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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 3 December 2012
Main ID:  NCT01122758
Date of registration: 11/05/2010
Primary sponsor: Cimera
Public title: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) History Assessment In SpaiN (CHAIN) CHAIN
Scientific title: (COPD History Assessment In SpaiN): "Estudio Sobre la Evolución Multidimensional de la Enfermedad Pulmonar Obstructiva Crónica (EPOC)".
Date of first enrolment: December 2009
Target sample size: 2400
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01122758
Study type:  Observational
Study design:  Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective  
Countries of recruitment
Spain
Contacts
Name:   Ciro Casanova, MD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email: casanovaciro@gmail.com
Affiliation: 
Name:   Ciro Casanova, MD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Hospital Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients = 35 years.

- Diagnosis of COPD (GOLD PBD FEV1/FVC ratio <0.70).

- Being in a stable phase of disease (8 weeks without exacerbation).

- Cummulative smoking = 10 pack-years.

- Absence of asthma or other chronic respiratory disease that justify the ventilatory
disorder (although a history of asthma is not an exclusion criteria);

- Absence of malignancy or very serious comorbidities that would prevent study
completion.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients <35 years.

- Recent exacerbation (<8 weeks).

- Not giving written informed consent.

- Presence of asthma or other chronic respiratory disease justifying the ventilatory
disorder,

- Diffuse bronchiectasis not associated with COPD.

- Presence of malignancy or very serious comorbidities that would prevent study
completion.

- Difficulty to perform appropriate follow-up.



Age minimum: 35 Years
Age maximum: 80 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
COPD
Intervention(s)
Primary Outcome(s)
To better determine COPD with a multidimensional assessment and the phenotypic progression of COPD [Time Frame: 5 years]
Secondary Outcome(s)
- Progression of the disease by degree of severity. - Effect of treatment on disease progression and variability of response according to phenotypes. - Geographical differences. - The impact of exacerbations. - The importance of comorbidities and [Time Frame: 5 years]
Secondary ID(s)
CHAIN
IB1323/10PI
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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