Comparative evaluation of COPD indices to assess risk of future exacerbations in COPD patients
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- chronic obstructive airway disease
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2018/05/014295
- Lead Sponsor
- Kasturba medical college
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. Age above 40 years of both sexes
2. Currently stable disease (atleast 4 weeks after resolution of last exacerbation)
3. Patients with primary diagnosis of COPD based on spirometry criteria following GOLD
guidelines (Global Initiative for Chronic Lung Disease) â?? A post-bronchodilator FEV1/FVC <=
0.7
4. Patients who have smoked >=20 pack years
Exclusion Criteria
1. History of asthma or increase in FEV1 >12% and >200 ml from baseline after administration
of bronchodilator
2. Inability to perform the lung function test or 6-minute walk distance tests
3. Unstable angina or congestive heart failure patients
4. Patients not giving consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method