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Register: Netherlands Trial Register
Last refreshed on: 28 April 2013
Main ID:  NTR2321
Date of registration: 11/05/2010
Primary sponsor: Academic Medical Center (AMC)
Public title: Breath testing for asthma and COPD.
Scientific title: The diagnostic accuracy of exhaled breath fingerprinting by eNose for asthma and COPD in patients with an intention to diagnose. - IDeNose
Date of first enrolment: 17/5/2010
Target sample size: 80
Recruitment status: recruiting
URL:  http://www.trialregister.nl/trialreg/admin/rctview.asp?TC=2321
Study type:  observational
Study design:  Randomised: No; Masking: None; Control: Not applicable; Group: Parallel; Type: Single arm  
Countries of recruitment
The Netherlands
Contacts
Name: Niki  Fens
Address:  Clinical Research Fellow 'Electronic Nose' Academic Medical Center (AMC) University of Amsterdam Department of Pulmonology F5-260 P.O.Box 22660, Meibergdreef 9 1100 DD 1105 AZ Amsterdam The Netherlands
Telephone: +31 (0)20 5664359
Email: N.Fens@amc.nl
Affiliation: 
Name: Niki  Fens
Address:  Clinical Research Fellow 'Electronic Nose' Academic Medical Center (AMC) University of Amsterdam Department of Pulmonology F5-260 P.O.Box 22660, Meibergdreef 9 1100 DD 1105 AZ Amsterdam The Netherlands
Telephone: +31 (0)20 5664359
Email: N.Fens@amc.nl
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients (>16 years old) getting a diagnostic work-up for asthma or COPD in the Academic Medical Centre (Amsterdam) will be included in the study;

2. Differential diagnosis of asthma, COPD, obstructive lung disease;

3. Clinical evaluation for reversibility (FEV1), airway hyperresponsiveness, airway obstruction.

Exclusion criteria: Known current diagnosis of asthma and/or COPD.

Age minimum:
Age maximum:
Gender:
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Asthma, COPD, STARD, Diagnostic accuracy

Intervention(s)
Electronic nose: The Cyranose 320 (Smith Detections, Pasadena, Ca, USA), a handheld portable chemical vapor analyzer, containing a nanocomposite sensor array with 32 polymer sensors. Patients will breathe normally through a mouthpiece, connected to a three-way non-re-breathing valve and an inspiratory VOC-filter (A2, North Safety, NL) for 5 minutes. After a single deep inspiration the patient exhales a vital capacity volume into a Tedlar bag connected to the expiratory port. Within 30 minutes the electronic nose will be connected to the Tedlar bag, followed by 1 minute sampling of the exhaled air.



Diagnostic work-up for asthma or COPD.

According to usual care.

At least pre-bronchodilator spirometry and symptoms.



Skin prick test/RAST: Allergy testing.

Spirometry: Pre- and postbronchodilator spirometry according to ERS/ATS recommendations.

Exhaled NO: Using the Niox Aerocrine or Niox Mino according to the ATS recommendations (ATS NO).

Bronchial responsiveness by histamine or methacholine challenge according to ERS/ATS recommendations.

Symptoms: Questionnaires for assessing symptoms of asthma and COPD and for co-morbidity will be used.
Primary Outcome(s)
The primary outcome parameter is the breathprint provided by the electronic nose.
Secondary Outcome(s)
1. FEV1;

2. Reversibility in FEV1;

3. PC20 airway hyperresponsiveness;

4. Respiratory symptoms.
Secondary ID(s)
07/153
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Netherlands Asthma Foundation
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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