Impact of Chronic Air Pollution on Non-cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01906047

Enrollment

189

Registered

2013-07-23

Start date

2006-06-30

Completion date

2013-04-30

Last updated

2013-07-23

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Conditions

Bronchiectasis

Keywords

Non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis

Brief summary

We aim at investigation the impact of chronic air pollution exposure on non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis outcome.

Detailed description

* Patient files will be search for time of death and cause of death. * Other variables will be collected: bacterial culture results, therapy, gender, age, etc. * These data will be linked with pollution data: trafic load, distance to major road, etc.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 65 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* HRCT diagnosis of bronchiectasis * recurrent infections or chronic sputum production * patients between 18 and 65 years old.

Exclusion criteria

* Cystic Fibrosis * Tumoral disease * Traction bronchiectasis due to interstitial lung disease * patients older than 65 years or younger than 18 years at recruitment * COPD

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Death	6 years	From June 2006 till October 2012, enrolled patients' medical file will be screened if death has occurred. If so, cause of death will be search for in the patients' file.

Countries

Belgium

Outcome results