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Brief Title: Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Haemoptysis: a Multicenter Study
Official Title: Multicenter, Prospective, Observational Study on Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Haemoptysis
Study ID: NCT02045394
Brief Summary: Haemoptysis is the coughing up of blood originating from the respiratory tract. It is a common and worrying clinical symptom which can be due to different aetiologies including lung cancer, tuberculosis, COPD, bronchiectasis, pneumonia, acute bronchitis or unknown origin (cryptogenic haemoptysis). Epidemiology and optimal diagnostic approach are largely unclear. Aims of this study are to define current epidemiology and to provide the best diagnostic approach by providing a diagnostic algorithm.
Detailed Description:
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Pneumologia, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria, Ancona, , Italy
USC Pneumologia, Azienda Ospedaliera della Provincia di Lodi, Lodi, , Italy
U.O. di Pnuemologia, Azienda Ospedaliera, Carlo Poma, Mantova, , Italy
Respiratory Unit, San Paolo Hospital, Dipartimento Scienze della Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano., Milan, , Italy
A.O.U. Maggiore della Carità - S.C.D.O. Pneumologia, Novara, , Italy
Clinica Pneumotisiologica, AOU Sassari, Sassari, , Italy
Name: Michele Mondoni, MD
Affiliation: Respiratory Unit, San Paolo Hospital, Dipartimento Scienze della Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Name: Paolo Carlucci, MD
Affiliation: Respiratory Unit, San Paolo Hospital, Dipartimento Scienze della Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
Role: STUDY_CHAIR
Name: Stefano Centanni, MD, PhD
Affiliation: Respiratory Unit, San Paolo Hospital, Dipartimento Scienze della Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR