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Swiss Paediatric Airway Cohort

Recruitingn/aAges 0 Years - 16 YearsAllUniversity of Bern
NCT03505216 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

The Swiss Paediatric Airway Cohort (SPAC) is a national, prospective clinical cohort of children and adolescents who visit physicians in Switzerland for recurrent wheeze, cough, and exercise- or sleep-related respiratory problems. SPAC aims to answer important questions on clinical phenotypes, prognosis, diagnosis and treatment. SPAC is part of routine care, and only clinically indicated investigations are done. The comprehensive baseline assessment includes a detailed questionnaire to families, plus test results, diagnoses and treatments from hospital records. Follow-up is via monthly questionnaires the first 12 months and thereafter annual questionnaires to families, and data from follow-up visits. Currently, 4344 patients from 10 clinics and hospitals in Switzerland (Aarau, Basel, Bern, Chur, Horgen, Lausanne, Luzern, St. Gallen, Worb, Zurich) have been enrolled. SPAC provides real-

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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: * Children and adolescents aged 0-16 years * Resident in Switzerland * Seen in a paediatric pulmonary outpatient clinic due to respiratory problems * Parents and patients above age 14 must be able to sign an informed consent form Exclusion Criteria: Prior diagnosis of cystic fibrosis, primary ciliary dyskinesia, severe heart disease, oncological disease, neuromuscular disease or severe disability
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What it tests

  • Not listed
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Where

12 sites
Vienna Open Medical Institute
Vienna, Austria
Children's hospital Aarau
Aarau, Switzerland
University Children's hospital Basel, UKBB
Basel, Switzerland
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine
Bern, Switzerland
University Children's Hospital Bern, Inselspital
Bern, Switzerland
Children's Hospital Chur
Chur, Switzerland
Pulmonology clinic, Horgen
Horgen, Switzerland
University Children's hospital Lausane, CHUV
Lausanne, Switzerland

…and 4 more on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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