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CompletedNCT06456996POPMIX-COPDUpdated May 22, 2026

Impact of Multi-Component Interventions on High Risk COPD Population

An interventional study of Multi-component intervention package in Multimorbidity, Population Medicine and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, sponsored by Peking Union Medical College. Completed at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 35 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-05-22.

Sponsored by Peking Union Medical College · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
9,319
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
35 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Study Participants: High-risk COPD population, defined as individuals whose score of COPD-SQ is 16 and above and whose age is 35 and above. COPD-SQ questionnaire will be assigned to a representative sample of local residents in Xishui County, and they will finish the questionnaire online through mobile phone.

Intervention: Within the intervention arm, we have constructed a population-based pay-for-performance mechanism to encourage medical practitioners to care for population health. For study participants in the intervention arm, we will ask them to finish an online COPD-SQ questionnaire with notification of his or her COPD high risk status. Those whose score exceeds 16 will be invited to do a face-to-face survey, simple physical examination, pulmonary function tests, and provide a multi-component intervention at baseline. For High-risk COPD population in the intervention arm, we provide community-based spirometry pulmonary function test (PFT) and education; If individuals whose post-bronchodilator FEV1/FVC\<0.7, they will be spirometry-defined COPD patients and will be encouraged to seek treatment and medication to the superior hospitals. Additionally, we provide (1) two digital health intervention programs to smokers and individuals with mental health issues; (2) CBT-based health education for study participants with abnormal BMI; (3) active recruitment into National Essential Public Health Program in China for those with abnormal blood pressure and blood glucose. Intensive follow-ups will be conducted at month 3 (telephone interview), month 6 (face-to-face with full steps of physical examination), and month 12.

Comparison: Those who are assigned in the control arm, we will ask them to finish the same COPD-SQ online questionnaire with notification of his or her COPD high risk status and a face-to-face survey. No physical examinations, community-based pulmonary function tests will be given.

Outcomes: The primary outcomes are COPD knowledge, COPD screening, and FEV1 measurement at month 12.

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Conditions studied

  • Multimorbidity
  • Population Medicine
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Keywords

  • Multi-component intervention for multimorbidity
  • Population Medicine
  • Clustered RCT
  • High-risk COPD population
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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 9,319 is above the median of 70 across 2,926 interventional studies indexed under Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive.

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Lead sponsor

Peking Union Medical College is the lead sponsor of 58 studies on the registry; 17 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
35 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Aged 35 and above;
  • COPD-SQ score is 16 and above;
  • Residents who have lived in one township over the past 3 months and plan to reside in the same township in the upcoming year;
  • Finished the informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnancy and other conditions that are not allowed to finish pulmonary function tests;
  • Severe cognitive disorder or total loss of capability of daily living
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Health services research
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
9,319 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Intervention arm

    Within the intervention arm, all medical practitioners will be under a pay-for-population mechanism to incentivize them to care for the overall population health within their township. For High-risk COPD population in the intervention arm, we provide community-based spirometry pulmonary function test (PFT) and education; If individuals whose post-bronchodilator FEV1/FVC\<0.7, they will be spirometry-defined COPD patients and will be encouraged to seek treatment and medication to the superior hospitals. Additionally, we provide (1) two digital health intervention programs to smokers and individuals with mental health issues; (2) CBT-based health education for study participants with abnormal BMI; (3) active recruitment into National Essential Public Health Program in China for those with abnormal blood pressure and blood glucose. Intensive follow-ups will be conducted at month 3 (telephone interview), month 6 (face-to-face with full steps of physical examination), and month 12.

    Combination Product: Multi-component intervention package

  • No intervention
    Control Arm

    Those who are assigned in the control arm, we will ask them to finish the same COPD-SQ online questionnaire with notification of his or her COPD high risk status and a face-to-face survey. No physical examinations, community-based pulmonary function tests will be given at baseline. However, at month 12, we will provide community-based pulmonary function tests and physical examinations besides face-to-face survey.

