Detection of Aspergillus Fumigatus and Sensitization in COPD Patients With Bronchiectasis vs Without Bronchiectasis A single center case-control study with 100 COPD patients will be organized to compare patients with and without bronchiectasis with regard to the presence of Aspergillus in sputum samples...

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Serum, Plasma, DNA and Tissue Bank in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Lung Cancer A biobank of Serum, plasma, DNA samples together with clinical information including specific questionnaires, complete pulmonary function and chest CT-scan, is prospectively collected in p...

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Azithromycin for Acute Exacerbations Requiring Hospitalization This project (funded by the IWT-TBM program) will organize a randomized placebo-controlled multicenter intervention trial in 500 COPD patients to study the effectiveness and safety of azit...

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