Metabolic Changes in Patients With Chronic Cardiopulmonary Disease

General and Teaching Hospital Celje

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Chronic Kidney Disease; Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Heart Failure; Malignancy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02550808

ML-MTB-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to evaluate prevalence of sarcopenia and cachexia in patients with chronic cardiopulmonary disease. The investigators will also investigate metabolic disorders like glucose metabolism, presence of metabolic syndrome, body composition and histological changes in skeletal muscle and body fat. Finally, patients will be followed for clinical endpoints.

Enrollment: 400 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• diagnosis of chronic disease (Heart failure, COPD, malignancy, CKD) or no diagnosis (controls)

Exclusion criteria

• refuse to participate

Trial design

400 participants in 5 patient groups

Heart failure

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Chronic kidney disease

Malignancy

Controls