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  • Dementia / Alzheimer's

    Individual Closed-Loop Neuromodulation Therapy for Alzheimer's Disease

    Testing a brain stimulation approach to study memory and thinking in people with early

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    📍 Massachusetts General Hospital · Charlestown, MA · Get directions →

    The project is a placebo-controlled study that aims to use closed-loop transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) to study patients with symptoms of mild cognitive impairment which is likely due to Alzheimer's disease or another form of dementia (AD-MCI). Patients will undergo an EEG and complete some questionnaires and computer tasks during each study visit.

    ✓ Study care freeAges 50–80Learn more →
  • Dementia / Alzheimer's

    Study of LHP588 in Subjects With P. Gingivalis-Positive Alzheimer's Disease

    Testing an Alzheimer’s treatment in people with dementia and gum infection

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    📍 Banner Alzheimer's Institute · Phoenix, AZ · +38 more US sites · Get directions →

    This study is to test LHP588 in persons who have mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease (AD) who have shown progressive mental decline in the last year and who have P. gingivalis (Pg) infection.

    ✓ Study care freePhase 2Ages 55–80Learn more →
  • Obesity / overweight

    Metabolic Health, Bones and Nuts During Weight Loss in Adults

    Testing how diet changes with weight loss affect metabolic health and bones, including nuts

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    📍 Rutgers University - NJ Inst Food Nutrition & Health · New Brunswick, NJ · Get directions →

    The aging population is rapidly increasing, and it is important to identify dietary factors that can prevent disease and promote health in this group. Legumes, such as peanuts, are a plant-based food high in protein and unsaturated fat making this a healthy choice but are not consumed frequently enough in older adults.

    ✓ Study care freeAges 50–75Learn more →
  • Dementia / Alzheimer's

    Investigation of Inflammation in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) Using [11C]-CS1P1

    Testing a brain scan tracer to measure inflammation in dementia

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    📍 Washington University School of Medicine · St Louis, MO · Get directions →

    This study involves a brain positron emission tomography (PET) scan with a new, investigational radioactive tracer called \[11C\]-CS1P1 to identify inflammation in the brain by testing with healthy older adults and with cognitively impaired older adults.

    ✓ Study care freeAges 50+Learn more →
  • Obesity / overweightHeart / cardiovascular disease

    New Heart Imaging Techniques to Evaluate Possible Heart Disease

    Testing new heart imaging to check for possible heart disease

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    📍 National Institutes of Health Clinical Center · Bethesda, MD · Get directions →

    Background: \- Imaging tests, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), can provide information about heart and blood vessels. The tests let doctors can see the amount of blood vessel narrowing and vessel wall thickness.

    ✓ Study care freeAges 18–100Learn more →
  • Dementia / Alzheimer's

    Intervention for Communication Quality of Life in Primary Progressive Aphasia

    Testing an online speech and language program to improve communication and quality of life for

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    📍 University of Texas · Austin, TX · Get directions →

    The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether a personalized, multi-component, virtual speech language treatment program can improve communication and quality of life for adults with primary progressive aphasia (PPA) and their primary communication partners. The study will enroll participants who speak English and/or Spanish.

    ✓ Study care freeAges 40+Learn more →
  • Obesity / overweight

    Experimental Approach to Test Predictions of Body Weight Regulation Models

    Testing how body weight regulation models explain obesity

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    📍 Pennington Biomedical Research Center · Baton Rouge, LA · Get directions →

    The regulation of human body weight and fatness is not fully understood. Although some models of regulation have been proposed (set point, dual-intervention point, others), no studies have been designed to test their predictions.

    ✓ Study care freeAges 18–40Learn more →
  • Obesity / overweightFatty liver disease (NASH/MASH)

    Human Models of Selective Insulin Resistance: Alpelisib, Part I

    Testing how insulin works in healthy people versus people at risk for type 2 diabetes

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    📍 Columbia University Irving Medical Center · New York, NY · Get directions →

    The goal of this clinical trial is to understand how the blood sugar-lowering hormone insulin works in healthy adults versus those who are at risk for type 2 diabetes. The study will use a drug called alpelisib, which interferes with insulin's actions in the body, to answer the study's main question: does the liver continue to respond to insulin's stimulation of fat production even when it loses the ability to stop making glucose (sugar) in response to insulin.

