Hospitalary Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Registry

Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires300 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to create an institutional registry of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease through a prospective survey based on epidemiological data, risk factors, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, monitoring and survival.

The main goal is to describe the characteristics of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients, including their clinical, spirometric, exacerbation and mortality characteristics within the population of the Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

300

Conditions

COPD Exacerbations Death

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 40 YearsMax age: 85 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients older than 40 years with a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease diagnosis according to global obstructive lung Global initiative for chronic Obstructive Lung Disease criteria. * Follow up at the Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires. Exclusion Criteria: * Refusal to participate or to agree to the informed consent. * Known non chronic obstructive pulmonary disease respiratory disease (ej: Lung Cancer, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary Fibrosis, Neumoconiosis, Cystic Fibrosis, Sarcoidosis, etc) * Severe alpha-1 antitripsin deficit (typr SZ or ZZ) * Previously thoracic surgery (ej: lung volume reduction, lung transplantation).

Locations (1)

Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Peron 4190

Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires F.D., Argentina

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Death

All cause of death

Time frame: At 6 months after enrollment

Secondary Outcomes

Morbidity

Saint George respiratory questionnaire

Time frame: At 6 months after enrollment

Functional decline (Forced expired volume at one second)

Forced expired volume at one second

Time frame: At 12 months after enrollment

Exacerbations (defined as an increase in symptoms that requires treatment)

Number of exacerbations in the timeframe (defined as an increase in symptoms that requires treatment)

Time frame: At 12 months after enrollment

Central Contacts

Diego H Giunta, MD

CONTACT

541149590200 diego.giunta@hospitalitaliano.org.ar

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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