Impact of Air Quality on Exacerbations of COPD in the Somme

Status

Terminated

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03079661

Acronym

PolluBPCO

Enrollment

179

Registered

2017-03-14

Start date

2017-01-01

Completion date

2019-01-14

Last updated

2020-07-15

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Conditions

Acute Exacerbation Copd

Keywords

pollution, ozone, Copd, particles

Brief summary

All COPD patients with a diagnosis of acute exacerbation in emergency room in University Hospital of Amiens-Picardie between 01/01/2017 and 31/12/2017. The investigator will collect for each patient the home address and the work address. The duration of 1 year was chosen to take into account seasonal variations. In parallel, a daily report of the rate of ozone, particles (PM2.5 and PM10), dioxide nitrogen but also odours and pollens will be done by ATMO Picardie.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* All COPD patients with a diagnosis of acute exacerbation of COPD in the emergency room. The definition of COPD and acute exacerbation are the official definition of the Société de Pneumologie en Langue Française.

Exclusion criteria

* no

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
exacerbation rate : variable to be explicated with explicative variable : ozone, particles, dioxide nitrogen, but also pollens corresponding to each patient home address for period of exacerbation	1 day	exacerbation rate : variable to be explicated with explicative variable : ozone, particles, dioxide nitrogen, but also pollens corresponding to each patient home address for period of exacerbation

Countries

France

Outcome results