    ✓ Study care freePhase 1Ages 18–70Learn more →
  • Obesity / overweight

    A Trial to Evaluate Efficacy and Safety of Maridebart Cafraglutide in Adults Living With Elevated Liver Fat and Obesity or Overweight

    Testing a diabetes drug in people with fatty liver and excess weight

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    📍 Arizona Clinical Trials · Chandler, AZ · +22 more US sites · Get directions →

    The main objective of this trial will be to determine whether maridebart cafraglutide is superior to placebo on reduction in liver fat content and body weight in participants living with obesity or overweight and elevated liver fat content, when administered in conjunction with reduced-calorie diet and increased physical activity.

    ✓ Study care freePhase 2Ages 18–99Learn more →
  • Obesity / overweightFatty liver disease (NASH/MASH)

    Fibrosis Lessens After Metabolic Surgery

    Testing whether metabolic surgery can reduce liver scarring in obesity

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    📍 Banner Health Center · Phoenix, AZ · +3 more US sites · Get directions →

    Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), formerly known as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a major global public health concern, is commonly associated with obesity, diabetes, and dyslipidemia. MASLD is currently the most common cause of chronic liver disease affecting about 80% of people with obesity, ranging from simple fat deposits in the liver to Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis (MASH), cellular injury, advanced fibrosis, cirrhosis, or hepatocellular carcinoma.

    ✓ Study care freePhase 4Ages 18–75Learn more →
  • Obesity / overweight

    TIRzepatide for the Treatment of Obesity in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

    Testing tirzepatide to treat obesity in people with atrial fibrillation

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    📍 Cleveland Clinic · Cleveland, OH · Get directions →

    This is a single center randomized double blind controlled study of patients (BMI ≥ 27 kg/m2) with obesity and Atrial Fibrillation (AFIB) randomized to Tirzepatide vs. placebo.

    ✓ Study care freePhase 2Ages 18–80Learn more →
  • COPD (chronic lung disease)

    PiMZ Longitudinal Cohort (PiMZ Logic)

    Tracking how COPD affects people with the PiMZ form of alpha-1 anti-trypsin deficiency

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    📍 University of Alabama at Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · +4 more US sites · Get directions →

    Alpha-1 Anti-trypsin Deficiency (AATD) is a genetic disease with lung and liver disease presentations. Presentations are variable in the heterozygous population, the most predominant genotype being PiMZ.

    ✓ Study care freeAges 18+Learn more →
  • Obesity / overweight

    Behavioral Approach for Latinas Addressing Nutrition, Cravings, and Eating Patterns to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes

    Testing a program to help Latinas manage eating cues to prevent type 2 diabetes and reduce weight

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    📍 UCSD Center for Healthy Eating and Activity Research (CHEAR · La Jolla, CA · Get directions →

    Adapt the Regulation of Cues (ROC) treatment program for Latinas to see if it can treat prediabetes and prevent developing of Type 2 Diabetes and reduce weight.

    ✓ Study care freeAges 18–55WomenLearn more →
  • Obesity / overweight

    Redefining BMI: The Body, Mind, and Inflammation Trial

    Testing an intensive lifestyle program to improve weight and inflammation in young adults with

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    📍 Virginia Commonwealth Universtity · Richmond, VA · Get directions →

    Emerging adulthood (18-25 years of age) is a critical developmental window to promote weight management and cardiometabolic health, particularly for emerging adult women. The primary purpose of this study is to test the preliminary efficacy of the intensive lifestyle intervention for EA women in reducing adiposity, as well as improving biomarkers of inflammation and metabolic risk over 12 months compared with a traditional behavioral weight loss intervention.

    ✓ Study care freeAges 18–25WomenLearn more →
  • Obesity / overweightHeart / cardiovascular disease

    Prevention of Progression of Prediabetes, Obesity and CV Risk

    Testing ways to stop prediabetes and obesity from getting worse

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    📍 University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio · San Antonio, TX · Get directions →

    The investigators are studying how to help people with prediabetes (Pre-DM) and obesity. The goal is to use new and affordable treatments to bring blood sugar levels back to normal and help participants to lose weight.

