Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 5:09 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 5:09 PM
NCT ID:
NCT04223050
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* age 18 years or older
* ability to give informed consent
* previously diagnosed COPD (either confirmed diagnosis at prior hospital - contact or from their general practitioner or confirmed diagnosis by the treating physician in the emergency department (verified by use of relevant medication))
* admitted with acute exacerbation (acute and worsened shortness of breath) of COPD
* requiring oxygen treatment
Exclusion Criteria:
* Instability at arrival requiring immediate lifesaving treatment, e.g. intubation or non-invasive ventilation, within the first 30 minutes
* Expected total length of stay in hospital \< 12 hours
* Planned transfer to another hospital within 12 hours
* Unwilling to have repeated arterial blood gas analyses within the first 12 hours
* Patients judged terminal by treating physician in the emergency department
* Non-residents of the particular country
* Expected impossible follow-up
* Fertile women (\<50 years of age) with positive urine human gonadotropin (hCG) or plasma-hCG
* Prior participation in the study
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Study:
NCT04223050
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT04223050