A Registry of COPD Patients to be Used for Future Studies

The Ohio State University COPD Registry

To develop a cohort of COPD participants to assist study staff in determining the most likely candidates for future studies.

To develop a cohort of COPD participants for study staff to determine the most likely candidates for future studies and to develop a repository of blood from subjects with COPD for future studies.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients who are 18 years of age and older who have been diagnosed with COPD by at least one of the following:

  • clinical history-a documented history of COPD, emphysema, or chronic bronchitis;
  • pulmonary function results (defined as an FEV1/FVC less than 0.7;
  • radiographic results (high-resolution CT findings of emphysema

Exclusion Criteria:

• in ability to give informed consent
• prisoners
• pregnancy