Journal article
Prospective observational study in patients with obstructive lung disease: NOVELTY design
HK Reddel, M Gerhardsson de Verdier, A Agustí, G Anderson, R Beasley, EH Bel, C Janson, B Make, RJ Martin, I Pavord, D Price, C Keen, A Gardev, S Rennard, A Sveréus, AT Bansal, L Brannman, N Karlsson, J Nuevo, F Nyberg Show all
Erj Open Research | EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY SOC JOURNALS LTD | Published : 2019
Abstract
Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have overlapping clinical features and share pathobiological mechanisms but are often considered distinct disorders. Prospective, observational studies across asthma, COPD and asthma–COPD overlap are limited. NOVELTY is a global, prospective observational 3-year study enrolling ∼12 000 patients ⩾12 years of age from primary and specialist clinical practices in 19 countries (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02760329). NOVELTY’s primary objectives are to describe patient characteristics, treatment patterns and disease burden over time, and to identify phenotypes and molecular endotypes associated with differential outcomes over time in p..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This study is sponsored by AstraZeneca. J. Vestbo is supported by the NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre. Funding information for this article has been deposited with the Crossref Funder Registry.