Interventions

  • Combination productMulti-component intervention package

    1. Community-based spirometry pulmonary function tests and result interpretations and health education for COPD; 2. A digital health intervention program, NicQuit, for smokers(very familiar with intelligent mobile phone); 3. A digital health intervention program, EmoEase, for individuals whose WEMWBS questionnaire score is lower than 45(very familiar with intelligent mobile phone); 4. Health education to smokers for smoking cessation; 5. Health education to individuals with mental health issues; 6. Encouragement to seek professional medication treatment in superior hospitals for spirometry-defined COPD patients; 7. To actively include individuals whose blood pressurei s higher than 140/90 mmHg or/and whose random blood glucose higher than 11.1 mmol/L into the National Essential Public Health Service in China; 8. A CBT-based health education to the BMI abnormal, i.e., BMI \> 24.0 or BMI \< 18.5; 9. Pay-for-population mechanism for medical practitioners.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of Chronic Diseases Controlled

    Among all objectively measured health conditions and diseases (COPD, asthma, BMI, hypertension, Type 2 diabetes, depression symptoms, anxiety symptoms), the number of chronic diseases controlled defined by objective measurement at month 12.

    Time frame: 1 year

  2. Lung function testing

    Definition: Have you ever had a pulmonary function test?; Variable type: Binary; Measurement: Respondent's answer to the question;

    Time frame: 1 year

  3. FEV1 measurement

    Definition: Forced Expiratory Volume in one second (FEV1); Variable type: Continuous; Measurement: Pulmonary function test, portable spirometry;

    Time frame: 1 year

Secondary outcomes

  1. Self-rated health status

    Definition: General self-assessed health status; Variable type: Continuous; Measurement: EQ-5D-5L scale; Introduction to EQ-5D-5L scale: The 5-level EQ-5D version (EQ-5D-5L) was introduced by the EuroQol Group in 2009 to improve the instrument's sensitivity and to reduce ceiling effects, as compared to the EQ-5D-3L. The scale could be transferred to health utility value, ranging from 0 to 1 continuously. 0 represents death and 1 represents perfect health

    Time frame: 1 year

  2. COPD knowledge

    Definition: Excerpt from COPD-KQ, selecting questions that test the COPD knowledge for population; Variable type: Continuous; Measurement: COPD-KQ excerpt; Introduction to COPD-KQ excerpt: An excerpt from COPD knowledge questionnaire, which contains 9 questions which we consider could be beneficial to general population to enhance the common knowledge of COPD. Minimum value is 0 and maximum value is 9, the higher the value, the more correct statements one has chosen.

    Time frame: 1 year

  3. Self-awareness of COPD

    Definition: Have you ever been diagnosed with COPD?; Variable type: Binary; Measurement: Respondent's answer to the question;

    Time frame: 1 year

  4. COPD treatment adherence

    Definition: Are you currently receiving a COPD treatment plan prescribed by a doctor or other healthcare professional?; Variable type: Binary; Measurement: Respondent's answer to the question;

    Time frame: 1 year

  5. COPD control

    Definition: Has the number of acute exacerbations decreased in the past six months?; Variable type: Binary; Measurement: Respondent's answer to the question;

    Time frame: 1 year

  6. CAT score

    Definition: CAT questionnaire for COPD patients; Variable type: Continuous; Measurement: Respondent's answer to the question; Introduction to CAT questionnaire: COPD Assessment Test (CAT) is a questionnaire for people with COPD. It is designed to measure the impact of COPD on a person's life, and how this changes over time. The scope ranges from 0 to 40, the higher the score, the worse the COPD conditions.

    Time frame: 1 year

  7. mMRC score

    Definition: mMRC questionnaire ; Variable type: Categorical; Measurement: Respondent's answer to the question; Introduction to mMRC: Modified Medical Research Council, categorical value, level 0 represents a good respiratory condition, while the maximum level 4 represents a very bad respiratory condition.

    Time frame: 1 year

  8. Number of outpatient visits

    Definition: Outpatient visits and type of hospital; Variable type: Count; Measurement: Insurance/outpatient data/survey data

    Time frame: 1 year

  9. Number of inpatient visits

    Definition: Inpatient visits and type of hospital; Variable type: Count; Measurement: Insurance/inpatient data/survey data

    Time frame: 1 year

  10. Medical expenditure within a family over the past year

    Definition: Healthcare-related expenditures; Variable type: Continuous; Measurement: Survey data/insurance/outpatient/inpatient data;

    Time frame: 1 year

  11. Depression Symptoms

    Definition: Emotional disorders, including sadness, loss, and anger; Variable type: Continuous; Measurement: PHQ-9; Introduction to PHQ-9: Patient Health Questionnaire- 9 items (PHQ-9), ranging from 0 to 27, the higher the score, the severer the depression symptoms for the respondents will be.

