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Observational COPD Study

Do you have COPD or want to help us understand COPD? If so, you may be able to take part in a research study. We want to learn more about how nose inflammation is related to COPD. We are looking for people with COPD and healthy volunteers for this study. Compensation provided.

Age & Gender
  • 40 years ~ 99 years
  • Male, Female, Gender Inclusive
Study Interest
  • Chronic Conditions
  • Healthy Volunteer or General Population
  • Lungs and Breathing
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Healthy Volunteer Lung Research Registry

Are you a healthy person? Have you wanted to get involved in clinical research in lung diseases? If so, you can join our registry list of interested individuals through a quick online form. We will give you a call if there are studies that you may be eligible for.

Age & Gender
  • 18 years ~ 99 years
  • Male, Female, Gender Inclusive
Study Interest
  • Healthy Volunteer or General Population
Visit Location
100% Remote (online, phone, text)
Not currently enrolling

Chronicle Study Severe Asthma Surveillance

This study will look at how adultd with severe asthma are managed and how asthma affects their well-being.

Age & Gender
  • 18 years ~ 99 years
  • Male, Female, Gender Inclusive
Study Interest
  • Lungs and Breathing
Visit Location
100% Remote (online, phone, text)
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COPD Study of Two Drugs

Do you have COPD and repeated breathing flares ending up in the hospital? If you are under the care of a doctor at UNC, you may be eligible for a research study to find out which of two medicines, roflumilast or azithromycin, can help your COPD control.

Age & Gender
  • 40 years ~ 99 years
  • Male, Female, Gender Inclusive
Study Interest
  • Lungs and Breathing
Not currently enrolling

Measuring Inspiratory Flow in COPD

The purpose of this study is to measure the strength of breaths in patients with COPD using a device that mimics different inhalers.

Age & Gender
  • 50 years ~ 99 years
  • Male, Female
Study Interest
  • Lungs and Breathing
Not currently enrolling

COPD Registry

Researchers are looking for current and former smokers with or without COPD to enroll in a registry to be contacted for future studies.

Age & Gender
  • 40 years ~ 99 years
  • Male, Female
Study Interest
  • Behavior
  • Lungs and Breathing
  • Substance Use (tobacco, alcohol, opioids, etc)
By physician referral or invitation only

Pulmonary Hypertension Drug Study

This study wants to test a inhaled version of an already approved medication for pulmonary hypertension (PH). The purpose is to test its safety and tolerability in group 1 and group 3 PH patients.

Age & Gender
  • 18 years ~ 80 years
  • Male, Female, Gender Inclusive
Study Interest
  • Lungs and Breathing
Visit Location
100% Remote (online, phone, text)
By physician referral or invitation only

Nasal Swab to Evaluate Lung Cancer Risk

The DNA that we can test from a nasal swab, can help us determine a patient's lung cancer risk. For patients with new lung nodules found on CT scans, we are offering this nasal swab test and collecting data on how physicians use test results to help assess risk and determine treatment strategies.

Age & Gender
  • 29 years ~ 85 years
  • Male, Female, Gender Inclusive
Study Interest
  • Cancer (Lung)
  • Lungs and Breathing
Visit Location
100% Remote (online, phone, text)
By physician referral or invitation only

PAH inhaled therapy Study

This study is testing a new medication for patients who have group 1 PAH.

Age & Gender
  • 18 years ~ 75 years
  • Male, Female, Gender Inclusive
Study Interest
  • Chronic Conditions
  • Lungs and Breathing
  • Rare Diseases
Visit Location
100% Remote (online, phone, text)
By physician referral or invitation only

Testing new drug for PH-COPD

The study is testing a new medication for PH-COPD. The hope is this drug improves patient's overall health outcomes.

Age & Gender
  • 40 years ~ 85 years
  • Male, Female, Gender Inclusive
Study Interest
  • Lungs and Breathing
Visit Location
100% Remote (online, phone, text)
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