Clinical trial NCT00843271: Endothelial Dysfunction, Biomarkers, and Lung Function -Ancillary to MESA
Official title: Endothelial Dysfunction, Biomarkers, and Lung Function (MESA LUNG)
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Conditions: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Emphysema
Endothelial Dysfunction
Keywords: COPD MESA LUNG BIOMARKERS
Lead sponsor: Columbia University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
First posted: 2009-02-13
Enrollment: 4359
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 45
Maximum age (years): 84
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: MESA cohort

Brief summary: The purpose of MESA-Lung is to assess the role of endothelial dysfunction and genetic susceptibility in subclinical COPD.

Detailed description: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is currently the fourth leading cause of death in the United States, and morbidity and mortality from COPD continue to rise. Despite the magnitude of the problem, therapeutic options are limited - particularly in comparison to cardiovascular disease. Smoking cessation is essential to the treatment and prevention of COPD. However, although smoking is the principal cause of COPD, only a minority of smokers develops symptomatic COPD and many former smokers develop COPD years to decades after they have stopped smoking. The only other medical intervention proven to reduce mortality from COPD is supplemental oxygen therapy. There is therefore an urgent need for newer understandings of the pathophysiology of COPD that might lead to the development of better therapies for COPD.

MESA-Lung is ancillary of the ongoing Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). MESA-lung will utilize the various existing measures of endothelial function that have been already been collected in MESA (flow-mediated dilatation \[FMD\] and related biomarkers and gene polymorphisms) to test the hypotheses that the endothelial dysfunction occurs in the clinical COPD.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* A random sample of MESA participants active at Exam 3 and/or 4.

Exclusion Criteria:

* MESA participants without MESA Exam 3 or 4 measurements.
* MESA participants without FMD measurements in Exam 1.
* MESA participants who have not consented to genetic testing.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Lung Function
timeFrame: 2004-2011
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Lung Density
timeFrame: 2000-2011
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: Columbia University
name: R. Graham Barr, M.D., Dr.PH.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: He K, Liu K, Daviglus ML, Mayer-Davis E, Jenny NS, Jiang R, Ouyang P, Steffen LM, Siscovick D, Wu C, Barr RG, Tsai M, Burke GL. Intakes of long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and fish in relation to measurements of subclinical atherosclerosis. Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Oct;88(4):1111-8. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/88.4.1111.
citation: Jiang R, Burke GL, Enright PL, Newman AB, Margolis HG, Cushman M, Tracy RP, Wang Y, Kronmal RA, Barr RG. Inflammatory markers and longitudinal lung function decline in the elderly. Am J Epidemiol. 2008 Sep 15;168(6):602-10. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwn174. Epub 2008 Aug 6.
citation: Mesia-Vela S, Yeh CC, Austin JH, Dounel M, Powell CA, Reeves A, Santella RM, Stevenson L, Yankelevitz D, Barr RG. Plasma carbonyls do not correlate with lung function or computed tomography measures of lung density in older smokers. Biomarkers. 2008 Jun;13(4):422-34. doi: 10.1080/13547500802002859.
citation: Jiang R, Camargo CA Jr, Varraso R, Paik DC, Willett WC, Barr RG. Consumption of cured meats and prospective risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in women. Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Apr;87(4):1002-8. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/87.4.1002.
citation: Barr RG, Stemple KJ, Mesia-Vela S, Basner RC, Derk SJ, Henneberger PK, Milton DK, Taveras B. Reproducibility and validity of a handheld spirometer. Respir Care. 2008 Apr;53(4):433-41.
citation: Arehart E, Stitham J, Asselbergs FW, Douville K, MacKenzie T, Fetalvero KM, Gleim S, Kasza Z, Rao Y, Martel L, Segel S, Robb J, Kaplan A, Simons M, Powell RJ, Moore JH, Rimm EB, Martin KA, Hwa J. Acceleration of cardiovascular disease by a dysfunctional prostacyclin receptor mutation: potential implications for cyclooxygenase-2 inhibition. Circ Res. 2008 Apr 25;102(8):986-93. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.107.165936. Epub 2008 Mar 6.
citation: Lederer DJ, Benn EK, Barr RG, Wilt JS, Reilly G, Sonett JR, Arcasoy SM, Kawut SM. Racial differences in waiting list outcomes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2008 Feb 15;177(4):450-4. doi: 10.1164/rccm.200708-1260OC. Epub 2007 Nov 15.
citation: Barr RG, Mesia-Vela S, Austin JH, Basner RC, Keller BM, Reeves AP, Shimbo D, Stevenson L. Impaired flow-mediated dilation is associated with low pulmonary function and emphysema in ex-smokers: the Emphysema and Cancer Action Project (EMCAP) Study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2007 Dec 15;176(12):1200-7. doi: 10.1164/rccm.200707-980OC. Epub 2007 Aug 29.
citation: Varraso R, Fung TT, Barr RG, Hu FB, Willett W, Camargo CA Jr. Prospective study of dietary patterns and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among US women. Am J Clin Nutr. 2007 Aug;86(2):488-95. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/86.2.488.
citation: Jones DP, Camargo CA Jr, Speizer FE, Barr RG. Prospective study of short stature and newly diagnosed asthma in women. J Asthma. 2007 May;44(4):291-5. doi: 10.1080/02770900701344116.
citation: Jiang R, Paik DC, Hankinson JL, Barr RG. Cured meat consumption, lung function, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among United States adults. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2007 Apr 15;175(8):798-804. doi: 10.1164/rccm.200607-969OC. Epub 2007 Jan 25.
citation: Barr RG, Bourbeau J, Camargo CA, Ram FS. Tiotropium for stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A meta-analysis. Thorax. 2006 Oct;61(10):854-62. doi: 10.1136/thx.2006.063271. Epub 2006 Jul 14.
citation: Jiang R, Jacobs DR Jr, Mayer-Davis E, Szklo M, Herrington D, Jenny NS, Kronmal R, Barr RG. Nut and seed consumption and inflammatory markers in the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. Am J Epidemiol. 2006 Feb 1;163(3):222-31. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwj033. Epub 2005 Dec 15.