Plain-English translation of NCT05008081 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗ · Source last updated · Translation generated · How we translate trials
The CATALINA Study is collecting blood samples and detailed health information from 1,000 patients hospitalized for acute COPD flare-ups. Researchers will follow participants for one year — both while in the hospital and after discharge — to build a large database that will help develop better treatments and prediction tools for COPD in the future.
Right now, doctors struggle to predict which patients will have severe COPD flare-ups or how to best treat them. By gathering biological samples and health data from many patients during and after hospitalization, researchers hope to identify patterns that will lead to personalized treatment strategies and earlier warning signs.
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You would have three visits during your hospital stay (within 48 hours of arrival, at 72 hours, and at discharge) where blood and other samples are collected. Then you would return for check-ups at 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months after leaving the hospital. If you are readmitted to the hospital for breathing problems during the year, you would undergo similar testing during that readmission as well.
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