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Emphysema Research Registry and Biosample Repository
Emphysema Research Registry; Screening Study and Genetic Testing
Who can join
Ages 21 and older · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients would be required to have COPD based on at least one of the following: clinical history, pulmonary function results, or radiographic results. Exclusion Criteria: * none
About the study
The Comprehensive Lung Center (CLC) at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC Health System) provides patients with any type of breathing or lung disorder a full range of diagnostic and therapeutic services. The Emphysema/COPD Research Center (ECRC) is a specialty clinic, within this center, that attempts to advance the understanding of emphysema and to evaluate new therapies for patients with emphysema. The Emphysema Research Registry will enable pulmonary research physicians to: 1) gather information and create a research registry of people who have been diagnosed with emphysema; 2) utilize this research registry with the purpose of conducting research that attempts to advance the understanding of emphysema and to evaluate new therapies; and, 3) use the research registry to identify potential candidates for future research programs. These aims will be achieved by the collection of DNA (genetic material)for analysis and storage in addition to pulmonary function tests and other medical information.
Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh · Participants: 3,000 · Started: 2000-08
Contact the study team
- Paula Consolaro, CCRC · Phone: 412-692-4800
- Vera Iouchmanov, BS · Phone: 412-864-3052
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT00307281
Locations in the U.S.
| Pennsylvania | University of Pittsburgh Emphysema/COPD Research Center, Pittsburgh |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.