NCT00281190View on ClinicalTrials.gov

Comparison of Alveolar Macrophages in Individuals With COPD Versus Smokers With Normal Pulmonary Function

CompletedOBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment

32

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

September 30, 2005

Primary Completion Date

October 31, 2014

Study Completion Date

October 31, 2014

Conditions
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveLung Diseases, Obstructive
Interventions
PROCEDURE

Blood drawing

blood will be drawn at the time of starting the intravenous (IV) line for the procedure.

PROCEDURE

Bronchoalveolar lavage during indicated bronchoscopy

A small amount of liquid will be introduced and immediately sucked back out of portions of the lung, and the cells that are recovered will be analyzed in the laboratory. All test will be solely for research, and there will be no results reported to the subject from that fluid.

Trial Locations (1)

48105

University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

NIH

lead

University of Michigan

OTHER

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