Systematic Approach for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Obstructive Lung Diseases
Status:
Active, not recruiting
Trial end date:
2021-07-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The differential diagnosis of asthma and COPD is sometimes difficult. Recently, an overlap
syndrome has been defined based on the concurrence of asthma and COPD characteristics. These
characteristics are based on expert opinions and have never been investigated nor validated
prospectively.
The investigators assume that the management strategy, the symptom burden and disease
progression will differ between asthma, COPD and ACOS. Therefore, the study wants to
establish baseline criteria for an appropriate disease definition and evaluate the potential
impact on treatment and symptom control.