The CATALINA Study
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Conditions studied: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation
In brief
The CATALINA study is a prospective cohort study embedded within CICERO (Collaboration In COPD ExaceRbatiOns, a European Respiratory Society supported Clinical Research Collaboration), designed to collect standardised, longitudinal clinical data and biological samples in 20 centres across Europe and beyond.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT05008081
- Run by
- Wim Janssens
- People needed
- 1000
- Starts
- 2022-10-25
- Expected to finish
- 2028-03-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-05-22
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Age 18 years and older
- Established diagnosis of COPD by medical doctor (based on clinical history OR pulmonary function test with an FEV1/FVC < 0.7)
- Current hospitalization with suspicion of an acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)
- Inclusion within 48 hours post hospital admission
- Voluntary written informed consent of the participant or his/her representative obtained prior to any study procedure
You may not qualify if…
- Patients unwilling or unable to comply with study procedures
- Patients not requiring treatment with systemic corticosteroids, antibiotics or both as a minimum therapy for the index AECOPD
- Patients with a confirmed positive test result for COVID19, or those highly suspected based on clinical examination
Where it is running
- UZ Leuven — Leuven, Belgium (enrolling)
- LungenClinic — Großhansdorf, Germany (enrolling)
- Klinikum Itzehoe — Itzehoe, Germany (enrolling)
- CHU UCL Namur Site Godinne — Yvoir, Belgium (enrolling)
- Sahlgrenska University Hospital — Gothenburg, Sweden (enrolling)
- Gazi University Hospital — Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye) (enrolling)
- Glenfield Hospital — Leicester, United Kingdom (enrolling)
- University Medical Centre of Gießen & Marburg — Marburg, Germany (enrolling)
- CHU St-Pierre Brussels — Brussels, Belgium (enrolling)
- Kepler University Hospital — Linz, Austria (enrolling)
- Guy's Saint Thomas — London, United Kingdom
- Royal Brompton Hospital — London, United Kingdom
- Churchil Hospital — Oxford, United Kingdom
- University Hospital Vienna — Vienna, Austria
- CHU de Lille — Lille, France
- Cochin Hospital — Paris, France
- University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein — Kiel, Germany
- University Hospital of Ferrara — Ferrara, Italy
- UMC Groningen — Groningen, Netherlands
- Maastricht University Medical Hospital — Maastricht, Netherlands
- University Hospital — Golnik, Slovenia
- Hospital Clinic de Barcelona — Barcelona, Spain
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