology and to provide the best diagnostic approach by providing a diagnostic algorithm.

Enrollment: 610 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• haemoptysis requiring a diagnosis

Exclusion criteria

• history of known bleeding lesions in the upper or lower airways

Trial design

610 participants in 1 patient group

Patients presenting with haemoptysis

Treatment:

Procedure: Bronchoscopy

Other: computed tomography of the chest

Other: Chest X-ray