Clinic for muscle loss in COPD patients
Part of Brain & nervous system, Lungs & breathing clinical trials.
This study tests a new clinic designed to help people with COPD who have lost muscle mass (sarcopenia). By using a CT scan done during your hospital stay, doctors can identify muscle loss and offer treatments to help you regain strength and function.
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Who can take part
- You are at least 40 years old.
- You have COPD confirmed by a breathing test (spirometry) with moderate or worse airflow blockage.
- You were recently in the hospital for a COPD flare-up or related breathing failure.
- You had a CT scan during that stay that shows low muscle mass in your chest muscles.
- You have smoked at least 10 pack-years (e.g., 1 pack a day for 10 years) and may still smoke or have quit.
- You do not have other lung diseases, active cancer, severe heart failure, or kidney failure needing dialysis.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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