Perspective research concerning with the relationship between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and atherosclerosis.

Perspective research concerning with the relationship between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and atherosclerosis. - COPD and atherosclerosis

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000028918

Enrollment

150

Registered

2017-08-31

Start date

2017-08-31

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: COPD is diagnosed in accordance with Japan COPD guideline and the patients with COPD over 65 years of old are recruited. The healthy volunteers of never smokers and current or past smokers without COPD over 65 years of old are also recruited from general population.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: The patients who had moderate to severe arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation, peripheral circulatory failure, conspicuous heart failure, renal failure, impaired cognitive function or those who had suffered from respiratory tract infection or exacerbation of COPD during the preceding three months, and those who had been treated with narcotic agents due to insomnia are excluded.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
cardio ankle vascular index (CAVI)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Ankle-Brachial-Index (ABI) and Toe Brachial Index (TBI)	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactKeisaku Fujimoto

Shinshu University school of Health Sciences Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences

keisaku@shinshu-u.ac.jp0263-37-2393

Outcome results