    ✓ Study care freePhase 1Ages 18+Learn more →
  • COPD (chronic lung disease)

    Effect of the Inhaled Triple Therapies Over the Small Airway in Biomass Exposure

    Comparing inhaled triple versus double medicines for COPD lung airways after wood smoke exposure

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    📍 Insituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias "Ismael Cosío Villegas" · Mexico City, Tlalpan · Get directions →

    This phase IV randomized controlled clinical trial intend to compare the effect of three close standard inhaled triple therapies and one close standard inhaled double therapy on the small airway in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD-B) and chronic bronchitis without obstruction (BCNO) exposed to wood smoke. The treatment phase duration is of 3 months.

    ✓ Study care freePhase 4Ages 35–85WomenLearn more →
  • Obesity / overweightHeart / cardiovascular disease

    Maridebart Cafraglutide in Heart Failure With Preserved or Mildly Reduced Ejection Fraction and Obesity

    Testing maridebart cafraglutide with standard care to reduce heart failure events in obese people

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    📍 University of Alabama Saint Vincent's Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · +39 more US sites · Get directions →

    This trial will examine if maridebart cafraglutide as an adjunct to standard of care will lead to a reduction in heart failure (HF) events such as HF hospitalizations and urgent HF visits, cardiovascular (CV) deaths and improvement in HF symptoms in participants with HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and HF with mildly reduced ejection fraction (HFmrEF) who are obese. This is a phase 3, global, multicenter, 2-part trial with a double-blind period and an open-label extension (OLE).

    ✓ Study care freePhase 3Ages 18–99Learn more →
  • Obesity / overweight

    Using Tailored mHealth Strategies to Promote Weight Management Among Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors

    Testing a phone-based weight management program for young cancer survivors with obesity

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    📍 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · Get directions →

    The AYA WELL study is a 2-arm randomized clinical trial to test the efficacy of a theory-based, mHealth weight management intervention adapted specifically for adolescent and young adult cancer survivors compared to a self-guided arm. Participants, diagnosed with cancer between ages 15-39, currently age 18-39, post-treatment at least 6 months, and who have overweight or obesity will be randomized to receive either: 1) a comprehensive mHealth weight management program (intervention) or 2) digital tools + health education + peer support (self-guided) over 12 months.

    ✓ Study care freeAges 18–39Learn more →
  • Obesity / overweightHigh blood pressure

    Optimizing Portal Hypertension With TIPS and Interval Metabolic Surgery for Advanced Liver Disease

    Testing treatments to lower high pressure in liver veins in people with advanced liver disease and

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    📍 Cleveland Clinic Main Campus · Cleveland, OH · Get directions →

    Cirrhosis is a form of advanced liver disease that can lead to serious complications, especially when combined with severe obesity. Many patients with cirrhosis also develop a condition called clinically significant portal hypertension (CSPH), which is increased pressure in the veins of the liver.

    ✓ Study care freePhase 4Ages 18–70Learn more →
  • Obesity / overweight

    Diazoxide Suppression Test P&F Study

    Testing how insulin helps control blood sugar in people with obesity

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    📍 Columbia University Irving Medical Center · New York, NY · Get directions →

    The goal of this study is to learn about how the hormone insulin controls blood sugar. The main question it aims to answer is about how much insulin the body actually needs to maintain a normal blood sugar level.

    ✓ Study care freePhase 1Ages 18–65Learn more →
  • Obesity / overweight

    The Effect of Dairy Intake on Body Weight and Composition and Metabolic Health in Adolescents and Seniors

    Testing whether eating dairy regularly affects weight and health in obese teens and older adults

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    📍 Department of Nutritional Sciences · Toronto, Ontario · Get directions →

    The goal of this study is to examine how regular dairy intake affects body weight, body composition, and metabolic health in overweight and obese adolescents (ages 15-18) and older adults (ages 60-80) over six months. We are inviting eligible individuals to participate in this study at the Nutrition Intervention Center, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto.

