COPD-C; COPD outpatient on demand clinic.
Recruiting
- Conditions
- chronic bronchitis.COPD10006436
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON30561
- Lead Sponsor
- Isala Klinieken
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 396
Inclusion Criteria
1. COPD patients at least GOLD II (FEV1 < 70%, FEV1/VC ratio <70%).
2. age > 40 years.
3. smoking history > 10 pack years.
4. informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
1. significant or instable comorbidity.
2. a history of asthma.
3. drug or alcohol abuse.
4. incapacity to fill in questionnaires.
5. prior randomisation.
6. abnormal chest X-ray (findings other than fitting with COPD).
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>1. the number of appointments at the outpatient clinic.<br /><br>2. use of medical care (hospitalizations / ER-visits / visits to GP/<br /><br>pulmonologist/<br /><br>need for antibiotics for respiratory upper tract infections).</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>1. patient satisfaction.<br /><br>2. quality of life (CCQ, SGRQ and SF-36).</p><br>