The London COPD Exacerbation Cohort

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age40-100
SponsorImperial College London

About this trial

The London COPD exacerbation (EXCEL) cohort builds on an established cohort started in 1995 and designed to study COPD exacerbations and their impact on health-status and disease progression.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 sec (FEV1)/Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) ratio of <0.70

Able and willing to give informed and written consent

Disqualifiers

Patients with a history of asthma, bronchiectasis, carcinoma of the bronchus, or other significant respiratory disease were excluded.

Patients on Immunosuppressive medications or with active cancer

Long term steroid therapy

Age <40 years at recruitment

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Not listed

Trial groups

No trial groups listed

Sponsors and collaborators