    ✓ Study care freeAges 14–80Learn more →
  • Obesity / overweight

    Graded Insulin Suppression Test P&F

    Testing how insulin controls blood sugar in people with obesity

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    📍 Columbia University Irving Medical Center · New York, NY · Get directions →

    The goal of this study is to learn about how the hormone insulin controls blood sugar in a variety of people. The main question it aims to answer is about how much insulin the body actually needs to maintain a normal blood sugar level.

    ✓ Study care freePhase 1Ages 18–65Learn more →
  • Obesity / overweight

    MAINTAIN (Mucosal AblatIoN Therapy After INcretins)

    Testing whether stomach lining ablation affects weight after stopping weekly GLP-1 shots for obesity

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    📍 True You Weight Loss · Cary, NC · +1 more US site · Get directions →

    The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of gastric fundal mucosal ablation (GFMA) on weight trajectory following discontinuation of once-weekly semaglutide or tirzepatide in adults with obesity. In this study, GFMA will be performed on patients who have experienced \> 10% weight loss with GLP-1 therapy and who plan to discontinue use of GLP-1 medications for the duration of the study.

    ✓ Study care freeAges 21–65Learn more →
  • Obesity / overweight

    International Rapid-onset Obesity with Hypothalamic Dysfunction, Hypoventilation & Autonomic Dysregulation (ROHHAD) Registry

    Building an international registry for people with ROHHAD and obesity

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    📍 Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and the Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute · Chicago, IL · Get directions →

    The Center for Autonomic Medicine in Pediatrics (CAMP) has collaborated with doctors from around the world to build the first International ROHHAD (Rapid-onset Obesity with Hypothalamic Dysfunction, Hypoventilation and Autonomic Dysregulation) REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) Registry. This registry is an international collaboration with ROHHAD patients and their physicians recruited from around the world.

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  • COPD (chronic lung disease)

    Routine vs On-demand ECMO for Lung Transplantation

    Comparing routine versus on-demand ECMO during lung transplants for people with COPD

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    📍 Univeristy of Alberta & Alberta Health Services · Edmonton, Alberta · Get directions →

    Lung transplantation is a complex procedure performed in patients with terminal lung disease. The transplant procedure stresses the patient's heart and lungs, which are already taxed by the underlying disease process.

    ✓ Study care freeAges 18+Learn more →
  • Obesity / overweight

    Individualized Pharmacological Approach to Obesity in Patients With Bipolar Disorder

    Testing how to choose weight-loss medicines for people with bipolar disorder

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    📍 Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · Get directions →

    The goal of this clinical trial is to identify the specific characteristics (phenotypes) that may be useful to help select the right medication for weight loss, and to study the effect of individualized guided medication in patients with bipolar disorder ages 18-65. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Can the investigators compare the distribution of obesity characteristics (hungry brain, hungry gut, emotional hunger) between bipolar patients and non-bipolar participants (comparing from IRB #24-002375)?

    ✓ Study care freePhase 4Ages 18–65Learn more →
  • COPD (chronic lung disease)

    Inter-lobar Fissure Completion in Patients With Failed Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction

    Testing a lung procedure to reduce lung trapping in severe COPD

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    📍 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · Boston, MA · Get directions →

    The purpose of this protocol is to perform a pilot prospective controlled clinical trial to evaluate the potential role of lung fissure completion with pleural adhesiolysis strategy (experimental intervention) in severe emphysema/COPD patients with failed bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (BLVR) via the use of endobronchial valves (EBVs) therapy. In select patients, the lung fissure completion with adhesiolysis strategy will be performed by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) guided stapling along the lung fissures to reduce collateral ventilation with adhesions removal and determine whether this experimental strategy will improve outcomes after failed BLVR in patients with severe emphysema/COPD.

    ✓ Study care freeAges 40–75Learn more →
  • Obesity / overweightFatty liver disease (NASH/MASH)

    Effect of Insulin Lowering on Lipogenesis

    Testing whether lowering insulin for one week changes liver fat in people with obesity and MASLD

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    📍 Columbia University Irving Medical Center · New York, NY · Get directions →

    The goal of this clinical trial is to compare a one-week course of diazoxide (2 mg/kg per dose x 14 doses) and placebo in people with obesity and insulin resistance (IR) with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). The main question it aims to answer are how mitigation of compensatory hyperinsulinemia with diazoxide affects hepatic de novo lipogenesis, a major contributor to MASLD pathophysiology.

