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The CATALINA Study

RECRUITINGSponsored by Wim Janssens
Actively Recruiting
SponsorWim Janssens
Started2022-10-25
Est. completion2025-12
Eligibility
Age18 Years+
Healthy vol.Accepted

Summary

The CATALINA study is a prospective cohort study embedded within CICERO (Collaboration In COPD ExaceRbatiOns, a European Respiratory Society supported Clinical Research Collaboration), designed to collect standardised, longitudinal clinical data and biological samples in 20 centres across Europe and beyond.

Eligibility

Age: 18 Years+Healthy volunteers accepted
Inclusion Criteria:

* Age 18 years and older
* Established diagnosis of COPD by medical doctor (based on clinical history OR pulmonary function test with an FEV1/FVC \< 0.7)
* Current hospitalization with suspicion of an acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)
* Inclusion within 48 hours post hospital admission
* Voluntary written informed consent of the participant or his/her representative obtained prior to any study procedure

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients unwilling or unable to comply with study procedures
* Patients not requiring treatment with systemic corticosteroids, antibiotics or both as a minimum therapy for the index AECOPD
* Patients with a confirmed positive test result for COVID19, or those highly suspected based on clinical examination

Conditions2

COPDChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation

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