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Airflow Limitation in Cardiac Diseases in Europe

An observational study in Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline. Completed at 15 sites in 9 countries. Open to participants aged 40 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2014-02-24.

Sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Case-only
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Enrollment
3,000
Ages
40 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This is a cross-sectional, observational study, investigating the point prevalence of Airflow Limitation in current or former smokers with established ischemic heart disease. The study will recruit up to 3000 patients from cardiology clinics at hospitals across Europe.

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Airflow limitation (AL) occurs in a number of respiratory diseases including asthma and COPD; in middle-aged and older patients it typically represents Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), and is associated with a high degree of co-morbidity which includes cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and risk factors such as hypertension and diabetes.

COPD often goes undiagnosed, especially in patients with established coronary disease because COPD and cardiovascular diseases share a major etiological factor: smoking.

This cross-sectional, observational study, investigating the prevalence of AL in current or former smokers with established ischemic heart disease, aims increase the knowledge and understanding of COPD in this patient population, and to highlight the burden of comorbid disease in these patient

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Conditions studied

  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

Keywords

  • prevalence
  • COPD
  • emphysema
  • co-morbidities
  • ischemic heart disease
  • chronic bronchitis
  • spirometry
  • burden
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In context

Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

4,131 studies on the registry are indexed under Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive; 697 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 3,000 is above the median of 180 across 1,066 observational studies indexed under Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive.

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Lead sponsor

GlaxoSmithKline is the lead sponsor of 3,562 studies on the registry; 117 are open to participants now.

Of its 258 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 232 (90%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
40 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Probability sample

Study population

Patients attending outpatient cardiology clinics with a history of Ischemic Heart Disease

Inclusion criteria

  • Subjects aged ≥40 years;
  • Current or former smokers with ≥10 pack years;
  • Subjects attending outpatient cardiac clinic (or equivalent) fulfilling any of the following criteria:

    1. Documented history of an Ischemic event,
    2. Current diagnosis of stable IHD (including history of acute Myocardial Infarction (MI) and angina pectoris) as diagnosed in accordance with ESC guidelines
    3. Receiving regular therapy for IHD for >1yr, Subjects meeting these criteria will be eligible for the study, even if they have other cardiac diseases or other co-morbidities;
  • Subjects willing and able to sign study consent form.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Subjects for whom spirometry is contraindicated;
  • Subjects with recent surgery or MI (within 1 month); lower respiratory tract infection or pneumothorax (within 2 months); or stroke (within 12 months);
  • Subjects with a pre-existing condition which, in the opinion of the investigator, would compromise the safety of the subject in this study
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Study design

Observational model
Case-only
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Enrollment
3,000 participants (actual)
Biospecimen retention
Samples with dna

Groups and cohorts

  • All

    All subjects enrolled in the study

    Procedure: Spirometry

Interventions

  • ProcedureSpirometry

    assessment of lung function by spirometry

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Prevalence of Airflow Limitation

    Prevalence of AL as defined by Forced Expired Volume in 1 second (FEV1)/Forced Volume Capacity (FVC) \< 0.70 (post bronchodilator)

    Time frame: 1 day

Secondary outcomes

  1. Severity of AL

    Severity of AL as determined by predicted FEV1 (post-bronchodilator) - mild: ≥80%, moderate: 50-80%, severe: 30-50%, very severe: \<30%, or \<50% plus chronic respiratory failure

    Time frame: 1 day

  2. prevalence of restrictive AL

    Prevlence of restrictive AL FEV1/FVC ≥0.70 and a predicted FVC \<80% (pre bronchodilator)

    Time frame: 1 day

  3. Prevalence of AL

    Prevalence of AL as defined by FEV1 below the lower limit of normal

    Time frame: 1 day

  4. Presence of past history of AL/COPD

    prevalence of documented evidence of COPD, chronic bronchitis or emphysema

    Time frame: 1 day

  5. COPD Assessment test™ (CAT)

    Health status questionnaire on burden of airflow limitation (CAT)

    Time frame: 1 day

  6. Short Form 12 (SF12)

    General health status questionnaire (SF12)

    Time frame: 1 day

  7. Cardiac Health Profile (CHP)

    Health status questionnaire on burden of cardiac disease

    Time frame: 1 day

  8. Healthcare resource utilisation

    Number of emergency room visits and hopsital admissions

    Time frame: within previous 12 months

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Study locations

15 sites
  • GSK Investigational Site
    Gent, 9000, Belgium
  • GSK Investigational Site
    Toulouse cedex 09, 31059, France
  • GSK Investigational Site
    Neu-Isenburg, Hessen 63263, Germany
  • GSK Investigational Site
    Berlin, 13347, Germany
  • GSK Investigational Site
    Thessaloniki, 570 10, Greece
  • GSK Investigational Site
    Dublin, 4, Ireland
  • GSK Investigational Site
    Dublin, 9, Ireland
  • GSK Investigational Site
    Modena, Emilia-Romagna 41124, Italy
  • GSK Investigational Site
    Tradate (VA), Lombardia 21049, Italy
  • GSK Investigational Site
    Amersfoort, 3818 ES, Netherlands
  • GSK Investigational Site
    Sneek, 8601 ZK, Netherlands
  • GSK Investigational Site
    Madrid, 28046, Spain
  • GSK Investigational Site
    Palma de Mallorca, 07010, Spain
  • GSK Investigational Site
    Lund, SE-222 21, Sweden
  • GSK Investigational Site
    Malmö, SE-205 02, Sweden
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References and documents

Publications

  • Franssen FM, Soriano JB, Roche N, Bloomfield PH, Brusselle G, Fabbri LM, Garcia-Rio F, Kearney MT, Kwon N, Lundback B, Rabe KF, Raillard A, Muellerova H, Cockcroft JR. Lung Function Abnormalities in Smokers with Ischemic Heart Disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2016 Sep 1;194(5):568-76. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201512-2480OC. PubMed 27442601 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 24, 2014, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01485159
Lead sponsor
GlaxoSmithKline
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Dec 5, 2011
Start date
Oct 2011
Primary completion
Jun 2012
Completion
Jun 2012
Last update
Feb 24, 2014

Study contacts

GSK Clinical Trials
study director · GlaxoSmithKline

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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