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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 16 December 2017
Main ID:  NCT03359915
Date of registration: 27/11/2017
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: University College, London
Public title: GECo: Implementation and Effectiveness of COPD Self Management Action Plans in Low and Middle Income Countries GECo2
Scientific title: Global Excellence in COPD Outcomes: Implementation and Effectiveness of COPD Self-Management Action Plans in Low and Middle Income Countries
Date of first enrolment: December 2017
Target sample size: 240
Recruitment status: Not yet recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03359915
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Health Services Research. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Nepal Peru Uganda
Contacts
Name:     John R Hurst, FRCP, PhD
Address: 
Telephone: +442074726260
Email: j.hurst@ucl.ac.uk
Affiliation: 
Name:     John R Hurst, FRCP, PhD
Address: 
Telephone:
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Affiliation:  University College, London
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Male or female participants aged =40 years

- Full-time resident in the area (living in area > 6 months)

- Able to perform adequate quality spirometry

- Capable of providing informed consent

- Identified as having COPD grade B-D as per GOLD criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

- Pregnancy (self-reported)

- Currently has active pulmonary TB or is taking medications for pulmonary TB

- Identified as having COPD grade A as per GOLD criteria



Age minimum: 40 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Intervention(s)
Behavioral: COPD Self-Management Plan
Primary Outcome(s)
Change in SGRQ [Time Frame: 12 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Number of Exacerbations [Time Frame: 12 months]
Number of CHW visits [Time Frame: 12 months]
Number of Hospitalisations [Time Frame: 12 months]
Health-Economics [Time Frame: 12 months]
Secondary ID(s)
16/0630_RCT
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Asociación Benéfica Prisma
Makerere University
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Johns Hopkins University
Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
University of York
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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