Long-term Oxygen Therapy in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Who Live at High Altitude
Status:
Recruiting
Trial end date:
2022-01-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
A clinical, prospective, randomized controlled trial to determine the effect of prescribing
oxygen in a group of COPD (chronic pulmonary disease) patients with PaO2 (arterial oxygen
tension) ≥50 and ≤55 mmHg who do not have erythrocytosis or pulmonary hypertension on
echocardiogram (which are considered manifestations of chronic hypoxia)
Phase:
N/A
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Fundación Neumologica Colombiana
Collaborator:
Instituto Colombiano para el Desarrollo de la Ciencia y la Tecnología (COLCIENCIAS)