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Official title
A Multicenter Study of the Impact of a COPD Identification and Referral System on Patient Follow Up and Outcomes After an Acute COPD Exacerbation Resulting in an Emergency Department Visit or Hospitalization
About this study
Time perspective: This study will collect data prospectively for the Experimental cohort and retrospectively for the Control cohort. There is also an Exploratory cohort which will collect retrospective and prospective data.
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* Patients aged 40 years or older at the time of arrival to the emergency department.
* Patients with a clinical diagnosis of COPD who present to the emergency department for a moderate or severe COPD exacerbation.
* A moderate exacerbation is defined as an acute exacerbation requiring either systemic corticosteroids (such as intramuscular, intravenous or oral) and/or antibiotics.
* A severe exacerbation is defined as an acute exacerbation requiring hospitalization, or observation for \>24 hours in emergency department/urgent care facility or resulting in death.
* Patients on dual (LABA/LAMA, LABA/ICS, LAMA/ICS) or triple (LABA/LAMA/ICS) long-acting bronchodilator inhalers.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Patients on bronchodilator inhaler monotherapy.
* Patients leaving against medical advice or expiring during hospitalization.
* Patients with tracheostomy.
* Patients with advanced cancer.
* Patients who have received a lung transplant.
* Discharge to hospice care.
* Transfer to another hospital.
Study design
Enrollment target: 485 participants
Age groups: adult, older_adult
Timeline
Starts: 2026-02-27
Estimated completion: 2027-12
Last updated: 2026-04-01
Primary outcomes
- • To assess the effect of a digital health tool implementation on patient follow up with a respiratory specialist within 30 days after discharge for an acute COPD exacerbation resulting in an emergency department visit or hospitalization. (From time of exacerbation to 30 days after discharge)
- • To assess the effect of a digital health tool implementation on time to respiratory specialist follow-up after an acute COPD exacerbation resulting in an emergency department visit or hospitalization. (Up to 1 year)
Sponsor
Viz.ai, Inc. · industry
With: Sanofi
All locations (2)
Cooper University Health CareRecruiting
Cherry Hill, New Jersey, United States
Thomas Jefferson UniversityRecruiting
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States