Sputum colour charts to guide antibiotic self-treatment of acute exacerbation of COPD

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Respiratory; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified

• Registration Number: ISRCTN14955629
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Birmingham

Brief Summary

2021 Other publications in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33664262/ mixed methods substudy establishing the prevalence of CVD in primary care, (added 03/12/2021)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2020-11-11
• Last Update Posted: 28 November 2023
• Study Completion: 2024-03-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Ongoing
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 115

Inclusion Criteria

1. Clinically diagnosed COPD, confirmed by a medical record of post-bronchodilator spirometry denoting obstruction
2. =2 AECOPD in the 12 months prior to screening according to the patient OR =1 hospital admission for AECOPD (i.e., GOLD C or D)

Exclusion Criteria

Household member already participating in the study

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
A binary outcome assessing the incidence of at least one AECOPD over 12 months post randomisation where patients needed hospitalisation (defined by hospital discharge letter/coding). Data will be obtained from NHS digital medical records (hospital episode statistics; HES) which ensures any admissions not reported to the GP are picked up.