Multicenter observational study to characterize and follow-up a cohort of patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Catalonia
Creation of the first multicenter observational study in Catalonia to characterize and follow-up of patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The follow-up will be up to 5 years, with a first initial visit and control visits every year. All patients will be recruited from respiratory departments from major hospitals from Catalonia, a region with approximately 8 million inhabitants and a wide web of public hospitals.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
450
Cohort creation in Catalonia
Creation of a long follow-up (5 years) cohort of severe COPD patients in Catalonia
Time frame: Up to 5 years
Describe the demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with severe COPD in Catalonia.
Identify the distribution of sex, age, severity of lung function impairment, treatment administered and comorbidities of severe COPD patients
Time frame: Up to 5 years
Assess the natural history and prognosis of severe COPD
Assess the decline in lung function, frequency and severity of exacerbations and survival over a period of 5 years
Time frame: Up to 5 years
Assess effect of the different treatments, both inhaled and non-inhaled, on the disease progression and according to the patient's phenotype.
Compare the evolution in terms of decline in lung function, exacerbations and survival in patients treated with inhaled corticosteroids versus patients treated without inhaled corticosteroids
Time frame: Up to 5 years
Impact of exacerbations and chronic bronchial infection on the evolution of COPD
Compare the evolution in terms of decline in lung function, frequency and severity of exacerbations and survival according to the presence and severity of exacerbations and the presence of chronic bronchial infection during follow-up
Time frame: Up to 5 years
Importance of comorbidities in the evolution of COPD
Compare the evolution in terms of decline in lung function, frequency and severity of exacerbations and survival according to the presence and severity of different comorbidities and according to the scores on the Chrlson comorbidity index
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Time frame: Up to 5 years