AI tool aims to keep COPD patients on track after emergency
NCT ID NCT07118306
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 03, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study looks at whether a smart computer program (AI) can help doctors make sure people with COPD see a lung specialist within 30 days after leaving the hospital. About 485 adults who had a serious COPD flare-up will take part. The goal is to see if the AI tool improves follow-up care and health outcomes.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 485 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2026
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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
Target of five geographically dispersed U.S. hospital systems to capture a diverse patient population and COPD clinical workflow.
- Ages
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40 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: * Patients aged 40 years or older at the time of arrival to the emergency department. * Patients with a clinical diagnosis of COPD who present to the emergency department for a moderate or severe COPD exacerbation. * A moderate exacerbation is defined as an acute exacerbation requiring either systemic corticosteroids (such as intramuscular, intravenous or oral) and/or antibiotics. * A severe exacerbation is defined as an acute exacerbation requiring hospitalization, or observation for \>24 hours in emergency department/urgent care facility or resulting in death. * Patients on dual (LABA/LAMA, LABA/ICS, LAMA/ICS) or triple (LABA/LAMA/ICS) long-acting bronchodilator inhalers. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients on bronchodilator inhaler monotherapy. * Patients leaving against medical advice or expiring during hospitalization. * Patients with tracheostomy. * Patients with advanced cancer. * Patients who have received a lung transplant. * Discharge to hospice care. * Transfer to another hospital.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
5 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
RECRUITINGPark Ridge, Illinois, 60068, United States
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Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMilwaukee, Wisconsin, 53215, United States
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Cooper University Health Care
RECRUITINGCherry Hill, New Jersey, 08002, United States
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Inova Fairfax Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGFalls Church, Virginia, 22042, United States
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Thomas Jefferson University
RECRUITINGPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States
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