    Time frame: 1 year

  12. Anxiety Symptoms

    Definition: Unpleasant state of inner turmoil; Variable type: Continuous; Measurement: GAD-7; Introduction to GAD-7: General Anxiety Disorder - 7 (GAD-7), ranging from 0 to 21, the higher the score, the severer the anxiety symptoms for the respondents will be.

    Time frame: 1 year

  13. Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale, WEM -WBS score

    Definition: Reflects overall mental health problems; Variable type: Continuous; Measurement: WEMWBS; Introduction to WEMWBS: Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale, ranging from 14 to 70, the lower the score, the worse one's general mental health will be.

    Time frame: 1 year

  14. Blood pressure

    Definition: Systolic and diastolic blood pressure (mmHg); Variable type: Continuous; Measurement: Omron portable automatic blood pressure monitor;

    Time frame: 1 year

  15. Blood Glucose

    Definition: Reference standard for average plasma glucose concentration over a period of time; Variable type: Continuous; Measurement: Blood glucose meter;

    Time frame: 1 year

  16. Waist circumference

    Definition: Waist circumference (cm); Variable type: Continuous; Measurement: Soft measuring tape;

    Time frame: 1 year

  17. BMI

    Definition: Body mass index (BMI), weight divided by height squared (kg/m²); Variable type: Continuous; Measurement: Calculation;

    Time frame: 1 year

  18. Family level annual consumption expenditure

    Definition: Annual total household expenditure (self-reported); Variable type: Categorical; Measurement: Answer to a series of questions covering local expenditure categories by the household representative;

    Time frame: 1 year

  19. Employment status

    Definition: Main occupation and type; Variable type: Categorical; Measurement: Respondent's answer to the question;

    Time frame: 1 year

  20. HBP Screening

    Definition: Have you ever had your blood pressure measured by a doctor, nurse, or other healthcare professional?; Variable type: Binary; Measurement: Respondent's answer to the question;

    Time frame: 1 year

  21. HBP Diagnosis

    Definition: Have you ever been diagnosed with hypertension by a doctor?; Variable type: Binary; Measurement: Respondent's answer to the question;

    Time frame: 1 year

  22. HBP Treatment

    Definition: Are you currently taking any antihypertensive medication prescribed by a doctor or other healthcare professional? Variable type: Binary; Measurement: Respondent's answer to the question;

    Time frame: 1 year

  23. HBP Control

    Definition: Blood pressure within the normal range at the end-of-year follow-up; Variable type: Binary; Measurement: Blood pressure measurement;

    Time frame: 1 year

  24. T2DM Screening

    Definition: Have you ever had your blood glucose measured by a doctor, nurse, or other healthcare professional? Variable type: Binary; Measurement: Respondent's answer to the question;

    Time frame: 1 year

  25. T2DM Diagnosis

    Definition: Have you ever been diagnosed with T2DM by a doctor?; Variable type: Binary; Measurement: Respondent's answer to the question;

    Time frame: 1 year

  26. T2DM Treatment

    Definition: Are you currently receiving a type 2 diabetes treatment plan prescribed by a doctor or other healthcare professional?; Variable type: Binary; Measurement: Respondent's answer to the question;

    Time frame: 1 year

  27. T2DM Control

    Definition: Blood glucose within the normal range at the end-of-year follow-up; Variable type: Binary; Measurement: Blood glucose measurement;

    Time frame: 1 year

  28. Smoking status

    Definition: Do you currently smoke? Variable type: Binary/Categorical; Measurement: Respondent's answer to the question;

    Time frame: 1 year

  29. Smoking Amount

    Definition: How many cigarettes do you smoke per day on average?; Variable type: Count; Measurement: Respondent's answer to the question;

    Time frame: 1 year

  30. Drinking Status

    Definition: Frequency of alcohol consumption in the past 3 months; Variable type: Categorical; Measurement: Respondent's answer to the question;

