COPD study aims to unlock clues behind immune cell drop during severe attacks
NCT ID NCT06188065
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at why some people hospitalized for a severe COPD flare-up have low levels of a certain white blood cell (eosinophils) and how long it takes for those levels to return to normal. Researchers will follow 200 patients to identify factors linked to this condition and track recovery. The goal is to better understand the body's response during severe COPD episodes, not to test a new treatment.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2026
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.
Who is studied
Participants will be aged 35 years and over. They will have been admitted to hospital with an exacerbation of COPD +/- eosinopenia.
- Ages
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35 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: * Admitted to hospital with primary clinical diagnosis of exacerbation of COPD\* * Smoking history of at least 10 pack years * Airflow obstruction: FEV1/FVC ratio \< 0.7 confirmed on historic or inpatient spirometry * Capacity to give informed consent to participate Exclusion Criteria: * Parasitic infection, systemic fungal infection (excluding infection limited to nails or skin), eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis, hypereosinophilic syndrome or other conditions associated with a high eosinophil count# * Active malignancy * Maintenance oral prednisolone or other systemic steroids, anti-interleukin 5 therapy or other medication known to influence eosinophils * Patients with poor venous access * Investigator confirmed history of asthma * Non-COPD related health problems which in the view of the primary investigator may compromise the conduct and completion of the study ADDITIONAL CRITERIA FOR THE TIME TO RECOVERY FROM EOSINOPENIA ANALYSIS ONLY Inclusion criteria: * Eosinopenia on admission * Uneventful recovery\* * Eosinopenia on admission who do not receive a further course of systemic corticosteroids or require emergency hospital admission for an acute illness in the six weeks following admission to hospital with a severe exacerbation of COPD.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
RECRUITINGNorth Shields, United Kingdom
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