New app and spirometer could help COPD patients breathe easier at home
NCT ID NCT07573098
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is testing a digital tool that includes a spirometer and an app to help people with COPD monitor their lung function daily at home. The goal is to see if the tool is easy to use, safe, and helps patients know when to seek medical care. Fifty adults with COPD who have had at least one flare-up in the past year will use the device for six months. The study does not test a cure or treatment, but rather a way to improve self-management and reduce unnecessary hospital visits.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 50 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2025
- Expected to finish
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May 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- 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: * Subjects from the age of 40 years with documented diagnosis of COPD, using at least two inhaled medications (one combination inhaler or several inhalers), and with at least one exacerbation within the last year will be invited to voluntarily participate. Exclusion Criteria: * Exclusion criteria is severe disease from either COPD or any severe concomitant conditions that would make home spirometry unsafe for the patient. Patients with no access to use BankID or similar electronic personal identification service and not using smartphones will be excluded. Also, individuals who are pregnant or breastfeeding women, and individuals who are unable to provide informed consent due to cognitive impairment or other reasons indicating lack of decision-making capacity will be excluded.
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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
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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KPE Lung and Allergy, QB:84, Karolinska University Hospital.
RECRUITINGSolna, Stockholm County, 17164, Sweden
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