The CATALINA Study
Recruiting · NCT05008081 · Observational (researchers observe without assigning treatment) · Lead sponsor: Wim Janssens
View the official record on ClinicalTrials.gov →What this trial is about
The CATALINA study is a prospective cohort study embedded within CICERO (Collaboration In COPD ExaceRbatiOns, a European Respiratory Society supported Clinical Research Collaboration), designed to collect standardised, longitudinal clinical data and biological samples in 20 centres across Europe and beyond.
Who can take part
Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All (male and female)
Healthy volunteers
No - a diagnosis or condition is required
Phase
Not specified
Study type
Observational (researchers observe without assigning treatment)
Inclusion criteria
- Age 18 years and older
- Established diagnosis of COPD by medical doctor (based on clinical history OR pulmonary function test with an FEV1/FVC \< 0.7)
- Current hospitalization with suspicion of an acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)
- Inclusion within 48 hours post hospital admission
- Voluntary written informed consent of the participant or his/her representative obtained prior to any study procedure
Exclusion criteria
- Patients unwilling or unable to comply with study procedures
- Patients not requiring treatment with systemic corticosteroids, antibiotics or both as a minimum therapy for the index AECOPD
- Patients with a confirmed positive test result for COVID19, or those highly suspected based on clinical examination
Where it is running
22 locations listed.
- Gazi University Hospital - Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye)
- Hospital Clinic de Barcelona - Barcelona, Spain
- CHU St-Pierre Brussels - Brussels, Belgium
- University Hospital of Ferrara - Ferrara, Italy
- University Hospital - Golnik, Slovenia
- Sahlgrenska University Hospital - Gothenburg, Sweden
- UMC Groningen - Groningen, Netherlands
- LungenClinic - Großhansdorf, Germany
- Klinikum Itzehoe - Itzehoe, Germany
- University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein - Kiel, Germany
- Glenfield Hospital - Leicester, United Kingdom
- UZ Leuven - Leuven, Belgium
- CHU de Lille - Lille, France
- Kepler University Hospital - Linz, Austria
- Guy's Saint Thomas - London, United Kingdom
- Royal Brompton Hospital - London, United Kingdom
- Maastricht University Medical Hospital - Maastricht, Netherlands
- University Medical Centre of Gießen & Marburg - Marburg, Germany
- Churchil Hospital - Oxford, United Kingdom
- Cochin Hospital - Paris, France
- University Hospital Vienna - Vienna, Austria
- CHU UCL Namur Site Godinne - Yvoir, Belgium