Massive COPD study aims to unravel lung disease mysteries

NCT ID NCT01969344

First seen Nov 16, 2025 · Last updated May 07, 2026 · Updated 20 times

Summary

This study follows nearly 3,000 people with COPD (a lung disease) and some healthy smokers and non-smokers over several years. Researchers are collecting health data, lung function tests, and imaging to find patterns in how COPD progresses and to develop better ways to measure the disease. The goal is to improve future treatments and understand what makes COPD worse, not to test a new drug.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Columbia University

    New York, New York, 10032, United States

  • Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21224, United States

  • Mayo Clinic Arizona

    Scottsdale, Arizona, 85259, United States

  • National Jewish Health

    Denver, Colorado, 80206, United States

  • Temple University

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19140, United States

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Birmingham, Alabama, 35249, United States

  • University of California at Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States

  • University of California at San Francisco

    San Francisco, California, 94143, United States

  • University of Illinois at Chicago

    Chicago, Illinois, 60612, United States

  • University of Iowa

    Iowa City, Iowa, 52242, United States

  • University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States

  • University of Utah

    Salt Lake City, Utah, 84132, United States

  • Wake Forest University

    Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157, United States

  • Weill Cornell Medicine

    New York, New York, 10021, United States

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