COMET: Near-patient testing to guide COPD maintenance treatment in primary care
- Conditions
- Specialty: Primary Care, Primary sub-specialty: Respiratory disordersUKCRC code/ Disease: Respiratory/ Chronic lower respiratory diseasesRespiratoryChronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN12181464
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Oxford
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 96
1. Participant is willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the study
2. Male or Female, aged 40 years or above
3. Have a diagnosis of COPD meeting spirometric criteria for diagnosis of COPD (FEV1/FVC ratio <0.7) as recorded in their primary care records
1. Any previous diagnosis of bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis, interstitial lung disease, lung cancer, alpha-1 anti-trypsin deficiency or other chronic respiratory disease not related to COPD or asthma
2. Co-existent active diagnosis of asthma (reviewed in the last 2 years)
3. Currently prescribed an ICS, or had a prescription for ICS in the last 2 years
4. Regularly takes oral steroids, or has been regularly taking oral steroids in the last 2 years. Regular use of oral steroids will in general be defined as a longer than 2 week course, although discrete short courses with tapering are acceptable for inclusion.
5. Prior inclusion in a clinical trial of an investigational medicinal product for airways disease in the last 90 days or which may involve administration of oral or inhaled steroid treatment
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method