    ✓ Study care freePhase 1Ages 18–65Learn more →
  • Obesity / overweight

    Children s Growth and Behavior Study

    Studying how children’s growth and eating behavior relate to obesity

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    📍 National Institutes of Health Clinical Center · Bethesda, MD · Get directions →

    Background: \- Studies show that many factors affect children's eating behavior and health. These include sleep, mood, thinking skills, and genetics.

    ✓ Study care freeAges 8–100Learn more →
  • COPD (chronic lung disease)

    Neurocognitive and Health Impact of Sleep Apnea in Elderly Veterans With Comorbid COPD

    Studying whether sleep apnea together with COPD affects thinking in older veterans

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    📍 John D. Dingell VA Medical Center, Detroit, MI · Detroit, MI · Get directions →

    Cognitive dysfunction in the aging Veteran population is a growing health concern in the Veterans Health System. It is not known whether OSA coexisting with COPD will enhance the risk for cognitive dysfunction.

    ✓ Study care freeAges 60–89Learn more →
  • Obesity / overweight

    Tailoring Mobile Health Technology to Reduce Obesity and Improve Cardiovascular Health in Resource-Limited Neighborhood Environments

    Testing a mobile phone program to help people in low-income areas with obesity exercise more and

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    📍 National Institutes of Health Clinical Center · Bethesda, MD · Get directions →

    Background: Heart disease is a leading cause of death. People can reduce their heart disease risk by exercising more.

    ✓ Study care freeAges 21–75WomenLearn more →
  • COPD (chronic lung disease)
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    📍 University of Tennessee Medical Center · Knoxville, TN · Get directions →

    The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility, safety and efficacy of a combination of nebulized Formoterol and Revefenacin among patients hospitalized for AECOPD compared with standard-of-care therapy with nebulized Albuterol and Ipratropium.

    ✓ Study care freePhase 4Ages 40+Learn more →
  • Obesity / overweight

    Metformin for Antipsychotic-induced Weight Gain in Adults With Intellectual Disability

    Testing metformin for weight gain caused by antipsychotic drugs in adults with intellectual

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    📍 Centre for Addiction and Mental Health · Toronto, Ontario · Get directions →

    People with IDD (intellectual and developmental disability) have very high rates of obesity and die prematurely from cardiometabolic disease. While antipsychotics contribute to this problem, their use is necessary and appropriate in a significant subgroup of individuals with IDD.

    ✓ Study care freePhase 4Ages 16–65Learn more →
  • Obesity / overweight

    A Self-Guided Mobile Intervention for Adults With Binge Eating and Obesity

    Testing a self-guided phone program for adults with obesity and binge eating

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    📍 Drexel University · Philadelphia, PA · Get directions →

    The proposed study is an open label, non randomized, waitlist controlled single group feasibility study of the feasibility and usability of a digital intervention (called ChangeBite) to be used by individuals with obesity and comorbid binge eating behavior. The proposed research will include approximately 30 participants.

    ✓ Study care freePhase 1Ages 18–70Learn more →
  • Obesity / overweight

    Effect of Tirzepatide on Markers of MASLD in Patients With Obesity

    Testing whether tirzepatide affects liver fat markers in people with obesity

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    📍 University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center · Albuquerque, NM · Get directions →

    Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD) is the most common cause of chronic liver disease worldwide and predominately affects individuals with overweight and obesity, as well as those with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Tirzepatide is a medication used to treat type 2 diabetes and obesity.

    ✓ Study care freeEarly Phase 1Ages 18–75Learn more →
  • COPD (chronic lung disease)

    Study of Clinical and Patient-reported Outcomes in Adults With Moderate to Severe COPD Treated With Breztri/Trixeo

    Studying how adults with COPD feel and how their symptoms change over time

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    📍 Research Site · Buenos Aires, · Get directions →

    Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is a leading cause of global morbidity and mortality, especially in low- and middle-income countries. Exacerbations accelerate disease progression and increase the risk of death.

    ✓ Study care freeAges 30–80Learn more →