    Time frame: 1 year

  31. Sugar Consumption

    Definition: Frequency of consumption of sugary foods/drinks; Variable type: Categorical; Measurement: Respondent's answer to the question;

    Time frame: 1 year

  32. Salted Vegetables Consumption

    Definition: Frequency of consumption of salty vegetables; Variable type: Categorical; Measurement: Respondent's answer to the question;

    Time frame: 1 year

  33. Vegetable Consumption

    Definition: Frequency of consumption of vegetable; Variable type: Categorical; Measurement: Respondent's answer to the question;

    Time frame: 1 year

  34. Physical exercise

    Definition: Frequency of physical exercise; Variable type: Categorical; Measurement: Respondent's answer to the question;

    Time frame: 1 year

  35. Asthma knowledge

    Excerpt of PAKQ, selecting questions that general population should know in terms of asthma, ranging from 0 to 7, the higher the score, the more correct statements the respondents has chosen.

    Time frame: 1 year

  36. Saint George Respiratory Questionnaire score

    Definition: SGRQ questionnaire for COPD patients; Variable type: continuous Measurement: Respondent's answer to the questions; Introduction to SGRQ: Saint George Respiratory Questionnaire score, ranging from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the best possible health status and 100 represents the worst possible health status.

    Time frame: 1 year

  37. ACT score

    Definition: Asthma control test score; Variable type: Continuous; Measurement: Respondent's answer to the questions; Introduction to ACT score: Asthma control test (ACT), ranging from 0 to 25, the lower the score, the better asthma controlled

    Time frame: 1 year

  38. Asthma diagnosis

    Definition: Have you ever diagnosed as asthma patient by professional physician? Variable type: Binary; Measurement: Respondent's answer to the question;

    Time frame: 1 year

  39. Smoking dependence

    Fagerström test for nicotine dependence (FTND) is a scale that measures the nicotine dependence of smokers, ranging from 0 to 10, the higher the value, the worse the nicotine dependence will be. Heaviness Index of Smoking (HIS) could also be calculated using part of the scale, ranging from 0 to 6, and higher score means worse nicotine dependence.

    Time frame: 1 year

  40. Productivity loss

    Working Productivity and Activity Impairment-General Health (WAPI-GH) Chinese version 2.0 is used. WPAI outcomes are expressed as impairment percentages, with higher numbers indicating greater impairment and less productivity, i.e., worse outcomes, as follows: Questions: 1. = currently employed 2. = hours missed due to health problems 3. = hours missed other reasons 4. = hours actually worked 5. = degree health affected productivity while working 6. = degree health affected regular activities Scores: Multiply scores by 100 to express in percentages. Percent work time missed due to health: Q2/(Q2+Q4) Percent impairment while working due to health: Q5/10 Percent overall work impairment due to health: Q2/(Q2+Q4)+\[(1-(Q2/(Q2+Q4)))x(Q5/10)\] Percent activity impairment due to health: Q6/10

    Time frame: 1 year

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Study locations

1 site
  • 26 township hospitals in Xishui County
    Zunyi, Guizhou 564600, China
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References and documents

Publications

  • Wang C, Liu Y, Huang K, Zheng Z, Zhang S, Chen W, Tang X, Cao Z, Tong X, Tang L, Zhao J, He L, Jiao L, Wang Y, Zhao T, Luo Y, Lai Q, Lyu X, Chen Q, Bunker A, Vollmer S, Geldsetzer P, Jamison D, Barnighausen T, Yang T, Chen S; POPMIX Group. Impact of the Population Medicine Multimorbidity Intervention in Xishui County (POPMIX) on People at High Risk for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Protocol for the POPMIX-COPD Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2026 Feb 18;15:e85597. doi: 10.2196/85597. PubMed 41706509 ↗

Study documents

  • Study protocol · Dec 18, 2025
  • Statistical analysis plan · Feb 16, 2026

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 22, 2026, 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
NCT06456996
Lead sponsor
Peking Union Medical College
Collaborators
China-Japan Friendship Hospital
Responsible party
Simiao Chen (Professor, Peking Union Medical College) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jun 13, 2024
Start date
Jun 17, 2024
Primary completion
Mar 31, 2026
Completion
Mar 31, 2026
Last update
May 22, 2026

Study contacts

Simiao Chen, Ph.D.
principal investigator · Peking Union Medical College

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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