Can medical records reveal how fast lung function fades after transplant?
NCT ID NCT06503770
First seen Sep 01, 2026 · Last updated Sep 02, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study reviews the medical records of about 284 adults who developed chronic lung allograft dysfunction with bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (CLAD-BOS) after a lung transplant. Researchers will track how lung function, measured by FEV1, changes each year after diagnosis. They will also look at patient characteristics, other breathing test results, survival, hospitalizations, and other health conditions. The goal is to better understand the typical course of CLAD-BOS and identify patterns that might inform future care.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- This study could help doctors better predict how quickly lung function declines in lung transplant patients with CLAD-BOS, potentially guiding earlier or more targeted care.
- What could go wrong
- Because this is a retrospective chart review, it only looks back at existing records and cannot prove what causes the decline. The findings may also be limited by incomplete or inconsistent medical data.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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284 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2024
- Finished
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Apr 2025
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
The study population included adult patients (aged ≥ 18) years who were recipients of a lung transplant and diagnosed with CLAD-BOS from the first of 01 January 2013 following transplantation.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Adult patients ≥ 18 years of age on the date of CLAD-BOS diagnosis 2. Patients with a CLAD-BOS clinician diagnosis from as early as 01 January 2013 3. Patients with CLAD-BOS clinician diagnosis made at least 12 months after lung transplant 4. Patients received at least basic maintenance regimen of immunosuppressive agents including tacrolimus, a second agent such as but not limited to mycophenolate mofetil or azathioprine (or other anti-proliferative agent), and a systemic corticosteroid such as prednisone as third agent for at least 1 month before the index date. As long as the basic maintenance regimen is maintained for the abovementioned period, patients will still be considered eligible for the study even if they are receiving other immunosuppressive agents in addition to the basic maintenance regimen. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients with severe concomitant disease at the time of index date, which according to physician's judgment, can interfere with CLAD-BOS progression and mortality (e.g., malignancies, severe chronic diseases) 2. Patients who have been exposed to any investigational medical products in the 4 weeks prior to index date or during the post-diagnosis period 3. Patients with confirmed other CLAD phenotype (e.g., restrictive allograft syndrome) according to physician's judgment.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Baylor Scott and White Health Center for Advanced Heart and Lung Disease
Dallas, Texas, 75246, United States
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Cleveland Clinic Transplantation Center
Cleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States
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Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla (HUMV)
Santander, Cantabria, 39008, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia
Córdoba, Andalusia, 14004, Spain
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The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States
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Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven (UZ Leuven)
Leuven, Leuven, 3000, Belgium
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